Isn’t it funny what a little bit of spring fever will do?  I remember being in college in Illinois and we were all dreadfully tired of winter.  Then comes a few days of sun and slight warmth and everyone had renewed energy and campus came to life.  Well, we had a few sunny days with temperatures in the 60’s and the kids and I developed our own spring fever.  We got home from school, got some grape juice, apples and Goldfish and sat out on the deck.  My youngest decided that he wanted to play photographer.  So he set off to take pictures of everything.  SOMEHOW they got the crazy idea to put clothespins in my hair and on my earrings.  Here is what my 7 year old took photos of…ME covered in clothespins.

Not too shabby for a 7 year old with a big SLR camera!  A little sun flare but I thought they came out great and so I wanted to share.  I soon asked to have the clothespins removed from my hair and it was quite a painful experience…so we started a crazy game of hide and go seek.  The next photo was my 8 year old saying "you can’t catch me!" and the photo of that reminds me of "Here’s Johnny!" from the Shining.  Too funny.

The point of this?  Remember to find the beauty in the simple things.  An afternoon sitting on the deck with my kids having clothespins put in my hair and a great game of hide-n-seek.  We laughed and burned some energy and found a funny but great way to connect.

Have a GREAT day!!

~lisa