School picture

School picture.

Nailed it.











And then you get the 38 iterations of backgrounds when you buy the ridiculously overpriced digital package and you get some of these gems. 

Same pose.

Ridiculous backgrounds.

Let me know next time you are posing your kid.

On a stool.

In front of a waterfall.

In black and white.

With primary color faux kid art.

In the whimsical forest.

And the Hawaiian sunset.

School photos.

Because America.

Photo Catch Up

One of my favorite uses of this blog is to seal for our family album photos.

Doing may not come with great stories in every moment, but it's just as fun to have the snapshots of our ordinary.

Our ordinary right now is playground visiting, school going, birthday partying, guacamole eating as always.

Nothing overly exciting.

But I wouldn't trade it for the world.

Montessori Birthday

We had our first Montessori birthday on Saturday for a friend who was turning 5.


A couple of things that are a little different from "normal" school is that there are mixed ages in classrooms and there are 25-27 kids in each class (compared to 16-18 in other early childhood classes in DC).  In Robbie's class the ages range from 3-6.


The friend decided he wanted to invite the entire class and pretty close to the entire class showed up.  The kids had lots of great food and great activities primarily focused around "Cops and Robbers."


A good time was had by all.

For sale

For sale. 

One three year old, one hour past bedtime expiration time.

Six pairs of pants he is currently wearing optional.

His response?

"I think I made a bad choice"

Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4 Active™, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone

11:06 Dispatch

Me:  "Buddy, why did you take your pull up off?"

He:  "Because dinosaurs."

Me:  "......."