The name I’d give this pic would be: Now Cee Won’t Miss It

(Cee was riding on Daddy’s shoulders at the time of this pic and I didn’t want him to miss this lovely creature.)

My contributions this week were considerably better than my title, so we had a few ties.  Here are the top 3 spots:

1 – Calista with: Small and Simple Things

2 – A tie between Mama D with: Mother Nature at Her Best and Proud Grandpa with: A Delicate Balance

3 – A tie between Jay with: A Butterfly’s Helipad and AJ with: Pit Stop

Thanks for playing along and see ya next week!

Wordless Wednesday #37 was taken in our kitchen.  Using picnik.com I made the overall effect first with Focal soften around Cee, then Orton-ish with no bloom, higher brightness, and faded, then I put Cross process over that, slightly faded, with Focal black and white, faded at the end.  Yikes, that’s a LOT of Filters!

The name I gave this pic is: That’s it! I give up!

My top contributions of the week were:

1 – Proud Grandpa with: Toddler Etiquette by Cee

2 – Mama D with: Forks are fun to fly food around with, but fingers are what’s best for eatin’ and I gotta have this bite NOW!

3 – Jay with: Mom, you’re a great cook I can’t be bothered to use utensils.

This pic was taken in my kitchen of Cee helping his Grandma.  I love his hand gently resting on her leg and the sunshine in the window.  I used a TON of filters on this pic from picnik.com and now I really wished that I’d written them down.  I think it went something like faded sepia, boost, Film Grain, then Orton-ish over everything.  The point is to keep trying things out – even filters you don’t like that much can turn to something you love when added to something else.  Yes, order does matter, so use that Undo button to try things in many ways before you’re satisfied with your final pic.

The title I chose was: The Littlest Helper

My top contributions for the week:

1. Mama D who came closest to mine with: Grandma’s Little Helper
2. Sara N with: Grandma, the dishes go in here…now can I have a cupcake??
3. Proud Grandpa with: Grandma, wasat?

I thought I’d call this pic: Three Bumps on a Bridge

My contributors gave me a HARD choice this week.  I think these suggestions made me laugh the most of almost any pic I’ve done so far, and the serious ones were so sweet, that choosing just 3 is impossible.  Let’s break it down this way:

The one that would have made me shoot water out of my nose if I had been drinking goes to:

• Amber with: Extreme Toddler Sports: Duck Watching

Other top funnies, were:

• Jay with: “Dad, I promise I will behave … don’t throw me over”
• Proud Grandpa with: Toddler Centaur

Best of the tear jerkers goes to:

• Angela with: On the Shoulders of Giants

Thanks for playing along! See you back here next week.

He opens the drawers, and bangs on the pots,
My once clean shirt is littered with spots,
He wants to be held, I need my arms free,
Oh won’t someone come and trade with me?

Dinner’s made and cooking slow,
but the tantrums do not cease,
nap-time’s here to calm the day’s flow -
Who knows? I just might make it in one piece.

RING RING!
Oh no, the doorbell. SCREAM!
Pest control? Like I care,
The time of your visit just isn’t FAIR!

Do you know what you’ve done?
Don’t you see what I’ve lost?
I don’t want your service,
No matter the cost!

I close the door,
Step back inside.
Today seems a perfect day,
to run and hide.

The title I’d give this pic is: Growing So Tall

My top 2 contributions of the week go to Betty and Proud Grandpa who both used the idea of height that I was going for:

1 – Betty with: Mr. Tree, will I ever be as tall as you?

2 – Proud Grandpa with:  If I climb to the top, can I touch the sun?

And the 3^rd spot goes to Mama D who captured what Cee was most likely thinking with: Wow!! I can make this thing shake all the way to the top! What do you call this thing? Look, Mom! I can make it shake!

Thanks for playing along! See you next week.

*Picnik doesn’t know I do these messages, I just share them for free editing advice.