This blog post has nothing to do with the movie, “August Rush”, and everything to do with the fact that I’m trying to rush to get caught up on posting by sharing a quick summary of August. Although, I did watch the movie on Netflix last month while I was avoiding blogging. It’s such a good movie with some amazing music! Fun fact–after I first watched the movie years ago, I put the name “August” on my list of boy names. Obviously we never did use it but I still love the name so much! Okay, so I guess this post does have something to do with the movie– now it just makes the title a little more relevant.
This past August 11th marked 3 years of living in our home. We started a tradition on the day that we moved in to get a family picture in front of our door every year. It’s fun watching our family grow (and door color change.) You can click HERE to see all 4 pictures.
This sweet girl will be 2 years old tomorrow! No matter how many kids we have, I will never get used to how quickly time flies by! We’re going to take the day off of school to go to the zoo and have donuts and milkshakes (her favorite treats!) I’m going to be setting up for her birthday pictures today so hopefully it turns out how I envisioned so I can share tomorrow!!
And I’ve learned that everyone is most eager to join pictures when I say “can you guys stay out of the picture please?” Don’t worry, I’m definitely taking advantage of it and have been known to use reverse psychology to get them to willingly join in haha.
There is a fun wall in an alley in St. Louis that we like to use for pictures sometimes. (It’s right by the Fox on the KDHX building.)
I don’t get as many pictures of the 4 oldest together. They’re usually running off to play (as opposed to the little ones who are always right by us.) So I love that I got a few pictures of these 4, showcasing their personalities.
Even at 10 years old, Liam loves matching his siblings and parents. He is actually often the one who suggests it. I don’t know how long this will last but I’m loving it right now!
Getting a group shot of all the kids is almost never easy and it sometimes ends with me swapping faces/bodies in photoshop. But the results are so worth it. Eventually we will make a video from start to finish of getting a group shot and the things we do to make it happen. I’ll probably also write a corresponding blog post. Would you also be interested in a quick run down of how I swap faces? I am nowhere near qualified to teach anyone to use Photoshop (my husband just taught me a couple of months ago.) But I also don’t have any tutorials to refer you to. So if you’re interested, I can just quickly show I how do it.
We don’t typically do birthday parties for the kids. We usually just make their birthdays a special day with our family. But since Liam was turning 10 this year, we made it a little extra special by letting him invite his friends over for a party. He chose a LEGO theme (which he had been talking about since his 9th birthday.) He had such a great time and it was so fun to decorate for him (even though primary colors are my least favorite haha.)
Anyone have any idea what color her eyes are? I can’t decide if they look green or brown. Maybe they’re hazel? All I know is that they are not the obvious blue that her big siblings have had. Even Clementine, who doesn’t have bright blue eyes, still has some blue to them. Primrose is just mixing things up for us.
On Liam’s actual birthday, we had plans to go check out the renovations at the Arch. But as we were heading there, it started raining. So we switched it up and went to the Magic House instead. We got a membership for Christmas last year and we have loved having it!
Liam’s birthday was also Primrose’s half birthday as well! That smile melts me every time I see it!
And of course we had to get a picture of the (half) birthday girls together! Their first birthday party is already in the works and I CANNOT wait.
And I just thought this test shot of Evangeline was so sweet!
We didn’t get to go to the Arch on Liam’s birthday but we went a couple of days later. We checked out the newly renovated museum underneath but we didn’t go to the top. However, our family has been invited back to take a ride to the top. I’m a tad bit (okay, extremely) nervous about it but I think the kids will love it so I’m trying to get over my fear!
Thank you all for being patient with me as I get all caught up on posts! We have a very full, exciting fall this year and I’m so excited to be able to be able to share it all here!!
One last question before I go–
I am not very active on Facebook but I know some people prefer it over Instagram. What kind of content would you like to see over on my Facebook page? I’d love for you to follow along over there and give me ideas on what would make it more exciting!