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  What a fun day!  We looked up the history of Cinco de Mayo to find out about La Batalla de Puebla and ate tacos for lunch.  That sparked a discussion between K and me about holidays and commercialization, since Mexico doesn’t really celebrate it as a special day.  Then we loaded up the van to […]

  I spent most of the day writing checks for our contractors, which stretched into the early morning hours because I had to wait on some information from one of them.  I can’t believe April is already done, time just flies by anymore.

  E1, E3 and I decided to make brownies for a change of pace.  E2 was invited too, but he was having too much fun making a volcano out of the clean towels on the couch.  The bright orange washcloths made the perfect lava.

  I thought the rainbows reflected on the back of DVD’s looked neat, and I wanted to find out how the camera would see the refracted light.

  Things are kind of crazy around here right now, so I don’t have much brain power to put towards my photography.  I’m not feeling creative, and since E4 is close and doesn’t move away, she makes the easiest subject.

  I took a similar photo before, but I wanted to try it with the new camera.

  E4 looks so tiny sitting in the highchair! Still learning with the camera…  The depth of field on the old one was never really that small, so I could get away with not having the right focus point.  Even if I was off a bit, it would be sharp through much of the field.  […]

  Flower identification is not my thing, I actually had to look up these very common ones to make sure I was right.  The kids are always asking what kind of flowers we see on our walks, I guess it’s time to invest in a Spotter’s Guide so we don’t have to wait until we get back […]