Amie Powell, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Photographer

mardi gras…

i want to start off by saying that we have never really recognized mardi gras, and to be totally honest i really do not know anything about the holiday. i didn’t even know that today was mardi gras. until my daughter walked in the door from school with large silver beads around her neck, and yells “HAPPY MARDI GRAS” with an enormous smile on her face. they did celebrate it in school today. the mister picked her up from school this afternoon, because i am not a fan of driving if there is even a chance of the roads being icey. she was telling him about a cake on the ride home, and that there is a baby hidden inside. they were going to whole foods to pick up a pizza for dinner, and she saw one of these cakes in the bakery section. i wish i would have been there…i was told she was beyond excited. because a dad has a hard time saying no to his little girl, and also because a dad has a hard time saying no to cake in general, they brought one of these cakes home. to say the least, this cake didn’t look appetizing at all. it had green, yellow, and purple icing just tossed on. it came with a bag of 4 sets of beads, and a tiny golden baby. i had to google this cake, because i was clueless. here is what wikipedia says about king cake. and here are some photos of the cake and of some colorful photos they made to hang up, taken with the iphone.

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valentine’s day..

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imaginations…

Lately, my kids have been playing a lot of “house” as I called it growing up, and they completely crack me up with the things they come up with. The other day when we were on our way home from school, they decided to be brother and sister (go figure!) and I was their babysitter. There conversation went something like this…

Daughter: I can’t go to the birthday party because girls can’t go

Son: Uh huh, girls can go now

Me: Whose birthday party are you going to?

Daughter: I don’t know his name because I wasn’t invited

Son: He doesn’t have a name

Me: What did you buy him for his present?

Son: My mom bought him all kind of birthday stuff

Me: What kind of birthday stuff?

Son: Like cake, cereal…and…cupcakes and pizza

Daughter: Well I didn’t get him anything because I didn’t know I was allowed to go

Son: I will make him something then, and you can carry it in

Me: What are you going to make him?

Son: A light saber, and he said he wants the whole galaxy

Daughter: Well, now he is just being greedy

Son: I am going to call my mom and ask her to buy an Anakin costume at Target. Do you have a phone?

Daughter: I was texting too much at school so my teacher threw it away

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I had to cut in there, and get out of character. I had no idea my daughter even knew what texting was. haha!

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lemons…

over the last couple of weeks i have been going through old photos, and trying to get them organized. i came across this set, and had to laugh, for whatever reason, they both wanted a lemon slice. and what kind of mother would i be if i didn’t photograph them? i have no idea of how my son kept the slice in his mouth for as long as he did. i believe he also had his mohawk still at this point, before we let it grow out.

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patience…

the dog waiting so patiently, hoping to get a dropped m&m or two. sadly for her, not a single one hit the floor.

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trick or treat…

[taken on the iphone]

the little miss eneded up being the one and only hannah montana, and the little guy had a last minute costume change to anakin skywalker. while out trick or treating he attacked a darth vader, who certainly wasn’t expecting it. ha..boys are crazy.

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happy halloween…

apparently, this is what happens when i asked the mister to make breakfast for the kids…

[sorry about the poor photo quality, it was a dark morning]

and this is what happens when i go to old navy the day before halloween. all halloween items were $2, plus i had a 50% off coupon. i am pretty sure this is the best $1 i have ever spent, although our dog, elsie, would disagree.

we will be taking the kiddos trick or treating this evening. our son is a ’skull pirate’ and our daughter is undecided between hannah montana, olivia the pig, or a flower. she said she wants to surprise us. how exciting! happy halloween!

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