More Unblogged: Stacy's Birthday! (December)

For Stacy's birthday, yes....back in DECEMBER!.. we went to the gun range for a Friday afternoon together while Shelby was at school.

 I definitely prefer the more mellow 380.  It was a lot of fun!

 Then we went to a relaxing lunch just the two of us in downtown Livermore.

 Then back home for dinner with the Shelbster.

Shelby helped me make a good dinner, like mac and cheese.  HA!

 And, he helped me make a fabulous cake.  It was his idea to make daddy a cake with strawberries.

 He wanted to take our picture.  This is starting to be a nice perk of him getting a bit older.

 Shelby picked Daddy out a new book (that he later LOVED) and an angry bird cookie.

 Then we laughed all night at the purple tongues the cookie creates.
Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Random...unblogged

I have Sooooooo many photos to process to catch everyone up on what's been going on that it overwhelms me at times.  Sorry for the absence.  It's prime photography season, so most of my time is spent on shoots.  However, didn't want to leave you hanging, so thought I'd grab some random old shots from this past fall to share.

This was in the parking lot at a store, so of course we had to get a pic!

 This was Shelby playing "statue" with some of Stacy's buddies.  He was seriously frozen and unmovable no matter how they messed with him, like below.

Here's a couple of random gym shots.  And a great example of what happens when he dresses himself.  He's got daddy's style.  Just kidding!

Thanks for hanging in there with me....hehehehe...pun from pics above totally intended.  I am debating taking a day of vacation off work just to catch up.  Love to all.

Holiday Break...Fun Family Time

Taking you back to the New Year's holiday....never got blogged. I took some time off, since Stacy wasn't working and Shelby's school was closed to have Family Day in San Fran. We went to the Children's Creativity Museum and had a blast!
The day started outside with a sack lunch picnic and playing outdoors.Hello?
Daddy? Is that you?
Indoors for tons of adventure. We started in the room that makes tons of echos.
Then, off for craft time. They gave Shelby a box of random items and he chose a card. The card said he was to use the items in the box to make a "robot dog". I couldn't fathom what he was going to do with cardboard, yarn, bottle caps, a shower cap, etc. But he new instantly. "No, mom, like this!"
And, this, my friend's is a robot dog. HAHAHA Hey, it's better than I could think of....Off to dance and watch the screen do crazy things with your picture and motion.
You're on fire, Shelbs!

The museum had lots of decorative items. I snapped a few to show how fun and colorful they were as you passed them in the halls.

Puppet show!

This was a pic of the mirror behind him that let me see what he was doing when he thought he was ducked down behind the stage. Then, he realized what I was doing. Busted!

Off to be a Construction Worker like Daddy.

Concentration...
And, of course once it's built, we must knock it down!
Recording slide. The kids LOVED sliding down then watching their video.

Play Dough

This was my absolute favorite part of the day. Shelby took all his little play dough creations, walked over and sat down behind this counter and started yelling out, "Cookie for sale! Come get your cookies, Folks!" I hated that I didn't have video. My heart was breaking for him when he sat doing that for a while, watching people ignore him and keep walking by.

Then, people started to catch on to what this creative little guy was trying to achieve. They started pretend paying him and pretend eating their cookies. Happy customers at last!

What kind would you like?

The little girls started bringing him more "cookies" to sell. Then it got crazy. Shelby said, "you owe me money for that cookie." The girl said, "wait, we're making you these cookies. You've gotta pay us!" And the fight was on. When he wouldn't let her take the pretend money, she started taking back her products. I was cracking up!We explained to Shelby how you have to the people who work for you part of your profits. Then, we moved him along to the next activity.
It was a performing room. You enter your name and script in the computer and make a commercial that you can get on video. Shelby couldn't read the script on the screen, so he just wanted to dance.
And sing.

Lego area on the way out the door to the carousel.

I was entertaining a little girl that popped by.Deep in serious thought again.
Look how tall, Mom.
See if I can jump this high.
On to the carousel before heading home.
I loved this pic of Stacy.....hahahaha
LOL
What an awesome time together.
Shelby wanted to take our picture next. The camera is half the size of his head, but he did a good job.
Starbucks stop before the bart ride back home.