Beatrice at ballet. She goes by Bebe there, fyi. And her smile is huge the entire time she's dancing. It's so contagious!
We had a lunch-date after class because I have zero time alone with Bea. We ate grilled cheeses at Stone Soup in Ipswich and it was lovely.
Yesterday, I watched five kids all at once and it was nearly 60 degrees in late January. Both of these things amaze me.
This shot looks a lot more photoshopped than most of my work, and yes, I did photoshop it some, but not as much as you might think. I didn't touch the red of my lips, which I shellaced with two different lipsticks. Since it was a one-handed self-portrait and my neck is totally killing me, I had to settle for the focus being on my scarf, which is fine with me, since the whole point was to photograph my finished knitting project and not make a glamour shot. In the end, I got both.
This is where I'm sure I started to tweak my neck. But it was worth it.
This photo felt like magic when I made it and feels even better once I got it out of my camera and into the world. This is what it's like to hang out with this family, in one photo, awesome.
We had our bests from Maine down this weekend, and as is often the case with this crew, we picked up right where we left off from this past summer, and Laura and I pick up just where we left off when we lived together in college oh-so-many years ago.
Such a great family, such fun adult friends too. I swear the laughter was out of control for all of us. It got super silly after the kids went to bed. I think it was something we all needed, really, just to laugh a lot and loudly.
Best part of all of this? They are so much closer now! I see much more hanging out in our future.
