I had so many ideas for today’s theme (OUTSIDE), and almost none of them worked out. I took this one while we were at Annalie’s dance class, just messing around with one of the toys Elliora was playing with. And even though I took about ten more shots similar to this, the first one was by far the best.

And my giant rainbow umbrella. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to open the windows to get some fresh air in here, and have a cup of coffee. *happy sigh*

Without going into boring detail, I’ll just say that I had a frustrating morning. I was feeling pretty sorry for myself and was thinking of all the moody self-portraits I could take to represent my day. Then Annalie managed to say something so sweet and perceptive that it cheered me right up. She’s pretty smart, that Annalie. I’m lucky she’s my kid.