Embrace the Camera...Old Pictures

For the last several weeks I have been working on uploading all our old pictures to Photobucket so everything is all organized in one place...And I found these old pictures of Elsie and I cooking dinner together! (Plus we have a teething little guy and didn't have any new pictures to share this week...oops!) I think these are my favorite series of pictures of Elsie and I...Elsie was almost 1 year old...now she is three! Where has the time gone!?
Jon and I have a very attached and hands-on parenting style...so it is very natural for us to include our Children in on everything we do...as a result Elsie has always my little shadow! We still enjoy cooking together...now she is older and can be trusted to really help cut things up and measure...And James is one that gets to be carried along and watch everything we do.

One this day we were making Black Bean Soup for dinner...and my mom had happened to stop over on her way through town and snapped these pictures.

These pictures make me think how fast children grow up...When we are having a bad day...like teething...I remind myself to treasure it despite the bad...all too soon they will be all grown up! Sometimes a bad day is simply a reminder to slow down and take the time for extra cuddles...I don't want to miss a minute of these simple and crazy days...