Green Peas, Headbands, swimming, and blueberry picking (well baking)

So Jacob has been eating pureed foods for about a month now. When the doc gave me the go ahead at his four month check up I started giving him the "good stuff". We started with rice cereal, then carrots, avocados, and now peas. He is not terribly excited about his food, he eats it, but he would rather be chewing on his giant bib. So while he is chewing on his bib I manage to shove bites in his mouth and it creates a giant mess. Here he is enjoying his bib, I mean peas.



Jacob has two wonderful big sisters who take great care of him. They entertain him when he is fussy, they sing to him when he is tired, they feed him when he is hungry, and yes when they want a few giggles themselves they place a pink flower headband on his cute little head! Next week I am quite sure I may see him in their favorite Cinderella dress:)

What is summer time without pool time! I took Jacob swimming for the first time today. He seemed to enjoy it, but did not get to excited until his clothes came off and he felt the pool in his birthday suit. I will spare you and him those pictures since I just posted one of the boy in a pink headband. But here are some of the other pictures form the pool. My dad met us at the pool today, we had a great time!

Ella went blueberry picking with her friend Sophia this mornig. She picked two pounds, but I think only made home with a pound. That was plenty to make a cobbler out of, Yummy!

And here it is!


We actually made two, the other one we gave to my parents! You will have to wait until after dinner to find out how it tastes. Also I know that there is some text in bold print as if it is more important than others but I cannot figure out how to fix that problem. Sorry, I really am not computer savvy.

Sisters

I wanted a sister so much when I was growing up. Someone to play with, share clothes with, talk to, and even get into trouble with. I am so glad my girls have each other. They are great!

Summer Kick off and Jacob

This is pretty much the whole group

Ella and a group of her best friends

Yesterday was the first official day out of school for Ella, so we threw a summer kick off party for her friends. We had a great time. There was a bounce house, a teeter totter, two slip n slides, water balloons, bubbles and lots of snacks. The kids from the neighborhood and kids from Ella's class came. I love summer time and I am looking forward to all of the fun stuff we will be doing. Last night Ella and I got to go out to dinner by herself! It was a lot of fun to spend some time with her. Jacob was there, but he did contribute a lot to the conversation:)


Two of Ella's friends stuck around and had lunch with usElla doing what she does best (reading)

Now I have some pictures of Jacob to post. I am embarrassed to say that I have no pictures up of Jacob in the house yet. I have taken many since he was born almost five months ago, but have yet to print one out and frame it. I took some this morning and wanted your opinion. Which one do you guys think I should frame, or should I keep trying to get a better one. I have my favorite, but I want to see what you have to say.

Growing up and photography questions

A picture of the bottle brush tree outside our house

**** Update**** Kristy, The camera I use is the Cannon Rebel XS.

So today marks Ella's last day of first grade. I cannot believe that she is growing up so fast, I know that is so cliche. I can hardly remember her not being able to read or tie her shoes. She is so independent now, I don't even have to make her breakfast anymore. She wants to be an author when she "grows up" and she is constantly writing stories. I am not a real sad or weepy mom about my kids getting older, I actually love it. Its just that all of the sudden it seems to be going by at double time. Each new year brings more fun outings and memories to be had, each new grade brings more friendships and learning experiences. So for the next few months I will enjoy summer with the kids and in August I will drop them both off at the same school, one in kindergarten and one in second grade. I will look forward to all of their field trips, class parties, and even the homework. At least I still have Jacob at home with me:)

The girls a few years ago

The girls this morning

On another note, I have been trying to take better more creative artistic photos of the kids. I would like to not ever have to take them back to Walmart or some other equivalents photo department and have corny pictures taken of them. For Christmas we got a very nice camera and I am trying to figure how to use it without the automatic setting. I have found that taking pictures of children who will not sit still for very long is very difficult. I do much better with the plants and flowers. If anyone has any tips for me that would be wonderful. I will share some of my favorites so far, but these are just very basic photograpgy 101 folks! I do take lots of pictures of Ella, I just have not been able to practice with them so they are just snap shots from school and stuff. Many more to come this summer when she is home:)