Photo 365: 1/24/11 - 1/30/11

1/24: The deer in the woods behind our house. Took this from my kitchen window with my new zoom lens. Loving the new lens.


1/25: Mackenzie's snowman. She, Emma and Olivia were drawing during the basketball game. I love seeing her learn to draw things now, as opposed to just scribbling. Although she does a lot of that still, too. But I think that's a mighty fine snowman.


1/26: Playdate with Olivia. Lots of silliness going on while having a snack.


1/27: oops, missed a day.

1/28: Mackenzie was here.


1/29: We went to see Tangled. It was wonderful. Emma now loves Rapunzel and all things Tangled. She was so into the movie, just transfixed by it. This was the best shot I could get of Emma when the movie was over. She dressed herself: Steelers jersey, cardigan, flower headband, and jeans. She's definitely got her own sense of style.


1/30: This was a busy day. Church, then Caroline's bowling birthday party, then preschool open house for Mackenzie. She's all signed up for next year. She's so looking forward to school and was excited to be able to go and play for a while rather than be rushed out the door during drop-off.

Photo 365: 1/17/11 - 1/23/11

1/17: Sledding at Kelly's after boot camp. That's Sam in between Mackenzie and Emma. The best part of sledding was Mackenzie going downhill with her eyes closed. She told me it was so the snow didn't get in her eyes, and she seemed very proud of that solution to her problem.


1/18: A sweet sleeping baby.


1/19: Land's End box shoved in my mailbox. Attn mailman - it doesn't fit.


1/20: An awake and happy baby.

1/21: Saying goodbye to Grandma McIntyre.

1/22: Family Play Day at our Church. Well, not actually at the church itself, but at it's warehouse/Loft space. It's a potluck/playtime for the kids on bounce houses.

1/23: My boot camp workout for the next day. It's my turn to lead and of course I waited until 11pm the night before to type it all up.

Photo 365: 1/10/11 - 1/16/11

1/10: Mackenzie's first swim lesson. She loved it. She was so excited to finally be big enough to take lessons. The girls lessons are back to back, so we're there from 7 - 8:30 by the time we shower them and get them in their PJs.


1/11: Playing the Cat in the Hat game Emma got for Christmas. I put my camera on the floor and set the timer.


1/12: I knew when I left this morning without snowblowing I was going to get stuck in the driveway. And I did. So I had to snowblow around my car, move it in to the garage, then finish the driveway.


1/13: We met my mom at the mall so the girls could use their Disney Store gift cards she gave them for Christmas. It was so fun watching them check everything out. Emma kept asking, "can I get this?" and if I said she could but only that and then there'd be nothing left, she'd put the item back. She wanted to be sure she could get two things. Their final purchases were exactly the same, of course - princess art kits in a zip around case and stickers. They were so excited.

1/14: Poor Ryan, already being dressed up in tutu skirts. And he's already perfected the, "Are you serious?" look.

1/15: Date night. We went out to dinner with my workout girls and spouses. Twenty-two of us in all, which meant we needed a room to ourselves. It was fun to hang out, chat, eat and then play a few games before heading home.

1/16: Shelby and Angie stayed the night after babysitting for us, so we took them to lunch after church. Not that we need an excuse to go to Bob Evans, we go so often after church that the girls expect us to go to "the pancake place" every Sunday.

Photo 365: 1/1/11 - 1/9/11

I stunk at this last year, but I'm going to attempt it again. I've already missed a day, which doesn't bode well for me!

1: 1/1/11

Ryan watching football with Daddy.

2: 1/2/11

Playing Crossbows and Catapaults. This was Michael's favorite game as a kid. It is fun. But I stink. I kept overshotting my catapault. I lost. And it wasn't close.

3: 1/3/11

Mackenzie was sick and fell asleep on the couch.

4: 1/4/11

Ryan fell asleep waiting for the Buckeyes game to start.

5: 1/5/11

Checking out Cody, Sam and Zac's new slide. My friends Kelly and Craig put this slide in going from the basement stairs landing down to the basement. How fun is that?!

6: 1/6/11

I washed all Ryan's new 3-6 month clothes. I can't believe he's about to start wearing these. He's still so tiny. And yes, I artfully arranged some of my favorite shirts on top. ;)

7: Sort of forgot to take a picture on 1/7/11

8: 1/8/11

Sledding with friends at the old school. Mackenzie lasted 2 times down the hill then she sat in the car with me and Ryan. Emma could've kept on going for hours. Somehow the girl feels no cold.

9: 1/9/10

Mackenzie playing So Big with Ryan this afternoon after church. I have the wrong child in focus, but I love it anyway. Bonus - Ryan looks cute in his button-down and cargos.