category: Bink
Our Week Through Instagram
January 25, 2012"Bink is sick in bed today with a nasty cold. So that means I am also snuggled up in bed, pumping him full of orange juice and watching Toy Story 3 on repeat. And attempting my first blog post from my iPhone. Here goes... Apparently, according to my photo stream, about all Bink does is [...]"
Easy Homemade Valentine’s
January 20, 2012"Last year I saw the cutest idea for Valentine's Day cards. Unfortunately, at the time, Bink was at a daycare with one other child and K was too old to pass out Valentines in school. This year, mostly because of Pinterest, I started seeing ideas for Valentine's Day way earlier than I would have ever [...]"
Our Week Through Instagram
January 18, 2012"I wrote a post last week that illustrated our week through Instagram and I kind of loved it. It was fun to go back through my phone pictures to see what I'd snapped, especially since it is what I grab to get a quick shot of Bink when I know I don't have time to [...]"
Goals for 2012
January 16, 2012"I've been thinking a lot about my goals for this year. I made the mistake last year of trying to accomplish way to many things. This year, especially with a new baby on the way, I think my real goal may just be making it through the day. I decided to pick out way more, [...]"
Our Weekend Through Instagram
January 11, 2012"My big gift from Hubby for Christmas this year was an iPhone4S. For the past year I had a Droid X, and while I loved having a smartphone, I hated just about EVERYTHING about the Droid. It was buggy, didn't have as many apps, and just generally awful. While there is a rather huge list [...]"
Goals
January 04, 2012"This time last year, I set 52 pretty lofty goals to accomplish during 2011. They seemed pretty achievable at the time What I did manage to accomplish (or at least got pretty close): Photography Goals 6. Take a picture every day (Project 365)--almost. I did really well, only missing a few days up until December. [...]"
Top 11 of 2011
December 31, 2011"First...Happy New Year's Eve! Hopefully you all have big exciting plans. Hubby and I are getting Outback takeout, watching a movie, and snuggling on the couch. We'll see if I make it anywhere near midnight. To wrap up 2011, I decided to take part in the Top 11 of 2011 link up. Here are my [...]"
Merry Christmas!
December 24, 2011"This Christmas Eve we'll be decorating cookies, building faux Gingerbread houses, and watching Christmas movies (until the TV gets commandeered for the Baltimore Ravens game). Next week, I'm off work, the kids are out of school and daycare, and I'm betting I won't see much of my beloved laptop. If all goes according to plan, [...]"
Santa, Baby!
December 20, 2011"For Bink's first Christmas we took him to see Santa and he loved it. He dressed up, was all happy smiles and coos, and we even ended up with our holiday card picture for that year. Last year, Bink was... less enthusiastic. He was tired of waiting in line, unhappy to have his picture taken, [...]"
Apologies and And An Easy Gift Idea
December 06, 2011"First, my apologies for being MIA for so long. The few weeks/months, but especially the past week, have been...hard. Middle school transition issues. Starting the third trimester of pregnancy. Hubby both working and taking classes full time (and finals week this week!). Mostly I'm just...exhausted. Mentally. Physically. Emotionally. Drained. And I have a nasty chest [...]"
Wordless Wednesday: Potty Training
November 30, 2011"I don't have the brain power to write another ranty post about gender stereotyping in children's toys or to pour my heart over how challenging it is to raise a toddler and a tween at the same time. Instead, please enjoy this picture of what potty training looks like in our house. {I’m linking up [...]"
Gender Stereotyping in Children’s Toys
November 25, 2011"I mentioned last week that Bink loooooooves Dora. He just can't get enough of her. Which is fine. My problem comes from the fact that almost everything on the market with Dora slapped on it is pink. Or purple. Or covered in sparkly flowers. It's not that I even care if Bink wears sparkly pink [...]"
Happy Thanksgiving & Family Portraits
November 24, 2011"To entertain you this Thanksgiving, I thought I'd share pictures from our family portrait attempt this past weekend. A few weeks ago, Living Social was running a really inexpensive deal for a portrait package at The Picture People. I ended up paying $5 for a small print package, which I figured would be worthwhile since [...]"
Christmas Gifts for the 2.5 Year Old Set
November 17, 2011"I kind of love Christmas. I've got Christmas music playing right now. I've had a spreadsheet of Christmas gift ideas going for weeks. I can't help it--I'm a planner. Since I'm almost done shopping for Bink, with the exception of small, spur of the moment things I know I'll pick up along the way, I [...]"
Photography vs. Snapshots
November 16, 2011"I started an intermediate/advanced level digital photography class at our local community college last night. As hard as it is to carve an extra three hours a week to devote to this class, I'm really glad I did (especially since come March there will be even less personal time to go around). The first half [...]"
