Hip Momma's Journal

Trick or Treat

2009-11-02T12:00:32Z

Smell my feet. Why do stinky feet always make kids laugh? We had a fun Halloween like always. I really don't think that an event involving candy could possibly go wrong anyway. I've mentioned before that we live on acreage. Trick or treating in our neighborhood would involve a car or lots of walking. So our neighborhood has Trunk or Treating. We head to our clubhouse and park in the lot. Those that are way cool decorate their car trunks and we walk from trunk to trunk. Well, it works. The kids had fun and got way too much candy. We usually go to the grands' house where we do the traditional house to house ring the door bell routine. We'll have to see what the girls choose to do next year.

Ever since Natalya was born over 8 years ago, we've almost always dressed as a family for Halloween. Vienne chose to be Dorothy sometime last year so that meant we had to follow suit. Natalya sorta got stuck with being the Lion.

She was a real good sport but has requested that she be allowed to chose her own costume next year. She says she doesn't even want to do what the rest of us do. I'd say we had a pretty good run lasting 8 years. Who knows. She may see how much fun we are having and join us anyway.

The family. Daddy was Tin Man and I was Scarecrow. I think we look pretty cute.

And the trunk. That's a tornado in case you can't tell. There be lots of tricks and treats this Monday. Go see.

Well, I'm ready to move on. The Halloween dec will soon be packed away and I'm taking Christmas out. Don't be a hater, I love Christmas decorations and I love seeing them for more than a month.

Kiddos- San Antonio Children's Photography

2009-10-31T20:10:06Z

I have a few friends that I've had a real long time. One of those friends is Heather. We went to college together. She was in my wedding. She actually is the one who introduced me to my husband! So she surely holds a special place in my heart. I can't believe that her children are so adorable! Just kidding, I knew she'd make lovely babies.

I just could not get over her son Baylor's curls. Curls like no boy should ever have. I would have given a foot for curls like this.

Baby girl Landry is the spitting image of Heather. So sweet and just adorable.

It had been really rainy but we put on our boots and played in the mud.

Cutiepie for sure.

Thanks, Heather, for letting me photo your kiddos.

Autumn

2009-10-28T21:25:17Z

Rain Rain Go Away

2009-10-26T13:54:02Z

Some lovely shots of my girl on this once again gloomy, wet, rainy day. Ask and ye shall receive? Really. It was such a dry summer, we begged for rain, water wells were going dry. Hmm, now we are flooded. Oh, well. It's supposed to be nice this Saturday for Halloween so I guess I'll take it for today.

The Pumpkin Patch

2009-10-19T11:00:44Z

The obligatory pumpkin patch trip. We make it every year. We really thought we'd be rained out this year but we were given an absolutely gorgeous day today. So glad we made it.

I don't look forward to the day when Natalya says she's too old for this.

This shot is really sooc, no editing at all. The sky was really that blue.

I just LOVE how Vienne always puts her arm around Natalya when I say, "Snuggle!" LOVE it.

I'm almost afraid to mention it but Vienne did not cry once last week at school. Not once. Knock on wood for me. I will remain cautiously optimistic. Happy Monday, here's to another tear free week.

Road Trippin'

2009-10-05T11:00:19Z

Well, both girls got healthy and just in time for the weekend. Me and my friend Angelia had serious road trip plans to go to Round Top for some junk in our trunk antique crafting fun. We were so serious that this time we brought the Uhaul. And the Hubbies. The Hubs were actually excited to go and I think they had a good time. We brought home some fun stuff and are planning our next trip in the Spring.

There was some mention from the men about masculinity and pulling our carts. So there had to be a picture.

Happy Monday! What's your best shot?

Somehow Missed Wednesday

2009-10-01T12:04:38Z

This whole week has turned into one long day. I guess we've been pretty lucky compared to most, illness everywhere. Our girls only got mild sicknesses this week. Natalya started last weekend with just a fever and nothing else. How am I supposed to treat nothing else? I kept her home from school for one day and she was all good after that. Then Vienne got an ear ache. And nothing else. Again, how am I supposed to treat nothing else? I wish they would just get sick and get it all over with. I know, it really could be worse and we truly don't want worse. Fun things planned for the weekend though so I have my eye on the prize.

Here's another pic of my big girl. When she was home on Monday not really sick I made her work.

I guess I'm off to color some more. Or play hide and seek. Or play Barbie Hawaii. Or puppy at the pet shop. V has a fantastic imagination but staying at home sick is not supposed to be so much fun. No wonder she'd rather stay home. I'm doing it all wrong.

Holiday Sessions

2009-09-28T16:54:56Z

If Hobby Lobby can put Christmas out there so can I. Just wanted to let everyone know that I do have just a small number of dates left before I break for the holidays. I do have a Holiday Mini Session special right now. 30 minutes of your time will get you a great image for your holiday cards. Email me at info at rockinAphotography.com if you want more info.

Whatever Wednesday

2009-09-23T14:31:17Z

Hump Day again.

It got cold here in South Texas. A balmy 60 degrees cold. And yep that's cold for these parts for this time of year.
It's also been rainy. We didn't get rain all Summer and lately it's been falling in buckets. But if you planned ahead you installed your rain barrels to catch the rain that falls of your roof. We have two rain barrels and they are both completely full.
I think I would be entering a whole other realm if I starting ordering food from etsy but look at these yummy yummies. I just love all things pumpkin. I wanna buy one of everything from her shop. Maybe it's the cold weather but I was this close to clicking buy.
I had lunch with Vienne yesterday at school. She cried. Sigh.
I found out this week that the 3rd graders teacher rewards the kiddos with m&ms, candy bars, and soda. Hmmm. I will be discussing that with the teacher at our parent conference on Friday. How could any kid say no to candy bars?
Two of the best iphone apps that I discovered this week are Best Camera and Shake It Photo. Worth the few bucks you have to pay for each. Gotta say that they are almost as good as carrying your point and shoot.
I love Fall. I even have a cute new sweater to wear. But Fall to me means we are heading straight into allergy season. Yuck.
I found out that there is a farmer's market not too far away. I'm hoping to go this Saturday. We have one in our small town but it usually only has three stands. We live in a really small town.

This is called a spigot and not a spicket. But you smarty pants probably already knew that.

Some interesting facts about rain barrels:

Rain barrels can save approximately 1,300 gallons of water during peak summer months. The roof on a typical house can capture approximately 26417.2 gallons of water a year. Rain water is chlorine free. You can buy rain barrels already made to be rain barrels. Or you can do what we did- we bought old wine barrels and converted them. You can use the rain water that you harvested to water gardens, plants, and if you are hard core you can bring the water inside for other household chores. Easy to install. I mean, so I hear. The Hubs is very handy.

OK, I'm off. Does anyone else get anxious when the house is totally empty and the tv is off? I can't relax.

Roller Coaster

2009-09-16T17:41:21Z

I don't like them. I won't ride them. Not even the kiddie rides. Hardly ever even will get on the log ride that splashes into water. If the girls want to ride they have to ride with Daddy. I don't like the feeling and can't imagine how anyone can find them thrilling. That's just me.

These last few weeks have been like a mini roller coaster ride for me. Emotionally. Because my little kinder girl has been having trouble starting school. Again. I was really hoping this would be her year. Some days she leaves the house crying, some days she cries in the car, some days we have to move her into school crying. Some days she starts off fine that then cries right when we get to the school door. I hate it. My day is sad knowing that she started off that way. But when I pick her up, she's fine. She talks about school, she talks about chasing the boys at recess (oh, boy), she talks about helping the teacher. Her teacher is fantastic will surely get the Teacher of the Year award for dealing with V AND another little girl who cries. So I start the day sad, worrying about her all day long, then see that she's fine. I was starting to wonder how long she could keep this up. Then a few days ago, she got home and said, "Momma, I was thinking on the bus, that maybe, just for one day tomorrow... I could stay home." Ugh, it's gonna be a long year. Any ideas, suggestions? I'll try anything. I've tried rewarding her with a treat at the end of the day when she doesn't cry but that worked maybe twice.

And a picture of my big girl, cuz she rarely gets in front of the camera anymore.