Asleep on the Job

I've been asleep on the job a bit lately as far as this blog is concerned, and I know I need to post about our camping trip. But since I don't have time to do that right now I figured this would be an appropriate picture to share from our weekend at Inks Lake. . .

This is what happens when you fall asleep during a hike. Red bull, people!

P-Dub

I have no business posting right now. Trying to finish up an early day of work and finish packing for our camping trip to Inks Lake State Park this weekend, but I am so tickled and just have to share!

I've followed The Pioneer Woman's blog (affectionately known as P-Dub to her readers) pretty much every day for the past few years. I particularly love the photography section, and yesterday she gave a photography assignment to post textured photos to The Pioneer Woman's Photography Assignments group on Flickr. I had a few on my hard drive, so I figured why not.

Today, I was shocked to see this photo of mine on today's post on her photography blog. . .

I took it out in the gorgeous flower patch at Dewberry Farm when Anna made it very clear she wanted nothing to with my camera. A little playing around in Photoshop, a little added texture, and voila!

There were literally thousands of pictures uploaded to P-Dub's Flickr site, so I'm just so tickled that she noticed mine!

Thank you, that is all :) Now back to packing. . .

The Other "ism"

Mommy: "Anna, get your shoes so we can go bye-bye."

Anna: [Throwing hands in air] "Where ism?"

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Direction Translation: "Where is them?"

Correct English: "Where are they?"

But it's close enough for now, not to mention really adorable.

Doin' the Dew

So as I mentioned before, we made a trip to Dewberry Farm a few weekends ago. We have gone every year for the past three years, and I honestly cannot say enough good about this place. They add new things to do every year, and it just keeps getting better and better.

This year, we were really excited because MawMaw and PawPaw were able to come with us for the first time, as were our friends Cesar & Laura and their kiddos. Ross & Nicole, who usually make this trip with us every year, were dearly missed this time, but they had a good excuse as they were home taking care of their new little man.

Before I move on to sharing some of the pictures from the day, I have to first admit that this trip started out with the awful realization that I managed to bring my camera but forget my CF card! Making the thirty minute drive back to the house for it was not an option (but one that I definitely briefly considered!), so I have to say that I was very pleasantly surprised when Cesar (my hero!) pulled an extra CF card out of his camera bag. Thanks again Cesar - you're a lifesaver, and possibly a marriage-saver! lol.

And no - I have no explanation for that last picture. Just something I thought you all should know.

The Bedtime Look

If you got this look every time you enthusiastically said, "Anna's going to sleep in her own big girl bed tonight!", along with the hopeful response, "No! I sleep in Mommy-Daddy bed!". . .

. . .there's a pretty good chance you'd be a sucker too!

(The jammies that say "I rule the castle" do very little to help establish me as the authority figure I know is in there somewhere.)

In the meantime, I'm off to snuggle with my little bug. . .followed by the obligatory elbow to the ribs, smack in the face, and kick in the head from the cutest little foot ever.