My friends and family were very good to me this past birthday. A few years ago I had resigned myself to thinking that I was just too old for birthdays to be fun anymore. Well, the past couple of years of super fun birthdays have renewed my faith that the birthday fun-ness hasn’t come to…
Monthly Archives: May 2010
Urban Outfitters had a contest for Mother’s Day looking for the original style icons, asking people to send in photos of their moms and their unique style back in the day. I swiped a sampling of some of their favorites for my blog, but you MUST go check out the complete gallery. It’s a very…
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Such a sweet post – that beach picture is fantastic! BTW, I would kill for arms like that 🙂
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Sooooooo great…I feel like I need to do a post like this at some point too…I adore looking at old photographs of my mother. She was so beautiful — as is your mom. And I’m with APril, that shot of her on the beach is awesome!
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Great post, Betsy! So beautiful!
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OMG I just saw this post…laughed til I cried!!! Daughter you are the most!!! I love you!!!
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wonderful post and oh my heavens you are your mother’s child – you look so alike! your mom DOES have killer legs- still does! so very, very jealous!
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WOW! you pegged your mom – we’ve been friends for 59 years, so I do know her! We had agreat time in Philly, NJ in March – celebrated our birthdays and talked about old times! Ican’t wait to see your birth announcement in July?
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Nice post for your Mom. It was excellent I will show the kids.
Dear, dear friends of ours Bobbi + Mike came into town this past week from Indy and we got to go see Ave. Q together, which was soooo much fun. Bobbi + Mike and John and I all run our own businesses, so we hardly ever make time for ourselves. So a double date night…
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Beautiful pictures, I’m sure to be cherished by your family for years to come. I have to ask, where the heck is that fabulous tree, can’t believe it’s in Northern Indiana?
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Betsy I can’t believe how wonderful these are. WOW! Amazing work bobbi, as always. You have so many options for very large canvases in your home! Love them all. Wendy Zippwald
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your family is beautiful! wonderful pictures!
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These pictures absolutely capture your warm and loving ‘Mommy gazes’. Beautiful.
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Those photos are AMAZING! What a wonderful memory you will all have! Do you know by any chance what lens Bobbi used to capture the photo of the tree with the 3 of you in the corner. I am pretty new to photography and love how she was able to capture that shot! Thanks!
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Betsy – these are awesome photos. I can’t wait to see you share what you’ll print and hang. I always need ideas! It is SOO important to document each stage of life, isn’t?
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Where is this tree?! It’s wonderful!
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Love the photos Betsy! You 3.5 are so adorable!!! And, yes, please post a belly shot because I think I might look like you now at 3 months!!!
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Love Bobbi’s photo’s 🙂 you all look great!
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This makes me smile. It was made by Miles, of course, a couple of months ago. My mommy heart just melts when I pull stuff like this out of his bookbag after preschool. I’ve been collecting Miles’ artwork for awhile now and as I watch it start to really pile up, I figured photographing it…
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Oh hon, this might be my favorite of favorite posts you’ve ever created! I’m TOTALLY stealing your artwork idea when I have my own kiddos. I think this is awesome you did this! Make it an annual thing, ‘kay? 😉
PS – More and more it’s posts like this that make me excited to have kids. That’s a good thing, right? 🙂
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OMG…that photo of Miles painting makes me melt!!!!
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What a great idea! My son is always bringing home art projects from day care and I end up throwing most of them out! Eek! I think I might have to steal this idea from you!
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Love this Bets and thought I would share two ideas that I do with all three kid’s artwork! I have a big white binder labeled for each year and inside are tabs for each kid. If the art is BIG I cut it down to fit and everything is three-hole punched. Some things that don’t fit break my heart but I’m pretty hard core and only save what I really love. The kids LOVE to take down the old binders from the last few years and look through them!
Also, I have six 5×7 frames in our dining room (in a grid) that has their work framed. The frames are little so I do have to cut quite a bit off their work but it’s a neat way to display their work that’s not so over-the-top! And they are SO proud when I pick a new painting to put in the frame! 🙂 Once I cut it down I just write the child’s name and date on the back b/c I leave all the old work in the frames.
Anyway, just thought I’d share those two ideas!
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I LOVE the artwork, but with 3 kids each a year and a half apart, I can’t stand the mess. While I am quite crafty myself, it makes me sad that I despise doing crafts with my little guys. Thankfully the oldest is off to Kindergarten in the fall! I can’t wait to see his crafts (and not have to clean up the mess!). These are precious! PRECIOUS!
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Hi Betsy:) I can’t view the slideshow:(:( It’s just blank with a red “x” in a box. I love Miles’ artwork!:) He is so creative! I’m just like you b/c I love, love, love anything and everything Noah makes and brings home from school for me:) When I open his bookbag and see his artwork I instantly get so happy and just can’t wait to see what he made this time:):) I actually decorate my kitchen cupboards with his artwork. I tape them all over the cupboard doors and it just makes my whole kitchen. Everywhere I look I see “Noah” and his creativity;)
Wow –definitely Stamp and Whisper!!!
YEAHHHHH…glad you still love it 😉 Kyle does such a good job with his drawings. I need to get a frame for my print of Daisy! LOVE the bag Cassie made you too. I have a whole new respect for people who sew handles and apron strings. What a PITA!! 😉
I LOVE the pug drawing! It is so cute! Who did it? I want one of my puppy! Good gift Gail!
I need to meet Gail. I feel like I would love her. 🙂 I’m so happy you love the bag!!
Aaawwww, that drawing of your pups is just adorable. It was such a great gift! Gail gets extra cool points for that one. 🙂 Oh yeah, and I am totally diggin’ the bag. I want one!
awww the bag cassie made is so cute!
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