Life: Unedited

While Momma was weeding the garden......

.....don't think any amount of Tide is going to get these clothes clean (including the ruffle pants)....

She was so proud of herself!
(wasn't there some sort of laundry soap jingle that went something like: "Momma's got the power of.....?" I could not find it...)

(btw: when I say "unedited" I mean no actions or such.... I do sharpen since I shoot in JPEG, and resize for web posting)

Life: Unedited

Keeping it Real

So........I cleaned out under the sectional on Monday......amazing, eh?
I'd like to pretend it had been months since this chore was last done,
but sadly, no -- only about a week.

I'm really not surprised to find MANY toys under the sectional,
since the room doubles (actually triples) as a toy room, TV room, and office.
But I am always amazed at the variety of food items.

This is the first time I have found a can of mushroom soup, though. Funny thing, right after I took the pictures, Nona jumped down off the sectional and picked up as many chocolate malt balls as her little hands could hold.
(OK, if you MUST know, I picked up the rest......and ate them.)

Just keeping it real.

On a side note, knock on wood---we are doing good with the "eating what's prepared" thing. After Walter finished ALL of his lunch yesterday (only snack all morning long was chocolate soymilk), he proudly proclaimed, "I did it!"

Keeping it Real

Here are a few photos from the past week that are real life -- no staging, no retouching, no clearing of clutter -- just real life -- strangeness, silliness, messiness, all together.

Wyatt and his ottoman coffin. Creepy and strange.

Walter boy who pushed his high chair up to the candy dish. Typical.

"Reid read a book" laying across two kitchen chairs reading his homework.
(one of the kids on the bus calls him that)

Nona girl who made a MESS of the popcorn gift.
(Actually I wasn't too upset because then I could throw the nasty stuff away.)