Fun With Tilt Shift

So I am blaming CaptainDumbass at Us and Them for my new addiction: Tilt Shift Maker. I spent a good hour making things look tiny. These are pictures from my Flickr account and my mom's. Here are some of the greatest hits:

Mr. Giles last year

My parents' camper when I was little

A picnic table in a reserve near my house

My sister's house

My mom took this in Vilnius, Lithuania

Another of my mom's Lithuania pictures

Chicago

We had a nice weekend in Chicago before Boy went off to hang out with his other family.

Some Pictures

Boy with his ribbons from his last swim meet with the "Nads"





And look, they're friends now . . .





. . . sort of . . .

Some Pictures to Make You Wish You Were Here

Vacation-All I've Ever Wanted Days 1 & 2

First a little mood music. I discovered this on Mr. Hobbitfeet's iPod playing our favorite game of searching for a word (highway in this case) and playing everything that comes up. So play this and imagine the four of us driving down the highway screaming this as loud as we can.



Day One:


We made really good time on our way to Topeka. I need to say that my kids were SO excited about Topeka. There is an episode of Foster's Home for Imaginary Creatures that they quote incessantly and they couldn't wait to be in the city itself and say, "It's hot in Toe-PEEK-uhh! I'm a hot toe-picker. Topeka's hot. My Toe is hot. Pick it!" Here is my family by a Topeka sign being Hot:



and being toe-pickers:




The first thing we did when we got there was visit a site recommended by Roadside America: The World's Largest Meat Cleaver, which is just in a random parking lot.



If you look closely at the picture you can see a lady who thinks we're really weird.




Then we hit another Roadside America spot to see a giant wren.



It almost pooped on Mr. H.




Then we went to our hotel where Girl suddenly decided that not only was she no longer afraid to jump into the pool by herself, but she could also go down the three-story water slide alone. We also found out that there was a tornado watch. The tornado never came but a storm knocked out the hotel power. Luckily it was late enough that we were able to sleep through the outage.

Day Two:
On day two we got a late start and discovered that Boy hadn't packed anything but two long sleeve shirts and a dress shirt. So we had to stop and buy new ones. I was sick as a dog with some weird stomach virus. The only thing that seemed mildly interesting was the OZ museum but it didn't open for another half hour and we had an endless stretch of Kansas and two cranky kids, needless to say, there are no pictures for today. By the time we passed the "Welcome to Colorado" sign, we were too tired to stop. But we finally arrived and after some dinner and getting settled we let the kids swim in the campground pool until well after dark.
On our way back to our cabin, Girl was so tired that Mr. Hobbitfeet put her on his shoulders. With our cabin in sight, Mr. Hobbitfeet tripped over something and the two of them fell face down into gravel. She's pretty scrapped and bloody, but overall okay. I will post pictures in the morning.


So one good day, one bad day. We'll see what tomorrow brings. Hopefully it's a better day as it is our 5th wedding anniversary.

Just In Case. . .

. . .you were needing another damn picture of my kids (or a clearer picture of Boy's new glasses).

First Day of Summer Vacation (In Pictures)

Happy Mother's Day To Me!

This year for Mother's day I got . . . .











That's right, the giant oak tree in my front yard fell. Luckily, it just fell across the driveway and the street. We were just rounding the corner to pull in the driveway when it fell, so Boy was freaking out. But as I said we were down the block so we're fine. And thankfully our neighbor put in a wood-burning furnace so he's helping chop the tree up so he can have the wood.

Here's our tree in happier times:

More From My New Camera

I did take pictures of my family yesterday. I just had to wait till they got home.

I call this one- So white he glows!

I call this one- Big Fake Smile!

I call this one- Guess Which of My Kids Goes Outside!
This one is one of a series entitled- Why My Husband is Cranky!


And this one is- What You Get When you Don't Look Through the Viewfinder!