Photography #4

While my foot  has been healing for the last year, I've spent a lot of time with my camera! It has been a lot of fun to experiment with, and figure out how to use it. Here are a few photos I've taken from winter 2017-2018.

Jason and Matthew, showing off their cool backpacks!

Downtown Calgary.

A bunny loaf, outside my house!

Kids say the funniest things #14

Jason figures that everyone goes to work, to make him slurpee money.

Don (Grumpy) gets home, and Jason questions him: "You work Grumpy? You makin the slurpee money?".

Talking to Jon on the phone, and Jay asks him: "You makin Jason's slurpee money?".

Today he asked me if Grama was out making slurpee money.

I said no, it's her birthday! So he asks "She makin me birthday cake money?".
Fml.

Jay: "Gumpy, you go out?"
Don: "Yup I'm working"
Jay: "You go make money?"
Don: "Yep I'm making money."
Jay: "Making money for meee? For Surpeees?"

Don (also known as Grumpy) is Jason and Matty's Grandpa.

Jay.. randomly yelling at his pinky toes "GO HOME, PIGGIES!".

Kids say the funniest things #13

Me and Jason were on the train today.

Jay: "We go to zoo?"
Me: "Not today, we're going to see grandpa."
Jay: "Zoo broken anyway."
Me: "Why is it broken?"...
Jay: "Penguins broke their own home, and went on the train."

Totally makes sense. We can't go to the zoo today because the penguins trashed the place, and escaped by taking the train.

Me: "I said to stop climbing on your brother!"
Jay: "No Mommy. Matty.. mine horsie!"

Me: "Oh my goodness Jay Jay, you have a wasp bite!"
Jason: "Wasp.. biiite? Wasp bite me? BUG ATTACKED ME!?"

Kids say the funniest things #12

The four year old is always trying to negotiate.

Jon: "So Jay, is there anything you would like me to do with you today?"
Jay: "Yeah! We go to the slurpee store and get a treat."
Jon: "Is that all I'm good for, treats?"
Jay: "How bout dis.. If me can't get kinder egg, me can get a toy!"

The kids are cleaning their room together.

The conversations they have.. Wtf?

Jay: "You have school tomorrow?"
Matt: "No, I don't have school for a long time."...
Jay: "You do! You can see yours girlfriend."
Matt: "....I don't have a girlfriend!"
Jay: "You don't have a girlfriend right now??"
Matt: "NO!"
Jay: "Aww, it's okay Matty. You get one soon."

Jay: "Me no like cleaning. Cleaning takes ALL DAY!"
Matt: "Yeah.. but it'll make Mommy happy. Plus we want to surprise Jon when he gets home from work!"
Jay: "We will mess his room! And hide in his bed!"
Matt: "....Not that kind of surprise, Jay."

Me: Jason.. It shouldn't take this long to wash your hands.
Jay: Me making my arms happy!

Kids say the funniest things #11

Jons asks Jay "Can you pass me the remote?"

Jay says "You can reach it, you're a big man!"

Jays brushing Jon's hair.

Jon asks how it looks, and Jay says "Good! You look like Nemo!"

Jay: "Let me hear your heart."
Matty: "No Jay, I'm reading."
Jay: "Just let me! ME NEED TO!"
Matty: "No!"
...

Little Jason somehow over powers Matthew.. Pins him down.. Then gently puts his head on Matty to listen to his heart beat.
Matty calls me for help, so I go rescue him.
Then I hear:

Jay: "It's OK Patchy, me just want to hear your heart."
I had to rescue her too. Poor cat.
What the hell is happening today..

Matty, handing Jay a tissue: "Here, this is for your SNOTTY attitude!"

Grand Theft Hamster

This story is from March 2014, when little Jason was just 17 months old and Matthew was eight.

Jason just loves Matty's hamster. He points to him all the time, giggles, talks to him and knocks on the glass cage to wake him.

Today I had to change the cage.... Jay was so excited to see him up close, he sat next to me and just stared intensely at the hamster.

I grabbed the first little box I could find out of the recycling, to put the hamster in. It was a happy meal box. Jason was so mad at me for some reason once the hamster went inside. He'd point at the cage and give me "the look".

The second I turned my back to get the garbage bag, Jay had taken the Hamster happy meal and ran off. When I turned around, he had his ear up to the box while gently shaking it.

The hamster is okay! Lol.

Photography #3 - Trees!

The trees are budding, and the grass is slowly turning green. It's a beautiful time to get out there, and use my camera! <3 I can't wait for flowers to bloom, I'll be at Edworthy all of the time for pictures!

These are a few that I took just the other day. Click the images for a larger view.

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I've been practicing lots lately. I can't wait to take the courses at SAIT next year.