Curly and swirly

It seems like every time I turn around I'm looking for some sort of fun swirly or crazy curlique to dress up something or other. The Vector Graphics Blog is a great resource for this kind of thing, if you're looking (they have lots of stuff too besides ornaments and frames).

Here's a link to the Ornate Design Elements Vector files pictured here. 

 

 

Silk

If you need to waste some time, play around with Silk online. It's pretty :) 

Little ears

Conversation today in the car following our FHE picnic in the park. 


Miss Lu: [asks Mom something about why we didn't do something earlier in the day]


Mom: "Well, given the circumstances ..."


Miss Lu: [interrupting] "Wait a minute! What circus dances?!?"

 

(Miss Lu at the downtown Salt Lake City fountains, summer 2011)

Ye Olde Faire

Best fair ever, according to Miss Lu. We spent Saturday afternoon down at the Santa Fe Medieval Festival. After multiple visits to the Fairy Village, madrigal singers, belly dancers, and catapult games we ended the day with the entertaining acrobatics of Clan Tynker.

 

Part of the fun was meeting up with some friends whose daughters were equally enchanted by the Fairy Village. Miss Lu also was proud to pick out a slide whistle from the prize booth at the games (she was able to throw a beanbag and knock the rats down from the castle). After we were faired out, we all went out for burritos and gelato ... Calvin Jesse ate many spoonfuls of guacamole followed by many spoonfuls of ginger gelato. He seemed pretty happy about the whole thing.

 

Soccer studdette

Fall soccer season is upon us, and Miss Lu is happy to once again be running around chasing after a soccer ball. She's quicker than ever :) 

Baby friends

Calvin Jesse figured out how to hug his best baby friend Iden.

 

He was pretty excited about the whole thing, but Iden remained a bit skeptical ...

I'm never sure about these two

 

Miss Lu and Calvin Jesse really are becoming friends. He's so excited to see her every day when she comes home after school, and the first thing she does when she comes in the door is run over and heft him off the floor into a squishy hug. 

So the other day, when Miss Lu told me she'd like to play with Calvin, I wasn't surprised. I was, however, a little worried. Here's the transcript:

Miss Lucy: "Hey Mom, can I do something with Calvin? I mean, I don't want to kill him or anything...."

Me: "Um ... yeah. You can play with him. But don't hurt him, ok?"

Miss Lucy: "Yeah, that's what I said!"

Summer's end

How I Spent My Tuesday Night:

The result? Fourteen quarts of beautiful honey-colored peaches to last us through our snowy New Mexican winter. Totally worth it.

Calvin's new hobby

 

 No roll is safe ...

 

At least this is better than his other new goal in life: to splash in the toilet!

Calvin Jesse decides to practice for his upcoming birthday festivities

 

We were at a surprise party for our bishop's birthday. There were four adults sitting in this side room off the kitchen, talking and watching the babies crawl around. All of the sudden our friend Petra said "Oh my gosh. Well, Calvin will do well at his birthday party!"

Nick and I turned around and saw ... a very enthusiastic Calvin Jesse attacking a forgotten piece of cake. Nobody had seen him because he cleverly positioned himself just out of sight behind the chair. 

He spent the rest of the party naked.