Newtonian Physics - Day 55

Today's theme is the first signs of fall.  Obviously the leaves changing, my garden emptying and cool weather are some good signs.  But the leaves here are still mainly unchanged, my garden is dug up and not pretty and a photo of the thermometer hovering around 60 degrees didn't appeal.  So I wandered into my neighbor's yard and present to you a photo of her apple tree.  She has a few that are so prolific that when the wind blows you can smell the fresh apples as well as the starting to rot ones on the ground.  It doesn't sound appealing, but to me it is the smell of fall. 

Bubble Hmmmm...... Day 54

The theme was bubble gum, but yeah I don't really get that one so here instead is the bubble shaped barometer that Aidan presented to his class for a science experiment.  He really loves science and is getting interested in weather and what causes it so his grandfather giving this to him was perfect.  It is a simple water barometer and it was predicting a low pressure rain/storm system.  It didn't rain until the next day at which time it was showing a high pressure sunny prediction.  Now it is showing rainy again as I stare at the big fluffy clouds and blue sky.  Oh well, it was fun to color the water and use the big plunger thingy to get it in the bubble anyway.

Goodnight Moon - Day 53

Today's theme was "my best friend" which would have been an easy assignment.  However today was the autumnal equinox and also the full moon.  Unfortunately I did not make it outside for moonrise which would have yielded a spectacular photo since this is the closest the equinox and full moonrise have been in almost 20 years it would have been one of the brightest and largest appearing moons.  Anyway, I made it outside just about when autumn officially arrived at 11:03PM EST and here is the view I had. 

Dog, The Stepstool - Day 52

Today's theme was "something out of place or random" and well, I guess the mousepad laying on the dog counts.  And my son perched on the dog's back counts.  Ethan loves to listen in when Chad is reading Aidan's bedtime story, but since Aidan's room is a deathtrap of small toys on low shelves Ethan generally sits out in the hallway and quietly plays.  Last night he decided to get a little closer to the action and luckily Max was there to give a leg up.  Literally.  The dog is pretty patient with Ethan and lay there until Ethan climbed back down on his own.  Good puppy!  Oh, and yes, the baby is trying to eat his way through the gate. 

Sleepy one - Day 51

Today's theme was someone sleeping.  I swear I stalked every person and animal, except my husband, while they were sleeping and every one of them woke up before I could snap a photo.  Finally after waking Mew, our outdoor cat, from a nap I stood around until she started falling back asleep and got a photo. This is her new favorite place to snooze, on our lawn tractor. Mission accomplished!!

Today was a momentous day.  I had my 22 week ultrasound and got a nice long look at our baby.  We looked at arms and legs, fingers and toes, head and belly, heart and spine, the whole shebang.  About 10 minutes into the exam the tech finally took a peek where I really wanted to and let me know I am carrying a baby girl!!  That will be a first for our little family, but I know her big brother's will help toughen her up and also protect her from any harm.  That is if her Daddy doesn't beat them to it.  Now all the real planning can start!!  Here is my favorite photos over her.  The first is her face and upper body and the second is over her little back, butt and leg.  Just a twist and she would've mooned us!!

Got waaaaay behind - Days 46 through 50

I don't know how the days passed so fast, but all of the sudden I am all kinds of behind on this blog.  I did take at least a photo every day, but I didn't really stick with the themes so I am going to post something for each day here and then hopefully be back on track tomorrow.

Day 50: Theme = purple.  These are some flowers from my back yard.


Day 49: Theme - orange. Ethan is 9 months old today so he has to be my photo of the day. 

Day 48: Theme - Diversity.  I didn't even look at the theme before I took any photos this day so instead I have a picture of Ethan playing the "How big is Ethan?  SO BIG!" game that is a current favorite of his.  Oh, and he is wearing big brother Aidan's hat, but don't tell on him, okay?

Day 47: Theme - your cleaning products.  Ummmm...rain is nature's cleaning product, right?  We had a massive thunderstorm full of crazy winds and such roll in late in the afternoon.  Here is the view from my front porch during the beginning of the storm.

Day 46: Theme - Celebrate! Well, every day around here is a celebration.  Ethan seems to pick up a new skill every day. Today he shows off what a fine bunny rabbit impression he can do.

Reality Flashback - Day 45

Today's theme was "reality TV" and we were to take a picture of someone pretending to be in a reality TV show. A little more effort than I felt up to since today was yet another blinding headache kinda day.  The best I could do was to dig out this photo of Ethan watching Survivor with me back in May.  It was funny because it was one of the first times he reacted to the TV, I think because the theme music was playing.  He is much the same now that I am watching all of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer seasons yet again.  I have it on in the background and both of us look up when the music starts and go back to whatever we were doing for the most part the rest of the show.

 I didn't have the most productive day, mainly because I could not shake the headache.  I finally got headed to the grocery store after 4PM and only when I went to pay did I realize my debit card was not in my wallet.  I dug through the diaper bag, but no luck.  Thankfully the store was kind enough to chuck my cart in the cooler while I ran to the bank for some cash.  I was going to run home, but I had to go through the traffic circle and at 5PM it is not a fun place to be and the store said they'd only hang onto my stuff for about 30 minutes.  By the time I got back, paid and loaded everything up Ethan was miserable.  He was tired and hungry and I hadn't packed a bottle because I am an idiot. We finally got home, got him fed and once I put the groceries up I kinda collapsed on the living room floor for a while and let Ethan climb all over me while I rested.  As I suspected my debit card was left at Olive Garden yesterday when I met Sandy for lunch.  I will go pick it up tomorrow.  Sigh...