Graffiti part 2

 If only everyone could just listen to what is going on with these kids.  

Anna just burped.  Shocking, I know.

 Alex's laughter needs to be bottled.

Emily is just a little bit scared by everyone.  JK.

 So I told everyone to do bunny ears.  Anna is so funny in the next pics because nobody was doing bunny ears on her.  She was so sad!

 I heard the song I'm so Fancy going through my head as I watched them walk down the sidewalk.

Thanks kids for putting up with the crazy lady!  It was quite an adventure.  Watching a drunk do a sobriety test in front of you all all that fun stuff!

Graffiti part 1

 I drove by this ally the other day and knew that Leah and I needed to do pics here.  Love all the bright colors. So what if it was a little bit sketchy.  So what that we were a witness to a drunk driver hitting a building.  So what if I had to give a statement to the police.

It was sooo much fun.  These kids here are amazing.  Smart, funny, beautiful and they value their friendships.

The first picture of Anna and Ella was hysterical from the first.  Anna just doesn't like the fact that her "little" sister is taller than her!

 I did a lot of yelling at certain kids(ZACH) who wouldn't play along.  

 He got right into the spirit when I threatened him.  I was telling the kids to be thug.  OMG, I was dying.  Alex just didn't know how to bring his inner thug out.

 It's just fun to let them do their own thing and watch how different everyone reacts.  

Um, you will notice who's the most dramatic.

 I told everyone to do jazz hands.  Poor Zach was determined not to do jazz hands.

Alex, you knocked them out of the park.  Anna, only one hand is working dear.  Miranda is a natural.  It's the dancer in her.

 See how good Zach looks doing jazz hands.  Now wasn't that fun?

 Now he is silently swearing at me.

 This is what I love to watch.  These two.

 Not a good pic below but I thought it was cool how Anna's head looks with the graffiti.

 Miranda is a very talented dancer.  She has the most graceful way she moves.  Even walking or sitting down.  Even if she's being silly, it's still graceful.

 It's our @littlemissfreespirit at work

Minutes later a drunk driver bashed into that wall.

Behind the scenes of the madness

 I love to take pictures.

By no stretch of the imagination am I a professional photographer.  I do this for fun.  This is Leah, my partner in crime when it comes to coming up with weird photo shoot ideas.  She is hardly ever in front of the camera.  I've always thought that she resembles a young Audrey Hepburn.  I spent some time on make up and hair and voila!

Most of these are not edited.

 We took down pictures in my room, hung up my tablecloth, had Anna and Ella hold lights and there you go.

Oh, tons of laughing.

 We ended up needing a smoothie break from all the hard work.

This is what keeps me from going insane.  

Playing with my girls.

Pool time with Dad.

 This was several weeks ago after Troy had been gone a while.  The two youngest were so happy to be able to play with him.

 I'm so glad Troy loves to play in the water with the kids because it's something I don't like to do.

 I was able to pick this dragon fly up and let him rest on my hand.  So amazing to be able to look at him up close.  They're beautiful!