Field Trip

This last week Emma went on a field trip with her school class.  They went to the Discovery Museum in Milwaukee.  I wasn't planning on going (this month has been way too busy), but at the last minute her teacher calling me and asked if I could go because they were a chaperone short.  I didn't really have the time, but I said yes and went with them.  The kids had so much fun, and since I was there I was able to get a few pictures of Emma.

hamster wheel

static electricity thingy (why yes, that is the technical term for it)

The result of the above mentioned thingy

laying on a bed of nails

petting the fish

Halloween Nails

I saw an idea on Pinterest for some Halloween nails, and just had to try it.  I think they turned out cute, even though a few of my nails are too short for the detail to really pop.  Imperfections and all (especially on my right hand, since I had to do that with my left hand - not easy for me since I'm right-handed), they make me smile every time I look at my hands.  So much fun.

Fall Photo Shoot

I love taking pictures of my family.  Especially in the Fall.  It's so fun being outside and enjoying the weather and the colors, but then I get to focus (ha, no pun intended!) on my two favorite people.  It just doesn't get much better than that.  So last weekend we decided to go to a nearby park and wander around snapping some shots.  This post is mostly going to be pictures, and a lot of them!  And this doesn't even come close to representing all the pictures that I took that day!  Eric always makes fun of me because I'm always saying how much I love digital (you know, as if it's still something so new instead of something that's been around for 15 years or so) because you don't have to worry about how many pictures you take - you can always delete some later, but then I never delete any!  I just can't though.  I love each and every one.  And I have a hard time choosing favorites.  It's like they're some weird breed of children - you just can't get rid of any or play favorites with them!  Oh well.  Enjoy some of my favorites from last weekend.

So typically Emma!

Not quite sure what pose this is...

And just so we didn't forget who we were dealing with, Emma needed to be very crazy for a moment before we found our next spot.

These next few are some of my FAVORITES (even though I don't play favorites, remember?).  As you can tell, the lighting wasn't very good, and we hadn't quite started taking our real pictures here.  But these two were just talking and Eric said something (I wish I remembered what!!) that totally grossed Emma out.  Her facial expressions of disgust and his smirk of self satisfaction with having disgusted her made me laugh.  I just couldn't stop snapping shots, even though the light was crappy.

She did recover from whatever it was he said though!

We did make sure to take some time and just play at the playground too.  You can't go to a park without just relaxing and having some fun!

Emma's School Door

Last week I decorated Emma's classroom door.  I saw a super cute idea online that looked really easy, so I copied it. I didn't have my camera with me at her school, but here is the picture I saw online.  It turned out exactly the same (except her classroom door isn't red, so I used red paper).  Love it!