Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 133

Last day of the third Quarter. Last day of school before Spring Break. Last day we try to eat pancakes that had been in the freezer for 4 months.

"Which one looks more stoned?"

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 132

Back on track with the timing! Headed to school to help set up "Whack the Duck" for the carnival. Then Girl Scouts preparation. Oh, and my custom designed chairs to match my custom table are ready to be evaluated. And the fourth day in a row of SUN! YEAH!!!

"Don't Fence Me In"

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 131

Didn't forget the photo yesterday, just late in getting it loaded. We headed to Nanxiang first thing in the morning and I didn't have the energy to load the 380 pictures. Unfortunately Tuesday Daily Pic was #1 on the memory card! 

"SMOOCH"

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 130

It appears that spring has finally arrived and will stay! Today Natalie has an all day field trip that I decided NOT to do. The all day ones are LONG and while it might be one of the last chances for me to do that, I decided to send her on her own! The smile today is fake due to the fact she was annoyed at me. We found a container of color-changing Silly Putty in her backpack (we don't usually use the backpack for school, she has a messenger bag she prefers) and I wouldn't let her take it with her. I had a premonition of Silly Putty in someone's hair without me there to monitor the "play" associated with it. The caption was her real comment as she is wearing her "ocean" bandana and has on sun tan lotion!

"I smell like vacation."

Sketching

Current addiction: Odosketch. Love it...

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 129

Rain again. Really?  Can't wait for rainy season to start next month. Anyway, it's Friday so how bad can it be?  Natalie was exuberant over the fact that her special breakfast treat was salami. She said it was like staying in a hotel. I think that was a compliment.

"Meat Eyes!"

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 128

Tom is back in the US so it was a quiet morning. Though I do not mean to imply that Tom is chatty in the morning. But he does divert attention from Natalie and this morning I had her all to myself! This is especially poignant as she seems to think she has grown to mature for casual chatting! Anywho, this morning she was just fun to hang with. No drama. No conflict. Just a 9 year old growing up too fast. 

"Say your last goodbyes pineapple on a stick. You're a gonner!"

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 127

The sun is shining today! YEAH! And these are not fresh strawberries, but I am getting rid of the frozen ones since this is the start of strawberry season here. 

"Spring MIGHT be here!"

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 126

Tuesday makes a theme. Guess what she is eating? You would think that with the very expensive (and rare to find) Mrs. Butterworths (lite) syrup that she might be eating these fabulous carrot cake pancakes I pinned, but no, that's not it. Leftover pancake from the Saturday morning dessert (I fed the girls from Natalie's sleepover hotdogs and cookies with pancakes for dessert)? Nope. Cold tofu. Scooped out of the container. The girl is nutty! But healthy.

"我爱豆腐"
translation: I love tofu

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 125

Natalie is sick today. Well, she was actually sick last night. Kind of hard to fake vomiting (though she has seen Ferris Bueller so she might have tricked us!) so we kept her home today. I think she was sick as she wanted to take a bath because she felt dirty. She had beef soup broth for breakfast. Hmmm, probably set a bad example with the hot dogs and cookies for breakfast on Saturday. We used the Harry Potter wand to make her tummy feel better so I am sure she will be at school tomorrow!

"Disappearus Vomitus"

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 124

Green free dress day! And she had to wear something unique for Girl Scouts so she went with a scarf. Not sure that will actually call any attention to her. But now that I think about it, she probably doesn't need any more attention on her when at school! That is Cinnamon wishing you a Happy St. Pat's day too!

"Happy St. Patrick's Day!"

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 123

OMG I forgot again!!!  Really, twice in one week? Must be the rain. Sine I had to take the shot when she was asleep, I had to sneak in and had Mucho all arranged in a funny pose. Took a picture, but forgot the flash. Turned on flash and took another but she had already rolled over and was sleeping on top of Mucho. So much for my "I forgot to take but made up for up it in the cleverness of the composition" shot.

"Mucho gets mucho squished"

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 122

Talking to Grandma Bramer today as her birthday was yesterday. Hard to catch a good time when Natalie is asleep by 7:30!

"Happy Birthday Grandma!"

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 121

Hey, didn't forget this morning! And that is a real quote. The normal brand of cheese we buy here (Land o Lakes) is not longer available and the New Zealand brand does not have any artificial coloring so it has been deemed inedible. Kids are weird...

"Why is this cheese white instead of orange?"

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 120

No, I did not skip a day! But came awful darn close!! Finally remembered to get a shot last night at 9:00 p.m. Whew, that was close. But I must say that I have come a long way in a year. I was not stressed at all regarding the potential GAP in daily pictures. A year or two ago I would have vomited thinking I had forgotten to get a picture before she left for school. You've come a long way baby. Special thanks to my non-OCD friends who have supported me a long the way.

"Zzzzzzz..."

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 119

Perhaps it is time to put away the Poinsettias? The "It's always Christmas at the Bramer's" really isn't working...

"Oh Christmas Tree..."

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 118

Rain, rain, go away...

"Dreaming of Thailand..."

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 117

Raining again today, so no outdoor continuation of our theme! Stuck with plastic lilacs. Boo hoo...

"Hurry, this stem went up my nose!"

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 116

This was her World Thinking Day flower the Concordia Girl Scouts planted this year. It smells great right now! And it is blooming with virtually not sun for the past two weeks. Wish I could do that...

"SPRING!"

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 115

I won't give away the Theme this week. You will have to wait for tomorrow. Also am trying out some new post processing techniques. Moving away from over saturation to lighter more antique looks. Have a great week!

"Little Flower, why do you live in a Buddha Beer Vase?"

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 114

Studying for math test this morning. Two negatives make a positive, right? Amazing how some of these math rules remain elusive, even as an adult! Will be glad when this unit is over!

"-5 - (-58) = 53"

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 113

"En Garde!"