Huh. Turns out, we’re still here. (So far, at least.)
And since we couldn’t spend Mother’s Day enjoying our planned picnic, Step-mom and I spent this afternoon picnicking with our girls. It only seemed right, since we had to make our own heaven on earth, and all.
Step-mom wanted to get some pics of the girls in old-timey dresses out at an old-fashioned farm. Since it happened to also be on one of the many lake we have in the region, we bribed the girls: do a good job taking millions of pictures in the humidity and we’ll let you splash in the lake if it doesn’t storm on our heads.
The girls did great, considering it was 93° and so humid you could barely see the horizon. We adventured through wrong turns and sweet-talked our way past a cranky cop who is no judge of how fast a car can travel around tight, hilly curves. Then we changed the girls into their costumes, rigged Gracie’s dress into (mostly) staying put together, and traipsed about a mile and 2,000 pics through Old-Fashioned Farm. We even survived some nasty looking storm clouds that were nice enough to barely sprinkle on us. We ate our picnic and all took turns supervising the girls as they splashed, swam, and twirled their way through the shallows.
It was a rather fabulous way to start the summer, even if I do say so myself.
May 21, 2011 at 9:43 pm |
It was a great day! We lucked out with those storm clouds. It must have been Gracie’s water matrix dance.
I can’t wait to see how the portraits come out. I hope you like them. They are outstanding models (with bribes).
And thank goodness I didn’t go to jail (haha).
May 22, 2011 at 3:10 am |
Sounds like a good day! That was so sweet of you to share it with step-mom!
May 22, 2011 at 9:42 am |
Oh, I love hearing that there’s another partner-in-crime down there to help with the sweet-talking ;-D Can’t wait to see the pics!
May 22, 2011 at 10:17 am |
What a cool idea! Your photo looks like the girls could be Little House on the Prairie girls!
May 22, 2011 at 5:25 pm |
Love the pic.
Happy Belated Mother’s Day. It sounds like you had a great day.