http://www.bowlingpages.net/shayna Tidbits from a Frazzled Mamma Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:49:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.bowlingpages.net/shayna/?p=227 I was trying for focusing on the music rather than the keys. There's a bit of distraction in the upper right that I tried to vignette out, but then I lost some of the white of the keys. http://www.bowlingpages.net/shayna/?p=224 A friend's son. http://www.bowlingpages.net/shayna/?p=221 Go Steelers! Bran cheering on the Steelers during their win over Miami. http://www.bowlingpages.net/shayna/?p=205 Some members of my family have started trying to take a photo of the day. This gives us a reason to get our cameras out more often and work on composition, style, whatever we feel like. Not all of these photos are going to be great and I'm going to ... http://www.bowlingpages.net/shayna/?p=215 The boys have discovered static electricity.  We have about a dozen balloons stuck to all the walls of the living room and kitchen. The boys think it's so cool that they can stick the balloons on the walls and are now singing about having a winter party! It started off ... http://www.bowlingpages.net/shayna/?p=174 After mentioning Drew's swimming experience I thought it would be good to mention Brandon.  Bran LOVES swimming.  This boy tends to be shy in new surroundings and often takes months to warm up at things like music class, Sunday School,  or Pre-School.  But at swimming he has found his joy. ... http://www.bowlingpages.net/shayna/?p=169 Drew likes to be the center of attention and often volunteers to go first. Well...he got a surprise today and a lesson is listening.  At swimming lessons today the teacher told them they were going to do something (I couldn't hear what she said to them), and asked who wanted ... http://www.bowlingpages.net/shayna/?p=165 We took advantage of Mike being home this past weekend, in between his trips to Las Vegas and Chicago. We started the morning off with a visit to the Art Walk on Whyte Ave. There was lots of good stuff there and had I not been pulled away by the ... http://www.bowlingpages.net/shayna/?p=161 Mike went to see the Eye Doctor yesterday for the first time since I've known him, which is about 16 years. He's been having some trouble with one eye in particular getting very itchy and causing him to have trouble seeing, especially when it's really bright. The doctor thinks that ... http://www.bowlingpages.net/shayna/?p=160