Blabbing About Bubbles

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

It's sunny and sunny makes me happy...and the kids. As for Mark, he's stuck inside with limited natural light, so we can all guess what that makes him.

Hayden spent the WHOLE time outside talking. TALK TALK TALK TALK BLAB BLAB BLAB. You'll have to excuse him, he was with my father all day yesterday. Logan and Addie really enjoyed the bubbles...until a mystery person dumped the bubbles.

Getting the Mail Doesn't Get Old

I LOVE to get the mail. Love it! And the excitement multiplies when I know something should be arriving.

I got this today:

And in that box were enlargements of:

Perhaps these pictures are the only thing I like about winter.

Does Easy=Lazy?

I just said to Mark-I feel like all I do is plug stuff in. My cell phone, my camera battery, my laptop, my other laptop, my iPod, my video camera, the portable dvd players. I even have a pretty basket, two a matter a fact, to hide all these wires. The laptops are wireless and so is my printer now, I even use the SD card to upload photos to avoid using one more wire to connect with.

And ironically in my email this morning my internet provider sends this email telling me all about "Eye-fi". Now I don't even need to take out my SD card out of my camera if I upgrade to this one! Unbelievable how easy is made easier:

Wirelessly upload photos to your computer and to your favorite photo sharing, printing, blogging or social networking website. It's never been easier to share your memories while they are still fresh. Like the Eye-Fi Home, the Eye-Fi Share wirelessly connects to your home Wi-Fi network and uploads your pictures. It delivers photos to your computer, but also includes the unlimited, secure web sharing service to automatically upload your pictures to your favorite photo site. Choose from among more than 20 of the most popular websites and some up-and-comers too. The Eye-Fi Share offers the added convenience of uploading your photos, even when your computer is turned off. Using it's Smart Boost capability, the Card will determine the most efficient path to upload pictures, going quickly to your computer if it's on and then from there to the web if you've elected to share online, or going straight to the web if the computer is off. The photos will be stored securely and delivered to the computer the next time it is turned on.

Sun

I am 100% convinced that a sunny day gets you up and at it like no other weather can. This afternoon I took the kids down to the waterfront. This is a typical summer spot but you say sun and 50 degrees to me now-and it very well may have been swimming weather to me. 

 The kids were dumping washed up wood back into the water. And Addie was all about the logs that were bigger than her. Determined little one.

They all refused to take a photo together-they had a whole winter's worth of rocks to throw back into the river.

 
And that rope-let me tell you that rope did not provide me with a sense of security! I must of said to them "back up" 5 gazillion times!

17 inches

It could very well be that we not only received 17" inches of snow, but we spotted a 17" Pleated Red Headed Woodpecker in our backyard! I was lucky enough to get this shot before I spooked it away. Apparently by the looks of this tree-this isn't it's first visit!