Photography 101

by Lila

Lately the kids have been wanting to take pics with my camera

All. The. Time.

by Lila

The problem with this is that I become the subject of the photos. And I'm not very comfortable in front of the camera. So that's a big, fat Uhhhhh!

by Lila

They are doing really good though. They are holding up the big camera, finding me in the frame and then snapping away.

Meaning...I just deleted about 200 photos.

{Not an exaggeration.}

by Lincoln

They are getting so dang big.

by Lincoln

School Yo!

My name is Karla, and I'm a teacher. Always, always have been. You can ask my mother, and she will tell you about the hours I spent wearing her shoes, teaching my imaginary students in her classroom throughout the years. You can ask my sister. Poor Kelsey, she always had to be my student. In fact, she is my only student I had the pleasure of teaching year, after year, after year. After year! You can ask the hundreds of students I taught throughout the years. You could ask Brian. He likes to remind me that he is, in fact, not a student in need of my instruction. Ahem!

And now even Lincoln + Lila can testify. At the end of summer I decided to start being more purposeful in the projects I do with the twins. And since I certainly have enough ideas and storybooks for several classrooms, I decided to put it to use. I chose several seasonal related themes, and a couple times a week we go to 'school'. Totally informal and totally relaxed. Just way fun.

These pics are from September on the first day we tried it. They were fans.

*And nope. I will definitely not be homeschooling. Not for me.

*For several reasons, but mainly because I could never do it justice after observing my amazing cousin Alane.

Hi!

Uhhh! I lost my phone on our recent trip to California. Such a bummer. So I have been with out a cell phone for almost 1 whole month. It has been freeing and frustrating. I'm over it. My mom is sending me her old one, which hopefully will be here tomorrow. I think I owe about a million people a phone call.

Speaking of my mom, this is how she scaled my neighbors wall to try to get a peek at his mega-mansion.

All this and she couldn't even see it. I know, I know. Awesome.

Don't you just love summer? Even though it hasn't really felt like summer in my area, I certainly love all the fresh fruits + veggies that are available this time of year. It has even helped break me out of my cooking-funk. Do you have some yummyand healthy recipes you wanna share with me? Feel free.

Zucchini, peppers + carrots in our turkey burgers tonight.

I love these yummy potatoes. Aren't the purple ones so beautiful?!

Making my favorite pasta dish. (And my sis' too!)

And I bought nectarines today. Nectarines! Aren't those little gems such an underrated treasure? I adore them.

Our seeds are growing. This was last week:

And this was today! I heart gardening. (When it's not raining that is.)

Our little town had a very big parade this weekend. And even the sun decided to make an appearance. Amazing! Pirate themed parade on the waterfront with eagles soaring above...are you kidding me??? It really was perfect.

OK, I'm gonna go beg my husband to run down to the market to get me some Skittles. It's 9pm, but I'm gonna try.

How are you all doing? Do I owe you a phone call. I'm sorry, soon I promise! :)

What I Need

Things I need:

(In no particular order)

• A manicure
• A pedicure
• A facial
• A massage
• A brow wax
• A long nap
• A vacation to a warm location
• A visit to a the chiropractor (I have a rib that is still out of place from my pregnancy)
•A girls night out
• A romantic date with my husband
• A (child-free) stroll through Anthropologie

Ok, so I probably don't need all these things, but a girl can dream can't she. I definitely want, want, want them though.

Seriously-- if you know a chiropractor in my area, let me know. I'm kinda scared of them, but this rib must get fixed ASAP.

Enjoy!

Wonder what it is like to be a mama of twins???



(Thanks Christy!)