2015-16 School Photos

Our new school is a web-based charter and therefore a large percentage of its students don't go to campus for classes like we do. Classes on campus are optional and are mostly electives. We only live eight miles away, so we're there every time the doors are open (two days a week).

One down-side that I didn't realize until too late was the fact that they don't bother to bring in an official photographer for school pictures, since most of their students are off site.

Which made me really sad, since I've always wanted to fill in one of those frames that holds all of the school year pictures over the course of a kids' education. You know the ones, right?

So what did I do? I bought some lights and a backdrop and did it myself! I wish I had done it sooner so it showed what they looked like at the beginning of the school year, but at least it's done, and now I have the means to keep doing it in future years.

And if I do say so myself, they turned out pretty darn good.

November Recap

November flew by, but was so very long.

We saw sunshine, ice, rain, snow, and very little frost. The last leaves fell and blew away or were rained into the ground. Power outages from wind storms. A very bad cold with a trip to the pediatrician for some nebulizer help was followed by walking pneumonia with another trip to the pediatrician for lung-listening and permission to return to school.

I turned 40.

The big birthday party of my dreams was held a few days before my actual day, and I'm so glad it worked out that way. The memories of that fun evening (and the gigantic chocolate cake) sustained me while I was stuck on the couch with a raging fever for too many days. Binge-watching Gilmore Girls helped too.

The kids started music lessons. He chose guitar. She chose piano. Their teachers are sisters and had the same time slot available, so both lessons are done in the same half-hour each week. She loves her lessons. He's not so sure yet.

Two loose chickens treed a red squirrel... one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

School picture re-takes were better than the original.

Good-bye for now, November.

Autumn Barn :: Box Elder Bug and Eyelet Lace :: Dried Cinnamon Apples :: When the Power Goes Out :: Brd's and a Hock :: Vibrant :: Feeding the Kitties :: Sorting my Stash :: Mt. Hood from Jonsrud Viewpoint :: Blaze :: Window Sunset :: Bunco Birthday Party :: Every Girl Needs a Gigantic Chocolate Cake with Sprinkles for Her 40th Birthday :: The Reason I Drive an SUV :: Distant Rain :: Explore :: Nature's Flu Shot :: Kurt, Luke, and Lorelai :: Piano Practice :: Rain :: Chicken-Treed Squirrel :: George Looks Happy :: Snowy Barn :: Play Time :: Goodbye November Tradition :: Third and First Grade