June 5, 2010
After school/work, Zoe and I headed down to SoCo for a photo shoot with my niece, Emma. I was lucky…not only is she adorable and easy to photograph, I had a whole band of helpers who had great ideas along with a willingness to foist backdrops, coo and squeak to soothe a baby who was greatly annoyed by my softbox, and position reflectors. Thank you to Grammy and Emma’s parents!
June 4, 2010
Today was one of Zozer’s favorite days at school: Water Day. The teachers get out hoses and sprinklers and the kids go crazy. I worried they wouldn’t be able to do it this morning because it was so chilly, but I forgot that kids are typically, for the most part, impervious to temperature when there’s something they want to do badly.
June 3, 2010
M is thousands of miles away right now, on a business trip in Denmark. We get to talk briefly, once a day, at around 6 or 6:30 p.m. Which is well past midnight his time. Last night we were lucky enough that he was in his hotel room and we were able to do a video chat over the Internet. He looked exhausted (jet lag + Danish pub hopping three nights in a row will do that to you) but happy. He lit up when he saw Zozer.
June 2, 2010
Zozo and I went to the Art Museum Monday to see the Lee Friedlander prints. She got the hiccups about 30 seconds after we arrived in the gallery. Hiccups are really, really loud when echoing off the hard walls of an art museum. We both got the giggles. After seeing the Friedlander prints and wandering through some other galleries, including visiting M’s most favorite work of art of all time, we checked out the museum gift shop that’s just off Sculpture Hall. Zoe found a basket of beautiful beaded rings, and we just had to have them. She chose purple, naturally.
June 2, 2010
Zozo’s first day in the Bear Room. She did great…had a blast (just like I knew she would!). Although we had this conversation on the way home tonight (which is last night, come to think of it, by the time this gets posted, since I was out late hangin’ with my girls and watching the new SATC movie):
June 1, 2010
The problem with getting a company-issued Blackberry is that you assume all the calls, IMs and text messages meant for the person who used the Blackberry before you. Especially if that person worked at your company for a gajillion years and used that phone for everything. Everything in his entire life, professional and personal.
May 28, 2010
I took Zozer to school this morning, realizing that this is her last day in the Bunny Room. I was sad, but it didn’t really hit me until we were walking down the hallway and I saw that her cubby had already been cleaned out, everything neatly stored in a bin that will go to the Bear Room cubbies this afternoon. Ms. Shari was standing there with a spray bottle of cleaner and a rag, wiping down the boxes. We looked at each other and, when tears sprang to my eyes, she looked away quickly. “Stop it! If I don’t think about it, I’m okay! I can pretend it’s not happening!”
May 26, 2010
As a mother and a photographer, I am always looking to get that one shot, capture that one moment that shows the spirit of my daughter. I take shot after shot after shot, and spend hours editing and culling down, trying to find the best one.
May 26, 2010
This is Zoe’s last week in the Bunny Room at school, which I think is more upsetting to me than it is to her (I adore her teachers in the Bunny Room). To celebrate their transition, her wacky teachers Ms. Shari and Ms. Carrie planned all kinds of fun and goofy stuff this week. Today was Silly Hair Day.
May 24, 2010
I am so happy that Lost is over. Because now I don’t have to hear about it anymore, or see numerous headlines on the “news” pages about it, or watch 500 people make it part of their Facebook status updates every week. The end of a TV show is not news to me. It really shouldn’t be news to anyone.