Hissyfits Photography Blog

Ahhhh…where do the days go? It seems to me as though the whole phenomenon of “The Lazy Days of Summer,” is just that, a phenomenon…elusive, rare, non existent. I am trying so hard to get my act together and be more present in the lives of my little ones and yet as each day comes to a close and I lay in bed thinking of the day we’ve had, I wonder where in the world the hours went? I wish that I had been more patient. More understanding. More willing to just “let” myself play without thinking I had to rush around and do laundry, unload the dishwasher, clean the bathrooms, run the sweeper, edit pictures…the list goes on.

Despite the fact that it seems as though it has been “summer” here for the last few months, the reality is that we are only in our second week! I have never, ever loved the heat. Ever. So living in the desert is FAR from ideal for me…for a number of reasons. However, this week we have been lucky! Lots of cloud cover, breezy, highs only in the low 90′s! Crazy weather when you live in the southwest! But what a welcomed break! Today the sun is shining brightly though and there isn’t a hint of a breeze!

Along with having a general dislike for the heat, I am not so much of an outdoorsy kind of girl either. I try. And I do it. But I would MUCH rather be inside any day!! However, that just isn’t realistic when you have two littles who need to be out soaking up the fresh air and burning off some energy. So out we go.

I have been trying forever to capture an image of the kids in the swings that was cute and in focus! It is far harder than you might imagine! Huntler, like usual, was so not in the mood to work with me , but my sassy pants girl was!

I love this shot of her! The sweet smile, the summery dress (from Wal Mart I might add!!), the fun hair pretties and the grubby feet! Love it! So real.

And here is one of Huntler! Since he was busy being a boy and doing his own thing, I just snapped a few of him playing! My favorite part of this is that you can see the top of his little Mickey Mouse undies!!

The rest of these are from a couple of weeks ago…just haven’t had the time to share them yet!

I love this next one…Huntler still looks so young. It is hard to believe my little guy will be five in just a few months! EVERY single day he asks me how old sissy will be when he is some random age. Numerous times a day actually. Today he wanted to know if he would be a grown up when he was seven or still a kid. Still a kid, buddy, still a kid! The time is already zooming by, I hate that he makes me even more aware of it! He just seems to be learning SO much and taking in everything. He wants to know it all, and now.

See the skirt Gentry is wearing in this one? SO bought that at Once Upon a Child for $5.50!! It is Pumpkin Patch…deal of the week right there friends! Looks darling on my little mini me! You should have seem both the kids the night I took these. They both had their cameras out and were rolling around all over to get the perfect shot! LOVE IT!

Poor Huntler. He is NOT our athletic child. At all. He tries, but I just think he really doesn’t care. He can’t catch. He can’t throw very well. He can march and skip though! I just don’t forsee a future in professional sports for him! Not that I care…to be perfectly honest, I prefer that he avoid any and everything dangerous and maybe take up an instrument or chess! That way I don’t have to worry about him being the popular kid at school and dealing with all sorts of peer pressure and doing things he shouldn’t be doing. Is that wrong? I mean,  I want my kids to be good people, to have tons of friends and to be liked, but it about sends me over the edge thinking of them growing up and in high school and dealing with everything that comes along with it. Tell me I am not the only one who thinks about this stuff already!

Any fun summer ideas to pass the time and avoid the heat out there? We are BIG into Play Doh right now. The kids played for almost 2 hours with some last week! I had to replenish our supply yesterday so that I can dig it out again today or tomorrow for something fun to do! Coloring? Check. Inside bike rides? Check. Ideas? Please!! I want to have a FUN summer and savor every moment I can!!

And a little bit of randomness for all of you non-Arizonians. Did you know that even when we have our tap water on as cold as it will go, it still isn’t cold? True. It is warm because the ground out here gets SO darn hot and the pipes are hot and the water just doesn’t get cool in the summer. Crazy, hunh? Don’t be jealous…I MISS freezing cold tap water!

Now go have a happy day and enjoy your littles! I am off to get a few more things done before mine wake up!

Filed under my-lil-lollies, by Bethany