The other day on the way to dinner at Peter Piper Pizza (Annalie’s first time at one of those pizza joints with an arcade full of games that spit out tickets to be exchanged for cheap prizes, which she LOVED and about which I have yet to blog) I pulled out my point-and-shoot camera and took a couple of photos on the night setting. I love painting with light—doing that thing where you wiggle the camera around on a long exposure so you capture abstract, pretty streams of light.

Annalie asked what I was doing. I explained, showed her how to hold down the shutter while pointing it at some lights, and handed the camera to her. She took all of these:

Yesterday when we were at the swimming pool, Troy asked Annalie if she was having a good time. Annalie cheerfully replied, “It’s funner than a papercut!”

Silly Brenda. She thought all I really wanted was for her to watch my cats while we were on vacation. Little did she know I purposely left dozens of unpacked boxes lying around the house to drive her crazy, so she would feel compelled to unpack. Bwahahahah!

*Honestly, I had no evil plan. Brenda is just nuts. She’s unpacking the rest of our house (with our permission) while we’re in Texas. It’s not my idea of fun, but she claims she is loving every minute.

And now she has our undying gratitude and and endless supply of crocheted projects and homemade birthday cakes for as long as she wants them. She also has an open invitation to come help us unpack anytime we move!

P.S. Thanks to Sarah for the inspiration.
P.P.S. Are you wondering what the heck “pwned” means?