EAT YOUR CHICKEN!

Dear Weeb,

You're the only kid I know who takes an hour and a half to eat your favorite dinner. Chicken and rice. Just eat the chicken already! I'm not quite sure how this conversation came about between you and your father as I was in the kitchen doing dishes, but overheard him say, "Eat your chicken, Tooty Rooster has decreed it!" Later I found this visual aid. You two are very strange.

SPRING BREAK, BUBBLES, AND WIND STORMS

Dear Weeb,

Day 1 of Spring Break and we got to spend it together. We watched some movies, washed all the bed sheets, vacuumed, and we got to blow bubbles as the wind gusted like crazy outside.

Yes, I often let you play around large hydro boxes that clearly display someone being electrocuted for daring to go near it. We used to sit on these when we were kids. Don't sit on them. Don't lick them. It's probably okay to blow bubbles near them.

I am aware that for this photo, I asked you to sit on the hydro box. Is it that I'm Mother of the Year or was it a test that you failed? Yeah, it was me being Mother of the Year.



I had a really nice day with you today. I love you, Stinkbug!

SPARKLY PINK NAIL POLISH

Dear Weeb,

Trying to get an interesting shot of sparkly nail polish and you wanted to try painting your own nails. This makes me cringe. I don't know why, but it just does. But I let you do it anyways. You did a pretty good job. And then you wanted to paint my nails. You must understand how much I love you that I let you do it. Enjoy the pink sparkles, my girl!

HUNTING FOR 4 LEAF CLOVERS

Dear Weeb,

You wanted to help me take my daily photo today and nothing we were doing in the house was turning out how we wanted, so we decided to go hunting for 4 leaf clovers. You said that you and the kids in your class have been hunting for them at recess and lunch and you knew where there was a really good clover patch. So we went for a walk when the rain stopped for a little while and these are the pictures YOU took. You used my Canon PowerShot SD1000. I think you've got a very good eye. A lot of your shots were blurry, but we're working on how to best hold the camera so you get a good shot. And I have to keep telling you to hold the button down half way and look at the screen before pushing it the rest of the way. You'll get it. And you still managed to get some wonderful shots!

Clovers! Do you see any with 4 leaves?

Periwinkle!

More periwinkle!

You chased some ducks and managed to get a pretty good shot of them running away from you.

This is 'The Forest'. It's on the outskirts of the school field and you guys aren't allowed to go in there, so it's a HUGE attraction. You tried to convince me that there was a fantastic clover patch in there and maybe a leprechaun. Yup. A leprechaun. Well, I suppose if there was a leprechaun somewhere, it would be in The Forest.

It was fun taking pictures with you today!

RAINY SATURDAY PLAYING

Dear Weeb,

You were taking pictures with my little Canon PowerShot SD1000 today. You wanted to take some shots of your toys, so I said go ahead. You spent about an hour setting them all up the way you wanted them and snapping pictures. I think you did a pretty good job.

This is a little La La Loopsy, propped up against your pink castle.

Your little La La Loopsy has two cousins. Aw!

This is your little Strawberry Short Cake / My Little Pony / La La Loopsy / miscellaneous dog village and tea party.

You tell me that this picture is of a girl who is in the flowers, looking up at the stars.

COLORTASTIC RAINBOW ROCK

Dear Weeb,

You painted an awesome rainbow on a rock a few weeks ago. When it's gloomy outside, I look at the rock and it cheers me up. Good job, baby!

PLANTING GRAPE HYACINTHS

Dear Weeb,

Last weekend, you got to plant some flowers into a pot that you painted at your Cousin C's birthday party. You chose some pink flowers and grape hyacinths. They're really growing quickly! You're quite proud of your green thumb!

THE PARK NEAR THE SCHOOL

Dear Weeb,

I wanted to take a panorama shot so I used the park behind our house to test out my photography / Photoshop picture merging software. This is where you went to school in Kindergarten, and now, in Grade 1. We didn't usually stand at this spot. From here, if we walked a bit and turned left, we'd go through a gate to our townhouse complex. I'm going to try and get a close up shot of your school and playground another time.

RED BALLOON

Dear Weeb,

You got a red balloon from your Cousin C's birthday party. You have a love / hate relationship with balloons. Looks like a nice picture though, doesn't it? Maybe I shouldn't tell you about the grand drama and whining that took place when I asked you to raise up your arm with the balloon so I could try and get a picture. You are clearly the most hard done by little girl with a red balloon that I have ever seen.

A WEEBY PORTRAIT

Dear Weeb,

You reluctantly posed for me today as I practiced my portrait photography skills. I'm still not terribly good at it and goodness knows you cannot sit still for more than a moment, but I did get a couple of good shots. I couldn't pick just one to post. I edited them both quite a bit in Photoshop. But you ARE this beautiful.