The Camera Part III

I don't think he's a shy boy...

The Camera Part II

Here we are again. Clearly in the middle of dinner.
Shot 1: "Oh, a camera."

Shot 2: "Hello camera!"

Shot 3: "ha ha ha camera"

Shot 4: "This is hilarious."

Spring for $1.39

I was doing great with my grocery budget and
thought I would treat myself to a little spring for
$1.39 at Trader Joes!

Mountain Time!

This week Evan and I headed off to the mountains
with Janelle and JT. It was great to
get out of town... though my image of sitting
on the porch talking while the boys played at
our feet was not altogether accurate!

Here are the few shots I did manage to get of our
fun weekend!

The boys looking at each other through the gate.

Together...and happy.

The gorgeous view!

JT and the popular bear.

Evan and the popular bear.Evan climbing up a hill of dirt.
Yes, it came to this! We were just
happy to be outside and not pushing
the buttons to the television...told no touch...
disregarding no touch...being told no touch
and held in place...then melting down.

So... climbing a dirt hill was looking pretty good.
Though they had their moments... Evan
wanting to tackle hug JT and JT wanting
very much not to be tackle hugged by Evan,
we did have some sweet moments too!
Here's one!

Yep, a big smack on the cheek.
(Evan is patting JT's back)
I'm glad they are still friends!

A picture is worth...

As the saying goes, "A picture is worth a thousand words".

They are also deceptive. I thought one rainy day that
Evan would enjoy to learn about crayons and experience
the joy of drawing. Check it out.

From these pictures it would appear that we had a great
time and he was really curious about it. However,
the only thing he was curious about was how the crayons
tasted. To his credit we were in his feeding seat.
Just a little reminder... don't believe everything you see!
But, still cute pictures!

The Camera Part I

Lately Evan has really gotten a kick out of having his
picture taken. Here is a typical example.

I think, "oh, I'll get a picture of him playing".
I get the first shot.

Then Evan notices the camera! And I get this shot.

The camera is way too interesting to stay across the room.

Hello camera.

Stay tuned for more examples.

Ode to Blackshot

This one is for Nicole...

I was laying in bed last night giggling to myself remembering when I named my first dog. He was a feisty lovable short haired toy fox terrier... apparently he was a pretty big deal because he came with a long poster sized document detailing his noble dog family history. His ancestors had names such as Winston Wallace III and Sir Charles Huntington for example. After being given the freedom and responsibility to name him... I proudly announced his name... "Blackshot!"

My reasoning for his name was obvious, his coat was mostly black and when he ran he was as fast as a bullet being shot from a gun. I was a very literal girl. Thankfully this name was vitoed as I mentioned in my last post, but unfortunately he lived a long life in which he was called Frisky every day. Frisky and Pixie. My friend Paige always had trouble with those names calling them Frixie and Pisky... it really was a tongue twister... close to a rhyme but not quite.

Whatever he was called he was a good little lovable pet, albeit untrained, and was a fun pet. Though I dare say his ancestors looking down from doggie heaven would be a little disappointed in his name... but possibly jealous of his free little life. Good ole Blackshot. :)

Name Game

I saw this on Amanda's blog and had to give it a go! I've been having writers block over here, so here is something fun to keep the blog alive!

YOUR REAL NAME
Virginia

WITNESS PROTECTION NAME (mother and father's middle names)
Ann Harrison Kitchens (no mistake, my dad has two middle names... sometimes in the south it is just hard to get all the family names in there)

NASCAR NAME (first name of your mother's dad, father's dad, add "Jr" to the end)
James Harrison Jr.

STAR WARS NAME (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name)
Schgi

SPY NAME (favorite color, favorite animal)
Red Dog (but I would spell it Dawg)

SOAP OPERA NAME (middle name, town where you were born)
Blair Birmingham (good one!)

SUPERHERO NAME (2nd fav color, fav drink, add "THE" to the beginning)
The Green Coffee (not so super)

FLY NAME (first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name)
Gidt (as in Gidt outta here)

STREET NAME (fav ice cream flavor, fav cookie)
Coffee Chocolate Chip (that one is lost on me)

SKANK NAME (1st pet's name, street you grew up on)
Frisky Dover (oh! that is very skanky!) (my dogs name was black shot... that one was vetoed)
or Pixie Dover (equally skanky)

GANGSTA NAME (first 3 letters of first name plus 'izzle')
Ginizzle

GOTH NAME (Black, and the name of one of your pets)
Black Gus (boo)

STRIPPER NAME (first pet and name of car you drive)
Frisky Cherokee (not PC at all)

HIPPY NAME (name of your fav perfume/cologne, fav candy)
Romance Twix (boo)

MAFIA NAME (Dad's first name, animal that scares you, add "da" in between the two)
Gould da Laama

NATIVE AMERICAN NAME (adjective that describes you, problem body part, add "Chief" to the beginning)
Chief Talkative Tummy (not PC again)

SAINT NAME (Start with "Saint", Grandma's first name, fav alcohol)
Saint Janice Amaretto

EASTERN EUROPEAN HOCKEY PLAYER NAME (Your first name, middle name adding "ski" to the end)
Virginia Blairski (nice)