In case you didn't know ... cookies are one of the most amazing things on the planet. You just can't get enough of them! 

My cousin and her family came over today ... it was AWESOME to have a house full of voices that weren't just those of myself and my kids! Notice the TWINS? Hilarious ... both climbing the same way ... jeans rolled up? I have to laugh at that! (btw - photo credit goes to my wonderful K for this one, he played photo spy for me while I talked with my cousin. A big MWAH to him!)

Can you guess what this is? If any of you have been following my curiosity on the blog, you might actually have a pretty good idea! 

HAIRCUTS ... they finally happened. As usual, my little one was excited and my old one was NOT excited. 

The girl gets that skate-thing down! A birthday party on wheels was quite the afternoon! 

A the first "celebration" for school was fun. Her class helped do the character word presentation ... RESPECT. Very cute all around! The only part that was sad was when it was over. After seeing Mama, she wanted to go home.

This is her "cool new thing" she can do on a bike! 

Look what I found on a daylilly bud! I think I'm liking this telephoto lens. 

The butterflies are out! There were all kinds of teensy tiny butterflies everywhere! This is a small flower, maybe 1 inch across. I wish I could have captured the hummingbird in our neighbors flowers! I was taking out the garbage and saw all sorts of life happening, so I brought out my camera and the hummingbird was gone. 

Birthday Weekend at the Grandparents!

This is what happens after TOO MUCH ice cream cake!

The First Big Performance

 

While driving back from the big football game the other night, this is one of the magnificent scenes I took in from my window. It reminds me of that "African sun" I enjoyed over 20 years ago as I was leaving Johannesburg. 

The other night while I was taking a picture of the deep red sunset on one side of the road, look what my little photographer was taking on the other! I just uploaded cards from the other camera and was surprised by a couple of the sky shots! 

This little "Tigette" is gearing up for her first big performance! 

The big-hat mushrooms are BACK! 

Today's project? Preparing some of my Alabama photos for submission to the State of Alabama Department of Convervation and Natural Resources. These are in the running for a state calendar and a feature in Outdoor Alabama magazine! I'll let you know how that goes! 

While I'm at it (working on photos for REAL projects and blogging the kid pics from last night) ... I just have to include this. Why? I just like it. It's part of the little goodies I find in the sky while I'm at outdoor events like football games.

Monday night, he was on the field with the team. Last night he was in the stands with the band. The boy is making the rounds! We've already heard from one classmate about how he is such an amazing player and she aspires to play like him (yes ... SHE ... we have been teasing him about that). But back to the game. The band really did a good job. They played a handful of songs ... some over and over and over ... but well done! The Tigers won AGAIN, by the way! 

Last night she was VERY happy watching the cheerleaders. She didn't even sit in the bleachers, just glued herself to her post and studied the girls. Every once in a while she would run back with a hug for me and the often-heard expression, "I'm going to be a CHEERLEADER!" 

The fish weren't biting, but the ducks were! One nibbled on her line while waddling along the shore. 

My boy is getting a piece of the action while his coach looks on. GO TIGERS! 

While big brother practices football, this is a common site. Little sister is looking in from her favorite perch ... my sunroof! I was going to put a picture of the kids actually working today (no school - WOOHOO - wait, strike the WOOHOO. If all the chores get done, I'll reclaim that WOOHOO later!) ... but when I aimed the camera at my son fixing the vacuum cleaner, he said "MOM! NO PICTURES!" His reason was that his hair was "messed up." I seem to hear that a lot now that he's a teen ... not just about hair, but everything. If he doesn't like something or it seems unfair (to him, of course) he says, "That's MESSED UP!" Maybe I am getting old ... I only remember that being said about my room!