This Moment, Friday, July 26, 2013

{this moment}

A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. 

Birthday Number Six

Beautiful Birthday Girl.

With her bow.

The cake she asked for. Vanilla cake with chocolate frosting on top and peanut butter frosting in the middle.

Smiling as her family sings happy birthday to her.

Pig wearing the new outfit I sewed for her and sitting on top of the leftover cake.

Her birthday was quieter this year than in years past. No big party. No guests joining us. But she got what she wanted most of all. A bow and arrow set. And she had a special breakfast with her mama and sister. I made her gluten free, vegan, pineapple pizza for dinner, and the cake she requested, and home made ice cream too. Her daddy got home in time for dinner and we all went to the park to play with the bow and arrow for a while before returning home for cake.

I think she was happy with her day. I love her so much. I have loved loving her for these past six years. I hope she enjoys six with all her might, and I am excited to start another year of her life with her. My beautiful Penelope Roane.

Circus Smirkus

Penelope and Dorothy

With the littlest monkey.

With Toto

With The Good Witch

With an acrobat.

With the biggest monkey.

Monkey faces!

With an acrobat.

With the wicked witch. It took her a long time to get up the courage to ask him for a photo because he was so wonderfully wicked in the show. She was so delighted to find out "He's really such a nice boy, isn't he Mama?".

With the Wizard.

Little Violet was a little scared of all the performers. She watched her sister make the rounds from the sides.

We went to see Circus Smirkus last night. This was something I have wanted to see for at least ten years, maybe more. Our homeschool group had greatly reduced tickets available months ago so we grabbed some as a birthday present for the girls. It was one of the best things I have ever seen. And there are no animals in this circus, which was quite the bonus. And now both girls are jumping off furniture and trying to do flips and discussing their future circus careers. Oh dear. The theme this year was The Wizard of Oz, in case you couldn't tell from the photos of Penelope with the cast. I was so completely amazed by the show that I never took any pictures during the performance, and wish I had now. But I think we'll definitely go again next year.

{this moment}

A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. 

Leading Up to the Fourth of July 2013

Lots of fun building up to the fourth of July. Carnival, concerts, vegan ice cream truck, fireworks. I love this time of year. So much excitement, so much to do, so much crazy energy everywhere.

Mmm Cherries

Finally, after years of trying, we got to the cherries on our cherry tree before the birds did. We were so excited! After a quick rinsing of them, the girls got down to the serious business of eating the messy, juicy, sweet, tart, and beautiful things. I may never get the stains out of their dresses, but I think it may have been worth it. Sweet, sticky heaven.