So Ready for Summer!

The theme of the day our life is: AVENGERS…

B and I went and saw The Avengers this past weekend.   Since I rarely stray from anything that doesn’t include romance, comedy, or Ryan Gosling, this was a big deal.  And, it was actually pretty good!  I wish I had date pics to share, but it’s pretty awkward to ask the waiter to maneuver my camera and give him a mini-lesson on shooting in manual.  Boo.  Next time. 

Summer is so close.  I can hardly wait.  We’re already trying to do summery things around these parts.  Like be artsy.  And stay up late(r).  And make popsicles.

 

In case you wondered, Becks informed me that the popsicles freeze like this…

It was an interpretive dance, that included shivering while doing a semi-body roll :)

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I just love the sun streaming in our living room in the morning.  I wish I could just bottle up all the happy.  Or all the laundry monster.  Whatever it is, I want to bottle it up.  Time is so fleeting. 

I have five more days with kids.  With a three-day Memorial Day weekend thrown in the middle. 

Then, it’s back to more artsy, 7am snapping turtle paintings for me.  With lots and lots of coffee.

A Million Bajillion Pictures of Beckham

 

I know, right?  It’s been eons.  I never thought I’d be the blog that would show up on someone’s sidebar with the last update tagged as 3 Months Ago.  Seriously.  I blame it all on my camera lens.  Short after I wrote Yagoot for You…three months ago…my new camera lens cracked.  And it spent almost two months being “repaired” before the company decided to just replace it with one that was IN STOCK at the store.  Why they didn’t just do that in the first place is beyond me, but whatever.  If you’re familiar with a 1.4 lens, you know: once you go 1.4, you don’t go back.  All that to say, I rarely took picture for 6 + weeks. 

But.  Anyway. 

Look at this crab apple.  Isn’t he a hoot?!  I shot this picture to savor every last moment of the Terrible Threes, which are right on the way out the door.  He’ll be FOUR in less than two months.  I  die. 

   

You won’t believe how much he’s grown in the past three months. If you thought he was a little man before, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Let me introduce you to Mr. Personality. 

  

This was him today at our early Mother’s Day brunch with my family.  B and I both had to have private discussions with him about his behavior while we were at the restaurant.  One involved B showing him the “woodshed” where they keep the spanking machine.  Oh, yes we did.

Wait?  You need further proof that he really tests our patience so often that we threaten him with non-existent woodsheds spankings?  Please note that in the family portrait on the right, my dad is continuously mouthing Becks, look at the camera!  Becks, look at the camera!

 

Most of the time, he’s the sweetest little thing you ever did meet.  Enchanting you with stories of superheroes and charming you with that gap-tooth grin.

   

He’s also been a rather amazing model for me lately, trying things on for me for my teaching blog – which I have been keeping up with over the past three months. 

   

And, a little glimpse of what he’s going to look like as a young man someday.  Sigh.

       

There.  I think that was a million bajillion.  More life updates coming soon. 

And when I say soon, I don’t mean in three months.  Promise.

Yagoot for You!

After I tried on a unitard {see yesterday’s post}, I took my sweet precious on a date to Yagoot.

They serve real frozen yogurt with all kinds of fun toppings.  Becks chose strawberry yogurt with raspberry and banana accents.  It was totally yum.

I opted for the random combination of Italian Cocoa, toasted almonds, bananas, and…mangos.  I know, mangos?!  That’s what I was thinking, too, when I received my final order.  I think the Mangos just looked so tasty and fresh, that I didn’t consider its awkwardness when combined with the other flavors.  Whatever.  Still yum!

Geez Louise, just looking at that picture makes me want to go back! 

Anyway, the lighting in the shop was totally amazing, so I took lots and lots of pictures.  We were the only customers at the time, so I didn’t feel too crazy squatting on the floor for the best views or snapping random pictures of their chairs.  However, I did feel the need to compliment them on the lighting.  Which I did when I caught them staring at me. 

Lots of you have asked about my camera and my editing software lately, so here’s the deets…

It’s a Canon T1i that I got for Christmas last year.  And here’s a nerdy pic of me feigning surprise:

I recently got a new lens for it { 50mm f1.4} that I looooooove {thanks to my fab in-laws!}.  It creates that fun bokeh look that I’m obsessed with lately (blurry backgrounds).    I also shoot mostly in manual with a BBF {courtesy of my super talented friend, Cara!!!!!}, rarely using my flash.

I edit with whatever Microsoft program that came on my computer, usually enhancing the color and messing with the contrast, brightness, and clarity.  I’d love some fancy Photoshop program, but I think they’re pretty costly and I don’t know that I’d know how to work it even if I did own it!  {If you know of an expensive, easy-to-use editing software, do share!!!}

I’m faaaaaaaaaaaar from having perfect pics, but it sure is a fun hobby to have :)

Happy Sunday, friends!!!!!

Today I Think I’ll Buy A Unitard

Now, that’s a post-title you don’t read everyday.  But it’s what I thought when I woke up this morning.  I think I’ll buy a unitard. 

No?  You didn’t think the same thing?

Well, why ever not?

Is it because it reminds you of 80s workout garb?

Or perhaps because only a person name Eunice (which I would clearly pronounce Unis) with a unibrow would wear a unitard?

That’s what I thought, too.  Before.

Before Rebecca changed me.  Because, sister can *rock* a unitard and thoroughly convinced me with this post that I should at least entertain the idea of adding a unitard to my wardrobe.

First and foremost, I wear leggings about 98.5% of the time.  The other 1.5% I’m wearing something restricting and uncomfortable and am thinking about why I didn’t wear leggings.  {Except in the summer when I live in dresses.}  They’re a versatile wardrobe staple that hold me in and smooth me out when necessary.  Let’s be honest: the bottom line is just that they’re so dang comfortable!  So, why not just feel comfortable all over and buy a unitard?!  Perfect for winter underneath everything, me thinks.

So, I made a plan of action.  First off, I had to locate said unitard.  Rebecca’s is from American Apparel and darnit if we don’t have one of those close by that I’d never visited.  It opened at 11am, which is too late for me to subsist on coffee alone (cause let’s be honest – who wants to try on a unitard with a belly full of Raisin Bran?).  I opted for a mini Clif Bar instead.

Beckham went with me.  Through the shadiest part of town ever.  If you’re familiar with Cinci, then you probably know exactly what I’m talking about.  Long story short, I made it there holding my breath, not making eye contact with anyone, and then parked at a parking meter which I had no intention of paying.  Because I had zero change.  And I intended to be parked there for less than three minutes. 

Went in the store, grabbed the unitard, and it. was. LOVE.  I tried it on with the tunic I was wearing and Becks cowered in the corner.

Then, I came home and made B snap several extremely awkward pictures of me in the unitard.  All while I sang…

I wanna unitard-amus for Christmas…

…only a unitard-amus will do!

Don’t wanna doll.  No dinky tinker toy.

I wanna unitard-amus to play with and enjoy!

       

Verdict?

Comfortable and I will wear it a lot.

I am wondering how I’m going to go to the bathroom.  Hmm.

No, I have no intentions of wearing it all by itself. 

Here’s how I’m wearing it right now:

      

{Sorry ‘bout the double shots.  I’m tall, with limited room in our bedroom, and I didn’t feel like changing my fixed lens.}

Omiword.  So now you either think I’m crazy and are immediately going to de-follow me, or you’re going to be singing the tune to I Wanna Hippopotamus for Christmas! all day.  I apologize for my weirdness in advance. 

So, that’s all.  I bought a unitard.  Are you spending your Saturday thinking about unitards, too?

:)

A Random Post Is Better than No Post At All

 

1. It’s so strange that grad school is over and I have nothing pressing to do.  It’s really nice actually, though I still have this feeling that there is something to do and I’m just forgetting what it is. 
2. Um, I am tearing up.  Watching the cast of Jersey Shore reunite with their family members.  Well played, MTV, well played.
3. This boy is outgrowing the Famously Awful Threes.  PTL!
4. However, he’s grown right into the I’m Not Going to Eat ANYTHING three-and-a-halves, except Pirate Bootie, Spiderman Fruit Snacks, and cheese.   We’ve had recent stand-offs involving untouched sweet potatoes and veggie burgers.  This pictures was taken during a particularly dramatic moment.
5. Since there is absolutely NO snow in our forecast, we’ve had to find a substitute.  So, we had a marshmallow fight at our house the other night and it was sooooooo much fun.  Becks and I conspired in the pantry, and bombarded a sitting-on-the-couch B with a fistfuls of marshmallows.  No mess, easy clean-up, and edible!  Love it!  {Becks used the bean bag to hide behind.}
6. Our New Year’s Eve was low-key and uneventful.  Just the way we like it.  Becks and Sophie had a great time battling it out to Just Dance on the Wii.  And I ate a bazillion barbecued meatballs.  Yummo.                                                     
7. I bought some really fun things at Target the other day.  See?       { top left, clockwise – rug, fruit basket, key holder thing?, and a pink bird!}
8. I took Beck to the Children’s Museum last week.  You know, during every other kid in the tristate area’s Christmas Break.  It was crazy crowded.  But we had a fun little date, and I got to eat kid food for lunch. I’m pretty sure El Nacho Grande is not real cheese.                       
9. We had a dusting on Monday, and Becks decided to rekindle the love for The Christmas Hat. 
10. Off to play Words with Friends! And I’m losing to everyone!  And tomorrow is FRIDAY!!!  YAY!