the evolution of a child begging for his toy
Tonight I had to take Sennet’s helicopter away because he was chasing the dogs with it. A helicopter is a scooter you sit on and push around- but the one we have gets quite a bit of speed because of the design. Anyway, this is the evolution of Sennets attempt to get it back. First, […]
lensbaby
mommy got a new lens (called a lens baby) and this post is me practicing with it. It takes some getting use to because it has a sweet spot effect and is manual focus (rather than auto-focus). Today is a beautiful sunny (cold) day in Seattle and I have been waiting for a day just […]
child pilot
Santa brought Sennet a pilot suit- which is what Sennet asked for. There were lots of favorites this year, a basketball hoop for his bedroom, legos, puzzles, etc and the pilot suit was right up there as a huge hit. He wore it after dinner and rode the helicopter around the house screaming “I’m a […]
chopsticks
We had Chinese for Christmas dinner- most likley our new tradition and Sennet wanted to use chopsticks. He is getting pretty skilled with them!
chatting with Santa
I loaded an app on my phone that allows kids to call Santa and give him their wish list and it ALSO has a function where Santa can call your kids if they are being naughty (or nice) and remind the kiddo that they need to listen, or be nice or any other number of […]