Soooooo…another day that looks like THIS….

I decided that today we would spend most of the day in. What is a girl to do in Maine when its snowy, and cold, and just…late February?

Welllll…this….

and then the “spa lunch”…peanut butter and jelly..perfect day..

Daily Mantra: “love of beauty is taste, the creation of beauty is art…{ralph.waldo.emerson}

dear Mikki and Katie…

this morning we were sitting at the kitchen table doing homework. katie, you were there…don’t worry…you were drawing spiders. {might i digress for a moment and say that you mentioned that you would like to have a pet spider, to which i said no, and for future reference, i will always say no about this pet choice of yours so please find something semi cuddly to ask for next time} anyways, we were doing homework…homework, by the way, has not gotten any more fun since i stopped doing it. but Mikki, you were completing it joyfully, and seamlessly. as we were wrapping it up, Mikki, you said something unexpectedly prfound…”mom, i want to be a teacher when i grow up because i LLLUUUVVVE to help people realize that they can do stuff.” at the time i think i said something  ridiculously unenthusiastic like “awesome”…but in my own defense i had not had my cup of coffee yet and i was still sleeping even though it looked like i was awake. {yes this is an bad excuse for not paying attention to your epiphany, Mikki, but when you are a mom you will understand} later in the day, after you had gone to school, it did dawn on me {finally} how brilliant and amazing your statement truly was. i stood in the middle of the kitchen and all the times people told me i couldn’t POSSIBLY do something flashed in front me. sometimes, i listened, and gave up. sometimes, i moved on and did it anyway. somtimes, i failed. most times, i didn’t.

girls, don’t let anyone tell you can’t do something {unless its me…haha…joke}. when it comes to going after what you love in life {whether it be teaching, or being a mom, or anything really…or loving a person even}, don’t let a single, minute thing stand in your way. ever. not even me.

all my love darlings,

p.s. daily mantra: most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be….abraham.lincoln

daily mantra: from small beginnings come great things {unknown}

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truth. the next best thing to having your own baby is getting to be around them all the time. truth. it still isn’t easy to leave at the end of the session. and little Owen was so preciously perfect it made my depart bitter sweet. at almost 2 weeks old, he was the perfect little sleeper. i was mesmerized by his long toes and fingers, and how every little baby noise he was simply amazing {you know those sweet little semi-sleeping squeaks…sigh}. we had an awesome session and i just could not help but share a few this monday morning.

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on a business note, my newborn casting call is currently full and i can’t thank those of you enough who have participated, or have yet to. i hope to reopen another for an older age group this summer when the weather is balmy and the light is golden, so stay tuned to the blog for that around June!

dear Mikki and Katie…

here we are…another winter school vacation. i always have there grand schemes of creative entertainment so the lack of light and cold, and general house bound desperation won’t drive us all crazy. we have done some crafts, read a lot of books, played a ton of dress up, and headed out into the blustery weather a few times for some snow stacking good times, but in the end i kind of wonder what people did without TV.

and as i sit today in front of my blinking curser trying to think of SOMETHING to right for motherly advice to you, the only thing that comes to mind is my hope that you will be way more ‘go with the flow’ than i am.

and…this was the wrong week to give up coffee, so don’t give up anything you love on a vacation week.

all my love darlings,

p.s. “the doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.” {flora.whittmore}

this beautiful box, custom created for Caroline and Nate, appeared on my door step after a long layover in the Washington DC area. i am just in love with the creamy feel and tones…perfect! this box is provided in my portrait collections, and comes with all of the 5×7′s from your session so you don’t have to be without a single photo!