Thursday Theme---Pretty

These girls were dressed up for a celebration of our Dual Language program at my kids' schools. The group of boys and girls did a dance with some fancy footwork.
Aren't the girls so pretty? And their dresses are pretty, too.

I think my own child and my niece are pretty girls, too. Pretty is as pretty does . . .




For more pretty photos go see Tracey's blog at Picture This!

Thursday Theme---Fade

These tan lines will soon fade away, as the kids head back to school and spend most of their days indoors. Tonight is their "Meet the Teacher" nights, so it is truly coming to an end. The first day of school is Monday, and our longest summer ever is reaching it's close. (I wanted to get a picture of the tan lines themselves, but I haven't done it yet---and how can I do it without showing too much?)

Have to get my son in, too----he's fading into the depths of the water here. We've spent so many happy afternoons at the pool this summer.

Just yesterday, B told me she was sad summer was almost over. She said that she would miss our time together and that she didn't appreciate the time we had when she had it! Deep thoughts from the 8-year-old daughter!

Thursday Theme---Fair

I can't remember if this picture was taken by my daughter or me---we were taking turns with the camera on this "shoot." We had painted our nails for her softball team's colors, and for the first time ever, she was able to get the same kind of shoes I did. She got a small and I got a medium in this style.

But why is this "fair" in my book? Well, all my life I have been fair-skinned. I really detested this fact of life when I was a teen---no sun bathing for me! I have had my share of sunburns, which will not turn tan afterwards, but they got back to white---or darken the freckles there already. I have tried to like being fair---and even my name---Jennifer---means "fair lady" I've been told. Tried to appreciate the beautiful porcelain skin I have. (But actually no, I am mostly pink in the face all the time!) I am better. I have to be very protective of my skin, knowing all we do now about skin cancer. So people can appreciate a fair-skinned gal nowadays.

But imagine the prayers I had when I was pregnant with my two---I wanted for them health and happiness and skin that doens't burn so easily. J came, and I got my wish---he would be a little tanner than I (thanks to Daddy's genes!). Then B came and woah! She really can tan. This picture shows her legs this May---before the pool and summertime, but during her softball season. Thank you, God, for sending my children some pigment! It will make their lives easier than mine in this one respect! ;-)

Saturday Photo Hunt (over at TNChick) will be themed Creative. I'll probably post a bit early this week---track meet in Austin coming up this weekend!

Check in at Picture This for more people who joined in the Thursday Theme. :-)

Thursday Theme---Drip

These two shots are on the opposite sides of the temperature ranges! One icy (January), one hot (but not too hot---May). I love to try to capture water in motion, so to get a drip coming off this icicle is a good thing. I don't really like all the power lines in this shot, but it's my backyard!
This other shot was on water day at school (where I teach). He had been playing in the sprinkler, and was dripping wet.

Be sure to check out others' interpretations of the theme "Drip" over at Picture This. Please leave me a comment!

This Saturday Photo Hunt will have a theme of "tiny." Come back by and see what I find for that theme!

Thursday Theme----Heat

I hope my sister doesn't kill me for posting this shot! She looks good, actually, but you can see it's HOT.

I considered all the hot spots in my life---B's track meets, recess at school, at the pool, in the yard, the fire fighter's training school in town, etc. And let me be clear----I do not take the heat well! I live in the air conditioning whenever I can. I don't really like the summer sun; I burn really easily.

Lots of my shots were of me and my family trying to beat the heat. Jumping in the pool, or sitting in the shade. I thought these shots didn't really capture all the heat my part of the world has to offer!

But I found this shot from last year's 4th of July parade that fits the bill exactly. We were sitting in front of the funeral home for our view of the Granbury parade. I suppose this is before the hour-long parade had even started, and my little niece had already lost her patience. And how hot is my sister? :-)

Check out more Thursday Themes at Picture This by Tracey at Club Mom. :-) And please leave me a short comment! I love to go visit other's blogs and see blogs from all around the world.

Thursday Theme----Glee

This is my submission for Thursday's Theme---Glee. Thursday Theme is hosted by Tracey at Picture This at Club Mom. Check out her photo and see links to other gleeful pics in her comment section.

This is at my workplace, and the teacher involved is my co-worker Connie. This event, as messy as it is, was one of the most gleeful moments we had last year in all its preschool glory. We were having Pajama Day (one of my favorite days anyway), and for only the second year, we have combined this with Snow Day. Just know that we don't get snow here in out part of Texas, so this is as good as it gets! ;-) We have loads of packing peanuts and the kids are able to jump in them, make little snow angels, throw it around, bury themselves in it, and generally have a free for all they couldn't do at their home.

I think in this picture they were burying Ms. Connie, and as you can see, both teacher and kids were gleeful!

Thursday Theme---Spin

This is the picture I staged for the Thursday Theme, hosted by Tracey C. on Picture This. I wondered if I could snap a better one through this week, but never did. I went with the more obvious meaning of spin. Of course I am thinking of this when I have a daughter who still loves to spin around like this. She'll probably break her Daddy's back. Look---she even has to keep her legs bent up so she can keep herself off the ground. ;-)

The two of them are off at Track Practice this morning. He's off, so he wanted to take her. But I am missing my walking time! I oughta get off this computer and walk the neighborhood a bit!