The truth of the matter is this - I almost always pack my camera and take it into town with me whenever I go and I rarely have need of it. Of course there are those occasional days when we are rushing out of the house and I completely forget to grab it. I'm pretty certain every single time I've forgotten to take my big camera there has been something I want to take a picture of.
Like this time the craft for the day was to frost sugar cones and decorate them with candies.
Things like this just can't be forgotten so have to photographed somehow - especially since the end product won't be around for the budding artist to reflect back on. (I mean look at how proud Liberty is of her little sprinkle star - she put a lot of effort into figuring out which candy would stay there - it was totally the highlight of the tree for her.)
And then comes time to eat the masterpiece. (Because for about ten seconds I was considering letting them take them to Mycal's office like we always do after craft time but then I thought about that much green frosting in the back of the car for the five minute drive and I decided that they must be eaten before we left.)
Amazingly enough they were much
much messier than these pictures depict but at that point I had to make sure I got them cleaned up before irreversible amounts of green frosting made it into all manner of clothing.
Then there was the time that Emmuska found her first ever caterpillar on the playground. She was so excited about it and it was the caterpillar that kicked of saving every single one we found for the rest of the summer in jars and other various containers.
After 'rescuing' this caterpillar and helping him find a new home in the tree we went on to scour the playground for more caterpillars in need of similar aid. Considering that neither Mycal or I willing to touch bugs I don't know where she gets this ability to just go up and handle creepy crawlies but she rarely hesitates.
And then there was the day where the sun was just perfect to take these shadow pictures. I took my camera frequently before and after this day but obviously not on this day...which happened to be the only sunny Thursday for quite a stretch of time. I was intrigued by the shadow their hair cast. Liberty for it's adorable little girly-ness and Emmuska for it's absolute crazy and staticy-ness. I mean it's not everyday you see hair that long practically standing straight up.
