Fisher pics

Here are some pictures of Fisher. You'd think I'd have a ton, but I really don't. He's really hard to photograph since he blends in to our carpets, and if he's outside, he won't hold still for very long. I'm having a tough time getting both he and Parker in focus in the same shot too.....if she's holding him, he's trying to bite her hair.





 We've had a good first week. He's pretty low key, so far. He love to play ball and chase his toys, but when he's tired, he's all about stretching out on the tile floor and taking a good hard nap. Parker has taugh him sit and shake, with about 80% compliance.

 He will walk on the leash, and off leash, but not very far and definitely not if it's sunny. If the sun is shining bright, he sits on the porch and refuses to move...so we have to walk him in the mornings and evenings.

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Fisher in the flowers

Fisher Comes home

After a long day of planes, trains (airport monorail) and automobiles, Fisher finally made it home about 8pm last night. He love being outdoors and romping around with his toys. He's just as cute in 'person' as he is in these pictures. He's so busy and wiggly, I'm having a hard time getting pictures of him and Parker together.  He is half Australian shepherd, half standard poodle....but seems very "aussie" to me.




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Cup Song

Here's Parker and her friend doing the "Cup Song".  It's from a movie, and all the rage among her age group.  Her friend can imitate the original singer exactly.  Just ignore the part where she sings about "two bottle o'whiskey"

The password is glitter

Cup song from Carla Post on Vimeo.

Garden grows

My new garden focus is to plant stuff that is pretty year 'round. This bed is coming right along.
The empty pot is my compost bin that will hopefully have a potato vine growing out of it.

Making of the helmet

Once I got her started, she was a natural at papier mache. Apple doesn't fall far from the tree I guess.


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Book Character

For this year's book character parade, Parker was Augie from Wonder.  Augie's favorite thing as a child was his astronaut helmet.  We constructed ours of of paper mache.  It would have made for a better picture if I had stayed for the parade.....but I didn't...so this is what you get.

Hair Straightening

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Puzzles with sitter

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testing size

 

Taping

Covering a box with duct tape.  These came out really tiny.  I'll look into fixing that.

New look

I'm trying out a new blog look.  Let me know if this is too wide for your screens.

Fort Reading

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Have I posted this one yet? Parker reading in her clubhouse. The artsy version, and the pullback.

Dinner for 1 (me)

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Not so much a frowny face, but a bored one. I'm saying "wait, let me adjust something. click, click, click. Wait, let me focus. Click, click. Wait. Ok, there."

Outdoor homework

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Enjoying the spring weather. It took her about 30 minutes to get set up to do 20 minutes worth of reading.


 PS - if you're checking in - we are NOT in Boston this year, thankfully. So sad about what has happened  and sad for the city and the race. Parker wore her Boston shirt to school today. :-(

Ski Video

The password is: glitter

2013Durango-ParkerSkiing from Carla Post on Vimeo.

Spring Break Skiing

So much for chronological order.  Here are some pictures that I'm finally posting from out trip to Durango, CO for spring break.  This was Parker's first time to ski!

First day, returning from ski school.  They make them carry their own skis.


Bob and Parker on the lift.  Bob is an EXPERT at the group lift picture.

Going downhill.  She holds her right hand out in a weird way when she's turning. 

That's me, further down.  We had a few rough hours on the second day, when she was skiing on the real slopes and not the bunny hill.  We figured out that she was most comfortable skiing behind me and following my tracks, and NOT receiving any tips.

She picked it up very quickly and was the leader from then on out...a fast transition from being the follower, to the one that we were chasing down the hill.

Video soon.

Happy Easter

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I've been made aware that my blog followers have noticed a lack of pictures lately. I've been busy learning to use my camera and software - hopefully now that my online classes are finished, I can get back to regular posting. Here's a happy easter picture. Parker had a friend over to dye eggs.

Parker loves her gift from the ski trip

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hula hoop

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