Not so little anymore

My computer sat idle for a few minutes today as I did laundry. I looked up and saw the screensaver of all my different pictures flashing by and happened to be captivated by this picture:
It's not one of my best pictures ever, but I was captivated by the subject. I hadn't seen that face in a long time. THe one with the super chubby cheeks, and slightly chunky body covered in baby fat chubs. the one who dressed herself that morning in wildly mismatched clothes. This girl is gone forever and I didn't even get to say goodbye.

Look at her here and study her face, it still has a hint of baby too it.




And here you can see just how little she is with the roundness of just leaving babyhood

Sadly I know exactly when, what the date was, when she left behind her childlike body and chubby cheeks to transform into a long lean body of a young lady entering kindergarten.
Alaina was VERY, VERY ill for a week straight and on May 24th 2008 I saw the drastic changes in her face. She lost all her baby fat that week and came out totally changed. THe roundness is gone and she's ready to move onto this next stage.


I was also struck today by looking through all these pictures of how many more pictures I should be taking. At least one a day right. I am after all the family historian :)

Are you a font Fanatic????

Then this should crack you up! I got it from Cathy Z's blog.

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Blankie Boy LO

Fonts:
Texas Hero Font
Tempus Sands

Brushes:
Snapshot frame kit by Rhonna Farrer (2peas)
Sweet Pea Bonus by Rhonna Farrer (2peas)

Mask:
Border Edge Die Cuts by Katie Pertiet (designerdigitals.com)

Paper:
Mono Blendz Paperie by Anna Aspnes (designerdigitals.com)

Journaling:
You call your blanket “silky” and silky is your best friend in the whole wide world. In my mind I can hear that little giggle you have when I find silky after a massive, house wide hunt, cuz Lord only knows where you take that silky. If we leave silky somewhere like church, we have to go back there and find someone to unlock the classroom, because you CAN NOT sleep without your silky. You hate when you have to be parted from silky, so he can take a bath. But man you love to be wrapped up in silky when he comes out of the dryer. Silky is your constant companion and brings you more comfort than even your mom.

Ev's first triathlon

So it turns out after talking to both Mammy (Ev's mom) and Ev, that they're both a little offended that I haven't blogged Ev's first triathlon. Ev never reads my blog so I didn't think he'd care. In fact he'd much rather that I didn't even have a blog. So I was a little surprised that he had a problem with it . . . and how did he know it hadn't been blogged??? Maybe he's secretly reading the blog???

Mammy was offended (I know you weren't really Mammy, you were just joking) because they were her pictures. I forgot my camera on race day so I relied totally on Mammy's pictures. She jokingly asked if they weren't good enough to make the blog. SO NOT TRUE. I've just been Blog lazy lately. So here they are folks . . . the triathlon pictures from Ev's first triathlon six weeks ago. I am so proud of all the training and hard work he put in to this event. It took a lot of dedication and he did a great job.

Here's the stud muffin before the event. The order of the tri is swim, bike, run. So he had this wet suit on to swim in the lake. I thought it looked like something batman would use to swim in. The night before the event he was packing all his stuff and prepping his bike for the race, and I was assisting him. Out of nowhere he busts out with "Where is my supersuit?", "Woman, get me my supersuit!" Those of you that have seen the Incredibles, should be giggling about now :)



Ev on the banks of the lake waiting for them to call his age group into the water:
Ev in the water:
Here he is coming out of the lake after what was the hardest leg of the race for him. He practically learned to swim just for this event . . .

In the transition area getting ready for the biking leg of the race:
After the bike he was heading out for the run, I couldn't believe he had a smile on his face!

Isaiah stood at the entrance to the finish line and high fived all the racers coming in. They all kindly took the two seconds and high fived him, which he was pretty happy about.

Ev coming into the finish.
After the race, coming over to say hi!

Joseph

I came in to the living room the other day and saw Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat, er . . . I mean, white towel standing there.

Turns out Joseph had also just lost two teeth!

Rillo's Rookies

Today was the Eppies great race . . . the worlds oldest triathlon. Ev relayed with a few friends of ours and their team name was Rillo's rookies. Jill was the runner that handed off to Ev, Ev was the biker that handed off to Mark and Mark kayaked in to the finish line. Ev did 12.5 miles in 36 minutes and was thrilled with his time! They ended up getting 11th place in their division.

Sorry for the blurry shots . . . I had some serious camera shake going on . . . I really needed a tripod with my telephoto lens, but that just wasn't managable with the 5 kids I had with me :)

Ev waiting in the transition area:


Jill coming in for the handoff to Ev.

Ev taking off for his turn in the relay.
Mark after his leg of the relay
Mark and Chloe
The Rillo Rookies
After the race they had this whole area set up for the kids with bounce houses, free cotton candy & popcorn, a rock wall, an inflatable velcro wall. It was AWESOME!!!

Isaiah having a bat painted on his face:
Chloe climbing the rock wall, man she was a monkey!
Alaina getting her face painted

Alaina's key

Lainie informed us today that there are two entrances to the center of the earth. Apparently one is in our front yard and one is in the back yard. She says that there is a special key to open the doors and she is the only one that possesses the key. Then she showed us the key and told us to keep it top secret . . . not even tell the other kids. Ever since she told us, she's kept the key hidden away. So much so that I can't even find it to take a picture and show you. As soon as I hunt it down I'll pop in a picture. One wild imagination in that girl.