How to Draw a Profile...(or how NOT to)

How to draw someones profile... 1.  pin up sheet of paper. 2.  set up light. 3.  position person. 4.  trace.

Easy in theory, but...

...not so when you are using the wiggliest person in the world as your model.

I love how Luke is trying to hold Sylvia's face still while trace at the same time.

Luke then fired Sylvia and hired Isabel instead.  That wasn't much better since the wiggly model rebelled by covering the light.

In the end, Luke had me trace his profile so that he could draw a face on it.

Sylvia's Bag Shirt and Hazel's Cloth Cupcakes

I had the kids pack for our trip to California.  When Sylvia brought me her backpack it was stuffed full so I just asked her if she had underwear, pajamas, shirts, pants, etc.  Once we got there I discovered she certainly thought to pack her pillow and stuffed unicorn but forgot to pack shirts.  She ended up making her own shirt.  Clever girl.

Don't worry, these are "nice guy cross eyes."

Holding to two babies, Hazel and Jack.

Natalie with the babes.

Some funny pictures by Hazel.

Isabel is cute but I don't know what's going on in the background.

Natalie made Hazel some cloth cupcakes with magnets sewed into the bottom.  As you can see, the bottoms of the tin are painted to make a matching cupcake game.

After placing the cupcakes in the color matching tin, Hazel claps and shouts, "Hurray!"

Hazel turns Two

Yesterday Hazel turned two!  It seems like only yesterday...

I love my sweet baby girl.  I have such mixed feelings about her not being a baby anymore, but it is so much fun to see her personality emerging the more she grows.

Sometimes when it's late at night and all of our children are sleeping, Joey will steal Hazel out of her crib and put her in our bed for a while to cuddle with her.  I know that he is enjoying his sweet little baby because she is our last.

Making this cake reminded my of why I usually BUY the cake.  Hazel was so good at blowing out the candle.

Happy Birthday

I love how bored and depressed we all seem in the background.  For the last month I've been teaching Hazel to say, "I'm TWO!"

I\'m Twoooooo!