Inspiration by Eyes Blue

Having a blog brings inspiration to me.

This blog I'm using as a scrapbook... sort of a thing... for the kids. It's much easier than cutting and pasting and all that stuff. I'm printing each post and collecting them in a book. A book of memories.

It's also to share with people like you, who care about my kids and my family.

It's sharing time so to speak. How cute!

So, I find that when I'm out and about and I see beautiful images or we are doing something memorable (which is always), I get inspired to bring it here.

Like this week, when we visited the Natural History Museum.

Not everyone knows that they have a beautiful exhibit of live butterflies. They are all in this huge greenhouse with benches, fountains and lots of flowers.

It feels like the Garden of Eden.

When Ty was little he accidentally stepped on a butterfly and one of the volunteers freaked out on him. The following year that same woman yelled at him again for getting near a butterfly.

That was it for me. We never went back. So, after our three year hiatus, Mylie and I returned.

And it was awesome!!

And that volunteer was no longer there. Phew!!

These images are from the bird houses for sale at the museum. They caught my eyes with their bright colors and I had to capture them. I love love LOVE these houses, as they are beautifully crafted and look naturally distressed. WAY out of my budget though , so I had to enjoy them this way only...

Then because I had Joaquin (my third child) AND Ty I knew I had to take my little cubs to the beach to get out all that boy energy. Mylie and I sat on the sand and watched the boys body surf, yell at the waves, jump the waves, laugh and run all over the beach. It was quite the scene.

Mylie, so sweetly and silently decided she'd eat the sand.

and I tried to capture it all...

This picture of Mylie kills me. She looks SO cute and SO annoyed by her hair. It was blowing everywhere that day in the wind. She was not happy about it, so this face is a face of complete annoyance. I think it is precious. She is so toddler, so fresh, so new to this world. Look at her skin.

It's perfect.... and her little button nose. I want to remember this look always! It cracks me up!