April 30
Vicki got a new bike today, which means her old one is now Lexi's new one. But Lexi didn't want a pink bike, so she and Chris went to the Home Depot and picked out some spray paint. This pink bike will soon be a beautiful baby blue bike.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Day 118: Student Services
April 28
Today marked the first physical steps I have taken in my journey back to school. I met with an advisor and learned a lot (both comforting and not so much) about what the next couple of years are going to be like for me. I feel too old to be doing this. But I take great comfort in the fact that mine was not the only minivan in the parking lot!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Day 117: Totally Engrossed
April 27
After our recent (semi-disastrous) trip to Utah, Ellie has become enthralled with Magic Treehouse books in a way that her sisters never were. We're currently reading Buffalo Before Breakfast, and she was very worried about Annie being trampled in the stampede (she makes it out okay, just so you know.)
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Day 116: Standing Outside With My Mouth Open Wide
April 26
If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gumdrops, oh what a rain that would be!
It Was Broke, So I Fixed It!
About a week ago, I noticed that my days were off from everyone else participating in Project 365. I seemed to be a day behind. I was afraid I'd missed another day somewhere, but after Chris calmed me down we looked through my pictures (and found this handy calendar) and figured out what went wrong.
Fortunately, I didn't miss taking any pictures. I did, however, miss posting a couple of days. Way back in February, I somehow left out Day 41. I had a picture in my project 365 folder on my hard drive, labeled "041", but somehow I never posted it and went straight from Day 40 to Day 42 without ever noticing. I posted it this morning, though, and you can see it here (right where it should be!)
On top of that, I somehow left out April 2, going straight from the 1st to the 3rd but still labeling the days in order (so the picture I had for Day 92 should have been Day 93, etc.) In order to fix that and keep the days all in order (because I'm anal like that), I had to go in and do a lot of cutting and pasting, and in doing so, the comments got all messed up. Good times. I think I've fixed everything now (with notes indicating where comments are mixed up), and April 2's picture (I did take a picture that day, thank goodness!) is now Day 92, with everything following that shifted forward a day. It's a good thing I have company in this project, or I may never have noticed my mistakes!
Fortunately, I didn't miss taking any pictures. I did, however, miss posting a couple of days. Way back in February, I somehow left out Day 41. I had a picture in my project 365 folder on my hard drive, labeled "041", but somehow I never posted it and went straight from Day 40 to Day 42 without ever noticing. I posted it this morning, though, and you can see it here (right where it should be!)
On top of that, I somehow left out April 2, going straight from the 1st to the 3rd but still labeling the days in order (so the picture I had for Day 92 should have been Day 93, etc.) In order to fix that and keep the days all in order (because I'm anal like that), I had to go in and do a lot of cutting and pasting, and in doing so, the comments got all messed up. Good times. I think I've fixed everything now (with notes indicating where comments are mixed up), and April 2's picture (I did take a picture that day, thank goodness!) is now Day 92, with everything following that shifted forward a day. It's a good thing I have company in this project, or I may never have noticed my mistakes!
Monday, April 25, 2011
Day 114: Happy Easter!
April 24
I'm very proud to say I made their skirts all by myself!
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Day 113: Easter Eggs!
April 23
I think this is the most vivid batch of Easter eggs we've ever colored!
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Day 111: Multnomah Falls
April 21
We were lucky to have my brother-in-law Blaine and his girlfriend Mel stay with us for a few days, and today we let the girls skip school and went to see the sights instead. We love that we live less than half an hour from this breathtaking waterfall.
(Our next stop was OMSI, the science museum, so that makes up at least a little bit for missing school, right?)
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Day 110: Proud of Her
April 20
Vicki was chosen to receive an award presented by the local Masonic Lodge as the outstanding female student at our elementary school. We're so proud of all her hard work and dedication. It really does pay off! Here she is with her wonderful teacher and our amazing principal.
See here for a full post (full of parental pride.)
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Day 109: Be Afraid
April 19
"I said, STOP TAKING MY PICTURE!"
Note: no parents were harmed in the taking of this picture. I apologized, and she put the knife down and moved on with her dinner.
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Day 107: Reading in the Sunshine
April 17
She found a new series to obsess over, and the sun finally came out. These two events are not really related, but I still managed to get a shot of both of them at once.
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