a day in the life

Ten on Tuesday

1. I am still buried in my October photo shoots but I hope to get a bit caught up this week.
2. I have FINALLY updated 365. Well, to October 31 that is.
3. I can't believe it is November already. As of today I have only 59 photos left to take to complete 365.
4. Today has quickly become my favorite day. No running around, kids are still in jammies, just playing, working, and catching up.
5. I miss my sisters.
6. Thanks to a bloggy friend, I just bought something at Walmart. GASP. It's no longer on the site so I think I may have purchased the last one.
7. I had planned on doing one final Halloween shoot today but a non-saving-of-important-work-Mama and a not-wanting-to-take-a-nap-Charlie prevented that. Perhaps tomorrow?
8. I have started my Christmas shopping-have you?
9. We Skyped today with Missy and Maya. It was perfectly lovely but boy do we miss them.
10. And...back to work. Oh and if it seems like this is a post with no pictures, go check out 365!

Charlie

Yup-this is what he looks like right now.

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Ten on Tuesday

1. Lily has been let's say "fun" lately.
2. I love that she still at four says a few things "wrong." For example: "I smell like coffee." "Are we having Macrmonie and Cheese?" "I miss Aunt Elizabef and Aunt Kafren."
3. Despite the "fun" at home, Lily's teacher has told both Bj and I on separate occasions that Lily is always so happy at school. I guess she is using it all up there.
4. She LOVES her dance class and I am starting to see real things happening when she practices. She almost can get all the way down when she is attempting splits. It amazes her Mama who hasn't been able to touch her toes since about 1989.
5. She listens to music from VBS (both from around here and back in Ohio) every. single. day.
6. She is really, really good at cleaning up and putting things back where they belong. If Daddy tries to put something back where it doesn't belong she will say "Hey! That doesn't live there!"
7. After a bad spell of losing the "who can clip the car seat belt faster, Mama or Lily" game she now very magnanimously says every time she doesn't win "Good job Mama! Maybe I'll win next time."
8.  I can't believe how grown up she is looking lately. So very tall-until we get in a group of adults. Still my baby and so very little.
9.
Her first homework assignment from a few weeks ago-don't you just love daddy? Hee hee.
10. Goodness gracious I love that girl so much.

i ♥ faces::Halloween!

Charlie the lion :)
I love that both Charlie and Lily got to wear it. Stay tuned for this years costumes (if only Charlie would keep his on.)

Buzz Cut

He now resembles a Monchi Chi-not in a good way...
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Flower Girl

Now turned fancy witch costume :)
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First Day

One of those that I don't love but I have been pushing this paper around for too long now. Boy am I out of practice!!
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Stinker

Next one done! Just in case you can't tell, Charlie learned how to climb out of his pack n play. GREAT.
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So far

I am cropping all day today and although I am missing my talkative Ohio friends like crazy-especially when the 80's hair bands are playing, I am getting A LOT done. So far I have my title page done and all 26 pages set up for my Cathy Zielski A-Z album. On to the next!
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A year ago

Somehow the year anniversary of our move to Chambersburg has come and gone. Probably because I am buried under hundreds of photos to edit, and quite possibly because we have had about the busiest October on record.

But I have to point this out.

A year ago when we went to this farm to pick out our pumpkins, Charlie couldn't even sit up. This year he ran around the maze, sat up on the hay horse (almost fell off the hay horse because of some poor singing judgment of his Mama and Daddy,) and said "HI!" to the miniature horses.
What a difference a year makes.