A little blast into the past

As many of you know I am currently back in school pursuing my Master of Arts in Teaching. In a few short months I will be elbow deep in my semester of student teaching and after that I hope to find a job teaching art in an elementary school.

Since I was an Interior Design Major as an undergrad I was required to take the majority of my art classes but there are a few that weren't required of me that I am taking now. Everyday I walk down the hallways and look at such incredibly talented work that it blows my mind. The students are getting better and better every year as well as the teachers and their projects.

Anyway, I was thinking about my own personal artwork and how boring it is compared to the rad things they are doing in school now. It inspired me to get my really really old work out and get a good laugh at it. These are all from the 98-99 and 99-00 school years.

Figures are still tricky for me but I'd like to think I've come a long way since these days! I am also thankful that the classes I was in this semester didn't require me to draw boring still lifes. I was actually blessed to have three 3-D classes this past year: Sculpture, Fibers and Ceramics. I plan on taking pictures of my most recent work and posting to give you an update on what it looks like now.

I also hope to find some of my old Interior Design projects to post as well. It is interesting to see how evolved the world has gotten. For the photographers out there think of your days of shooting film vs. the digital days. When I was an undergrad we did EVERYTHING by hand which was very tedious and time consuming. Nowadays everything is created on the computer using Auto CAD and there are countless websites to visit to help with furniture, fabrics, layouts, etc.

I have a ton more art projects out there that were done toward the end of my 4-1/2 years that are actually decent but I need to find them! There are several locations that they could be I just need to start looking......

Look at our loot!

My Mother-In-Law works for Proctor and Gamble and every year they get gift boxes for Christmas filled with all of their products. Being the kind person that she is, she shares her gifts with us and we love it! These are all the items we got in our gift box this year which is only about 1/3 of what she was given. Isn't that amazing? There is so much!

There are so many good products here that people use every single day. I think this is great because it not only is a responsible gift for their employees but it supports the use of their own products as well.

I can't wait to try out my new swiffer wet jet!

I learn something every day.....

My husband and I read somewhere that to help your kids during potty training you can try to "potty train" one of their stuffed animals. We both agreed this would be a good technique for us since Caiden carries around "Bunny" everywhere he goes. Well, tonight I decided to put a diaper on Bunny and let him know that when he needed to go potty he should let me know and I would take him to the bathroom. This idea worked great for a while! Caiden thought it was hilarious that Bunny had a diaper on so he decided he needed pajamas on too. Before I knew it Bunny was dressed in pjs and a ball cap and was hanging out with us just like a human. Everything sounds great right? Wrong. What I didn't think about was the fact that Bunny might tell Caiden he had to go potty instead of me. I found this out when I heard Caiden take him into the bathroom and shove him in the toilet. As if this wasn't bad enough it was right at 7:30 and Caiden's bed time is 8:00. I managed to give Bunny a good sponge bath with woolite then a power fluff in the dryer and he came out good as new. Whew, thank goodness! I don't know what we would do without Bunny.

I love the fall, everything about it. The trees with their colorful leaves, the temperature before it gets blistering cold and the overall feeling in the air. I don't know if people are getting excited about the holidays or if this is just generally a happy time of year. Either way I look forward to it and couldn't resist the chance to get Caiden out in the yard playing in the leaves. We didn't have much time since we were on our way out the door but it was definitely worth the few minutes we had.

Fun with Cooper and Sadie

A few weeks ago Caiden and I met up with a high school friend of mine and her kids, Cooper and Sadie. Cooper is 3 and Sadie is about 9 months. While the boys had fun, well, just being boys, Sadie was as happy as she could be lounging in her swing taking it all in. The kids had a great time playing and Lindsey and I had a good visit. Thanks for having us over guys! We hope to get together again soon!

Long Time- No Blog

So who cares if it is the middle of November and I am just now posting about Halloween? It was your typical Halloween but with, dare I say, warm weather?! Wow, I don't remember the last Halloween where it wasn't either freezing, raining or freezing rain. We decided that this year Caiden would be a monkey and it was very fitting. He loved hopping around in his costume as long as we didn't put up the hood part. One of his favorite parts of the holiday was helping me back Halloween cookies. I'm sure you can guess what his favorite part was.....eating them!

Advice

Anyone have any advice on what I am doing wrong with my blog photos? I have been having trouble lately which is why I haven't been posting (I don't like to post without pictures!)

Anyway, there are two ways to create a blog post that I know of- go through Picasa2 or go through blogspot. I am having troubles with both. When I go through blogspot the pictures just won't upload no matter how many I try. When I go through Picasa2 it shows my pictures while I am creating my post then as soon as I publish it they disappear. Anyone have the same problems with theirs? Help!