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Meghan's first time fishing

365 Days of Photos

Since I have been interested in photography, I have found many people do 365 days of photos- so January 1, 2013- here we go!

Jan 1, 2013
New Year's Day- Back to Running and the Rose Bowl

Jan 2, 2012
Meghan's "magic wand"

Day 3
Finally tired Bokeh- our Chirstmas tree

Reality Bites!

Oh the Terrible Twos- I swear I'm going to have gray hair...or no hair by the time Meghan is 3.  We are having major problems at daycare right now with biting. What is a parent to do- she totally gets it; when we talk to her she says "mommy I can't bite, it hurts my friends, and if I do, I will go on time out".  Yet she gets so caught up in the moment all she wants to do is dig those little teeth right in!

Before I was a parent, I looked at other parents and thought "control you kid!" and now I feel like people are saying that to me.  When we first started at our daycare there was one mean kid who picked on all the other kids- it actually made me a little nervous that this kid was around my baby.  Now I'm the one who has the kid that parents are nervous for their kid to be around.

I know she is a good kid and she is very loving, but all common sense goes out the window when she is worked up.  I have honestly started to do deep breathing with her to calm her down.  Besides putting a nasty flavor in her mouth (which I am 100% against) or file down her teeth, I don't know what to do.

About a month ago one of the daycare ladies said to me "I said an extra prayer for Meggy to have a good day today, I know she is a good kid".  Which then of course throws me into tears, because my kid is so bad she needs extra prayers!!


Are any of you parents of biters or recovering biters??  Any advice you can offer this parent?

Friday Night Photo Shoot

I have recently taken some photo classes where we go to Nicollet Island and take photos.  Right now the leaves are so pretty, I really wanted to take some photos of Meghan.  It started out a little rough; first I turned on my camera and realized I didn't have a card it in (really, how do you forget that?!), thank goodness I have learned to carry a spare (not the first time this has happened).  Then after about 3 pictures Meghan says she wants to go home... Are you kidding me, we just got here!  Once I started using some of the tricks I learned in my classes, Meghan got into it.  She started picking places to take pictures and saying "I want to sit here" or my favorite "I want to lay here!" in the middle of the sidewalk...sure why not!  So here is a handful of my favorites.

First Day of Fall

Today was the first day of fall and what better way to spend it than outdoors.  This morning Andrea and I went to watch Jordan run her first half marathon (a trail run to top it off!)- The Surely Loppet Trail Run.

    

Big smiles at the finish

Jordan, Tim and Grandma!

Jim, Natalie, and Jordan

   

  

Natalie and Jordan

Enjoying some watermelon

Andy and Jordan

   

          

       

In the afternoon Michael, Noreen, Meghan and myself went to Aamott's Apple Orchard- it was
busy!  We bought a ton of apples (ok more like 10 pds of apples) a delicious apple pie, made with 2 gingers whiskey (if you are out there you HAVE to check this out!), and Kettle Corn (which Meghan calls "sweetie popcorn).  We also did a hayride, and jumped in a pile of hay.  Michael and I relived an old photo of us. This was probably right before we got married.

2006

2012