Scavenger Hunt Sunday

Today I got to go on a nature photowalk (and a great lunch) with 10 people from my photoclub.  I tried to get all the prompts there, but some of it was easier to do at home.

Draw:

I felt these branches against the sky looked like a pencil drawing...though not by a great artist necessarily.

Asian:

Huckleberry enjoyed his trip to China, but he enjoys his little sister even more.

Soft:

 The clover looked very soft; I'd just wished I'd seen it last week.

Wavy:

Sunflower's wavy hair makes a perfect subject for backlighting...if only she knew what smile meant.

Texture:

We saw lots of different textures during our walk, but the ridged texture in these leaves fascinated us.  But I must be hungry, while I was editing all I could think about was potato chips.

Happy Hunting!

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

#5

This one is ALMOST 5...which means we need to register her for Kindergarten in the next few weeks.  We are hoping she'll be able to go to the school her brothers attended, but they may not have space, so it'll be interesting to see what happens.

Word of the Day:

Ball.  She loves balls and can say the word very clearly.  She'll even wad up a piece of paper and grin and say "Ball!"

Sharing:

SnapDragon was cutting down weeds with his "sickle" when Sweet Pea wanted a turn.  He shared with her very happily...even using his hands to cut a few weeds to show her she was making progress.

Wiggle:

When I went behind Sweet Pea to push her, she wiggled in her seat until she could see me still.  I feel safer pushing her swing from the front for now.

Cookies:

Or Crackers?  Either one creates a lot of crumbs.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

Well...I took photos today specifically for the hunt, and the card corrupted all the photos.  Not sure why.  I am bummed to lose the pictures from today's Awana Grand Prix, but it certainly is not the end of the world.  After all we have several more Grand Prixs in our future (the kids carve little wooden cars and race them.)  But I did have to go to my archives for today's hunt pictures because today was the only day I took pictures all week.  Rainy, gray days will do that to you.

Red:

The little red cherries on her pants match her favorite red swing.

Orange:

Yellow:

She insisted on posing on the yellow slide. 

Green:

Blue:

From the window of the bus in China as we traveled from Sweet Pea's home for the first 9 months of her life back to the capital city of Jiangxi Province.

I hope you all had happy hunting and no card corruption!

Scavenger Hunt Sunday -- February 17th

Candy:

Sunflower came home from preschool Thursday with a lot of candy.  Hopefully it will all be gone by Monday so she can stop asking for another piece.

Pink or Red:

We never ask pink or red when the answer should clearly always be both...plus some green and blue.  Yes, the shoes are on the wrong feet.

Love:

These two love each other and I love my new 85mm 1.8 lens that helped me capture this moment (even if I did chop a few fingers and toes...)

Kiss:

Tickles and whispers, okay, but an actual kiss?  No way!

Smile:

When Sunflower smiles the whole world smiles with her.

I hope you had happy hunting!  This week I was able to be a little more intentional and remembered the prompts as we were out and about.  It felt great.  Getting a new lens for Valentine's Day/Christmas money/Make up for birthday made it all the more fun.  I look forward to next week!

Scavenger Hunt Sunday -- February 10th

The Small Things:

Illustration:

The design on the shirt of these dancers at the Asia Pacific New Year Celebration illustrates the flag of Taiwan -- the featured country this year.

Valentine:

I thought it was pretty punny.

Work of Art:

My photos aren't, but the many performances we had the privilege of seeing were all Works of Art.

Window Beauty:

If eyes are the windows to the soul, my children all have beautiful souls.

Have a fabulous Sunday!

Scavenger Hunt Sunday - February 3rd

Hidden:

The small ball Sweet Pea is holding in her hand is hidden under the water at the Children's Museum.  If she let go the ball would float down from tray to tray, but she didn't like loosing track of it that way so she would dip it into each of the 5 pools on her own and then get another ball to try the same thing with again.

Plain:

 There is nothing plain in the way this girl dresses.  Sunflower loves color; and who wouldn't?

Left:

Sweet Pea seems to be primarily right handed, but she does often point with her left arm.

Fast:

Sweet Pea loved how fast Huckleberry pushed her in her stroller on our walk last week though she did get nervous when she thought he was going to crash her into Sunflower.

Peace:

I feel so much peace when my children are playing happily together.  Huckleberry will feel more peace when Sweet Pea's baby swing for the swing set arrives next week.  Sweet Pea won't leave anyone in peace unless she is allowed on the swing while we are outside.

Have a most blessed Sunday and happy hunting!

Scavenger Hunt -- Halloween

Wild:

It was a little wild trying to get a photo of them all at once. 

Welcome:

We all felt very welcomed when we arrived at Aunt J's for dinner and "trick or treating."

Adventure:

Nobody has more adventure than Link from the gazillion Zelda games my boys love.

Vibrant:

Sunflower's fairy wings and her pumpkin were a vibrant pink.

Classic:

Surely everyone knows the Mathemagician from the children's classic "The Phantom Tollbooth."  Well, I didn't either, but the kids enjoyed making the costume a great deal.

And a gratuitous picture of my Sweet Little Lamb:

I hope everyone had a safe and Happy Halloween.  I am still enjoying the fruits of my children's labor.