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Snapshots of Life

Ready for lots and lots of pictures? We’ve had a busy 7 days or so and I haven’t shared many pictures! We’ll start with what turned out to be the boys’ final swim lesson of the current session (Chase, Jackson and I all had a stomach bug Friday and Saturday so they missed their final lesson this weekend)…

Pretty much made  their day to get to do the lesson near (and even on!) the big floating snake!

I’ve got lots more pictures from that morning, but Photoshop crashed on me while I was editing them and I was too annoyed to re-open it and start over. Call me lazy, I can take it;)

We ventured to the zoo last week with some of the mom’s from my moms group. Always a good time, and we hadn’t been the zoo in over a month because of the darn gas prices.

That’s right, Jackson… pat the sheep’s bottom instead of his side or head. *sigh* And yes, it was intentional on his part. He said “I’m going to touch his bottom.” Nice. Apparently he saw that as the “safer” end to touch.

Thursday evening we spotted not one, but TWO rainbows behind our house! The boys had never seen one before, so were quite excited about it.

Like mother like sons!

(Taken by one of the boys with their camera)

Friday afternoon, Chase crashed on the floor. Little did we know that 30 minutes later he and Jackson would be sick and then 12 hours later I would be sick too.

Speaking of kids crashed on the floor… it may be fun to be Lily, but apparently it was a little too much fun!

So sorry for boring you, Lily.

Waiting for Daddy.

Love that grin!

And that double chin. And those chunky arms. And the even chunkier legs that you can’t see here.

Jen - May 9, 2011 - 10:44 am

Beautiful pictures!

I chuckled at Jackson touching the sheep’s butt; that’s something only a boy would do. ;)
Lily is beautiful and getting SO big! :)

Jenni - May 9, 2011 - 10:49 am

Helen the boys are soo cute and Lily is adorable. I have a 2 year old little boy and a 6 month old little girl and I love reading your posts. I hope you had a great mothers day :) youre a super mom for being able to handle 3 boys the same age :)

Helen - May 9, 2011 - 10:56 am

Only a boy is right! At least, I think so…. I’ll let you know in 3 years.

Helen - May 9, 2011 - 10:56 am

Thanks, Jenni!

pop pop - May 9, 2011 - 7:25 pm

my new fav picture of Lily ! Great shots

Sarah - May 9, 2011 - 9:22 pm

Great photos! I love that last one, but they are all great! Adorable!! Love them taking photos of the rainbow too. That rainbow is gorgeous.

RoseAnne (mom and grandma) - May 9, 2011 - 9:40 pm

Your pictures keep getting better and better. Practice is making perfect. :)

Helen - May 9, 2011 - 9:41 pm

Thanks, Sarah :)

Helen - May 9, 2011 - 9:41 pm

Thanks, Mom!

I Heart Faces – Motherhood

“Motherhood” could be captured in so many different ways; sticky hands and faces, story time with the kids, cuddling a newborn baby, a portrait of a mom and her children, etc. This week’s theme at I Heart Faces is Motherhood, and as I was considering which picture to enter I kept coming back to this one.

Motherhood doesn’t end when your children are grown and out of the house. This past December my mom came for a short visit. Moments before we picked her up at the airport, Chase got sick. The poor boy spent most of the day looking quite miserable. That afternoon, my mom scooped Chase up, wrapped him in a blanket and sat on the couch with him. They stayed that way for several hours. Not minutes… hours! Never once did my mom complain that this heavy 3 year old was putting her arms or legs to sleep. She just savored the chance to hold her grandson and help him feel better. I could imagine (and remember somewhat) her holding my siblings or me the same way when we were sick as children.

There’s nothing like a mother’s or grandmother’s love to help a sick child feel better. The next morning Chase was bouncing around like nothing had happened and I had received a reminder that motherhood is never ending.

Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! Thank you for being such a wonderful example to me of what a caring and compassionate mother looks like.

 


sarah - May 8, 2011 - 1:55 pm

So cute. I love this.

Simple Girl - May 9, 2011 - 7:52 am

It’s true. The role of mothers never ends. I think I need my own mom as much now as ever!

Tamar Strauss-Benjamin - May 9, 2011 - 1:47 pm

Aw, so sweet!

Tamar

Susie righter - May 11, 2011 - 7:23 pm

That really captures how committed Moms are and how totally in love we are! Thanks you Helen for expressing it so beautifully to your Mom. She deserves it, what a wonderful lady she is … I love her too!

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