Through My Lens Photo Project DAY # 6

Today is the final day for the photo project that Jenny brought us. I had first heard about this project on Chicka Schmica. I have enjoyed going on photo challenges each day.

The last picture we needed to post was "our favorite time of day". This was the easiest of all the challenges for me. I knew right away what was my favorite.

I love bedtime. The actual putting Brock to bed process. Matt and I both put Brock to bed together (unless one of us is gone that evening obviously). Brock is in the middle and Matt and I are on each side of him snuggled up in his bed. We read books, sing songs, and say our prayers. There is usually a bit of talking, laughing, and being silly involved as well. I have many memories of him reading the books for us that we have read to him over and over a million times and the songs that he requests we sing or that he sings to us. He also likes to do family kisses, where one person is the middle and the other two kiss their cheek and make a big smoochy sound. We always have to give every one a turn when we do these.

After we are done with this part of our "ritual", Brock picks one of us who he wants to lay with for a few minutes. We turn off the lights and this is the quiet time part where we get an extra few minutes of snuggling.

I know someday all too soon, he will be too big for us to all lay in his bed and he will start going to sleep on his own. But for now, I love this time of day!

Thanks Jenny for the fun week!

Through My Lens Photo Project DAY # 5

Today's photo challenge was to show something that we love. I have many things that I love but to make it a little more challenging, I thought a bit more than the I love my family type thoughts.
I love the passion that Matt has for his job as the Head Coach of the Glenwood. Matt went through the Glenwood Wrestling program himself and has followed in his dad's footsteps of coaching the Rams. Coaching is a job that he loves.

He is dedicated to helping the kids be their best. He thinks about wrestling all the time, not just during the season. Matt is a great motivator for the kids and many of them look up to him as their coach. He works with kids all year round, as much as they are willing to put in the effort. Matt loves the sport and it is truly his passion.

The Rams are currently number 2 in the conference. Matt was named SWI coach of the year last year for 3A and has been nominated again this year. Good Job, Honey! I am so proud of you!

If you want to see more of what other people love, click here. Tomorrow is our final day of Jenny's photo challenge. Check back to see my favorite time of day!

Through My Lens Photo Project DAY # 4

Today I had to look for something to photograph on my walls. I couldn't decide on anything in particular so I had to walk around the house and look at everything. I took 3 pictures in Brock's room of stuff that I really like, but as I am typing this, I looked up and changed my mind with what I wanted to post.





This picture was taken by our friend Ashley when Brock was 2 and his great great grandpa was 91. Grandpa lived with us for about 2 1/2 years. They were the best of friends.

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Through My Lens Photo Project DAY # 3

Today's assignment was "something we are working on". I needed to get some VERY overdue thank you notes written so I pulled out everything, set up shop at my table, and got to work while the kiddos were playing. We had also just picked up new pics of Brock that were ready so I also stuck them in with the cards.





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Through My Lens Photo Project DAY # 2

Today's assignment from Jenny was to post something in our town. I thought and thought about what I wanted to get a picture of. I want my posts to be new pics that I go get just for this project so I was a little limited due to the fact that 1- I had several kids here today for daycare and 2- it is cold and snowy out.

I decided on a picture of our library. It is a nice red brick building but I think we could benefit from a larger one in the future. Most of the people who work in our library know us by name and can recogonize my voice when I call in to ask them if they have a book I am looking for. Brock knows Phyliss who works upstairs and we often see her at church or out and about in town. He also knows Teresa, the children's librarian and is preschool friends with her grandson.

One thing I really find interesting is a display case they have inside the main doors. Different people from the community lend their collections to the library of various items to display. I always enjoy looking at the variety of items and like to see whose collection it is. There have been things such as nutcrackers, horse figurines, tea pots, etc. Brock has so many trains with his Thomas collection I thought it would be cool if he brought that in to display. We inquired about it and they like to have things on display for about 6 weeks and at this point.... I don't think he could go anywhere near that long without them!

The children's department is located downstairs. They have a nice bulletin board wall that is always nicely done with some book theme. (That is the teacher in me, talking about the bulletin boards!) The board book selection for wee little ones is very small and I would like to see this expanded. I think the library does a good job with keeping up to date on several of the newest books for kids however. There are movies and books on tape that you can check out, as well as Backpacks with a large variety of themes. This was a project started by my MOPS group. The library purchased the clear plastic backpacks and MOPS donated books and coordinating activities on topics such as dinosaurs, penguins, Valentine's Day, the dentist, etc. These bags are lots of fun for little ones to check out becuase they have 4-6 books inside and a learning game or something similar to go along with the topic. There are puzzles and games on many of the tables in the children's department too. Many of them I can remember playing with when I used to visit as a little girl.

Phyliss is retiring soon and Teresa is moving upstairs to take her spot. This leaves the children's position open. Am I interested, yes! I could SO love a job as a children's librarian. I LOVE to read books aloud to kids and have such fun with it. I would get to do story hour, preschool visits each week, summer reading club, junior book clubs and more! Oh, imagine all of the fun! Is it something I would want to do right now? Hesitantly no. Being home with Brock is the best job ever, even on days when I want to scream (and sometimes do). If it was open in a few years it is something I could look into at that point with serious determination.

Check out Jenny's blog for some other postings on "in my town" and check back here tomorrow for "something I am working on"

Through My Lens Photo Project DAY # 1

Today's assignment was to post something that makes you smile. I think I could use an older picture if I wanted, but I want to try to capture a shot each day that goes with the catergory. After we ate dinner tonight Brock was putting a puzzle together at the table. This is a picture of the moment he looks up with such pride when he completes a task on his own. That proud little smile of accomplishment makes me smile to see how excited he is.