One Moment In Time: January 2012

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Snowy Saturday

Caught the last flakes falling around 9am.

Playing with my Macro lens.

On a side note, meet Mario Memories. I keep seeing tutorials for taking pictures of legos. So I needed a lego guy of my own. Hopefully you will see a lot of creative photos with Mario Memories in them!

I know! I should leave the house more often and it is only January!

Worth Every Penny!

Cost of ShopRite box of kleenex - under $1.00

Concentration and fun - priceless!

Kellen - 10 months

Monday, January 16, 2012

How I spent Martin Luther King Day

BABYSITTING! Yes I babysat my adorable Kamryn and my handsome Kellen. It was very cold outside, so that meant that we were hostages inside my house. So, in the event that I am restricted inside, I immediately turn to my camera to keep me sane.

"What else could you do Grandma?", asked Kellen

"Hey, let's play with the dog!" said Kellen

"That was fun but let's go see Artie!"

"How cool was that? I'm not scared of him anymore!"

"What's for lunch?"

"Kamryn can do SO BIG so much better than I can"

"See?"

"Grandma stop already! I am getting tired and cranky!"

"Quiet! please?"

Friday, January 13, 2012

Happy Friday the 13th

After I write this post I am going to gather pictures, organize them, pick paper to go with each set of photos, find stickers, embellishments, adhesive etc. Anything that I think that I will need or use to make layouts at the South Bound Brook Firehouse Crop, tomorrow from 9am-9pm. Do you think that I am a little behind? Not only that but I am at least one year behind on three grandchildren's scrapbooks. I am feeling just a little bit stressed. Scrapbooking should be fun, right? I may just sit with a cup of tea in my hands and just quietly WATCH everyone else at the crop work. I probably will take a camera with me. That means maybe 50 more pictures to look at, edit, and scrapbook (eventually). Pressure!
DEEP BREATH!
I am going to put together 5 page kits for tomorrow. I will bring my stamps and ink for Emilie to borrow.I will go to bed by 11pm. I will get up at 7am. I will pack the car. Go to Dunkin Donuts for a hot cup of tea. I will stay calm. I will stay awake and I will have FUN! (now that is a plan)

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Grandma Infirmary

You can't take pictures when you are holding a sick baby. You could but you just don't think to do it.You are focused on keeping him comfortable, warm and snugglie , next to you. You watch him carefully. You want to make sure he is breathing ok, that he is getting enough liquids and solids, that he is not miserable. Kellen is working on getting all of his front, upper teeth and they are causing havoc with his little body. He has thrush , a common yeast infection, in his mouth and after a doctor visit yesterday - a double ear infection (and yet this baby still manages to smile at us). Did I mention his mucousy cough. It sounds like he is coughing up a lung.
Samantha came to visit me after preschool with Emilie. She walked in and said she was cold. Emilie wrapped them in a blanket until Sam said she was warm. She made faces at Kellen and tried to get him to smile and laugh (not an easy job, yesterday). Then she and Emilie went home for lunch and to let Oscar out. Emilie texted me about an hour later saying Samantha had a low grade temperature and was sleeping on the couch. No diagnosis yet.
And so Grandma Infirmary is resurrected for another season!