Ten New Things

1. Me-Ma
Kylie has called both Karen and I "Momma" since she was 8 months old. Around the house and in front of Kylie, I go by Mommy and Karen is Momma. But Kylie has created her own word for me which is Me-Ma (it sounds like Mommy in reverse). I kind of like it but I would still prefer Mommy.

2. Socks and slippers
When Kylie was younger, she couldn't stand to have socks on her feet. She would pull them off as soon as we put them on. Then, as she was learning to walk, we had her go barefoot at home so that she could get a better grip. But now that she is walking well, she loves her socks (I think the Gymboree non-skids are the best for around the house). And we bought her a pair of slippers which she adores.

3 & 4 New shoes and sidewalk chalk.

Her new Fall shoes are size 4 1/2. And Kylie doesn't really draw with the chalk but she likes to carry it around. She HAS made marks on all the utility covers on our sidewalks and in the street. Little faint pink chalk marks that say, "Kylie was here".

5. Beep
Kylie says "beep, beep" when the microwave beeps.

6. And she holds her hand to her ear when the phone rings. She always says something but rarely says "Hi" or "Hello". Mostly it sounds like, "Eh?"

7. Followers
There is a link on our blog's right sidebar to become a "Follower". Join up! Boost my ego!

8. I changed some settings on my camera for the first time today. I changed the lighting to florescent and the ISO to 800 to shoot these photos at Gymboree. Last time I took pictures at Gymboree, everything came out blurry and very orange so this in an improvement!



(I love the Mom's expression in the back of the bottom photo). Click here if you would like a closer look or if you are interested in the camera settings.

9. The Sunday afternoon photos posted to the blog this morning were tweaked using Scott Kelby's Photoshop System.

10. Today was the first day of my Type+Writer class.

11. And I'm registered Candice Stringham's6-week beginning photography class. I really wanted into this class last quarter but it sold out in 7 minutes and I wasn't able to get in. So I was sitting in front of my computer promptly at 6pm Pacific, hitting my browser's refresh button until registration opened. I notice that it's sold out again which is amazing. Wouldn't you love to be a teacher of something that people wanted so much that your classes filled up that quickly? It must be an incredible feeling.

Anyway, I'm a beginning photo geek. I took pictures of Kylie all day today (poor little munchkin). I'll post some more later. I'm having a lot of fun with this.

So what's new with you?