category: We Are Family

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 [...]"

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 [...]"

Toddlers & Tweens

November 08, 2011
"Both of my children are firmly planted in developmental stages where they trying to assert their independence.  And it makes for the perfect storm drama around our house lately. Bink's "terrible two's" don't feel so bad most days.  There are definitely times, like this morning, when he's clearly woken up on the wrong side of [...]"

Bink The Fearless

June 13, 2011
"I'm fairly certain I'm raising an adrenaline junkie. Bink is completely fearless.  Even for a two-year old, his "maybe I shouldn't do this" meter seems to be broken. His true Evel Knievel side came out this weekend at the water park.  Careen down a water slide into the pool?  But, of course.  Jump off the [...]"

The Graduate

June 09, 2011
"K is "graduating" from fifth grade tomorrow.  There is a ceremony and picnic and the whole shebang.  We are so close to summer, and finally being done with elementary school, I can barely stand it! To celebrate, we did a mini photoshoot down at the beach in our neighborhood one night last week.  It was [...]"

2010

December 27, 2010
"I love taking pictures.  And since I'm so often snapping photos, I often catch 487 goofy/awkward/terrible shots before I get a handful of good ones.  Which why I loved the idea of rounding up all the out takes and goofy pictures we took this year.  Although, what I learned is that I like the crazy, [...]"

5 years

June 24, 2010
"Five years ago Tuesday (June 22), Hubby and I went on our first date.  It seems like forever and just yesterday at the same time.  And I have a hard time remembering a time that he wasn't in my life. Hubby and I met through match.com right after I graduated from grad school in Missouri [...]"

Bink’s First Year–Did Do’s

June 01, 2010
"Bink's first birthday is tomorrow.  Emotionally I swing back and forth between being so excited for my handsome, wonderful, glorious little trouble-maker (who, by the way, it totally walking now.  So. Much. Trouble.)  and being overwhelmed at how quickly this first year went.  I wish that I had focused more on him.  I wish I'd [...]"

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

May 17, 2010
"Friday night K and some of the students from her elementary school sang the National Anthem at the Bowie Baysox game.  The Baysox are a local farm team for the Baltimore Orioles and every summer we say we're going to watch them play and then never seem to make it. Weather around here on Friday [...]"

Wonder Woman

May 11, 2010
"I've started this post four times.  Each time, something gets in the way.  I have nothing to blame that on, except being a Mom.  Somehow Bink and K and all the assorted things that go along with an infant and a tween got in the way.  And also that Bink is possessed.  At least I'm [...]"