It's Monday....what do I see?

The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein



A couple of nights ago for story time "J" picked this story to read.
I open the book and it says:
Sinterklaas--5 december 1981
To: Eva
The pages were full of the smells of my childhood home.

I finish and J says, "The poor tree. It has no more branches."
I nodded--too choked up, even though I thought I could read it this time without having a wave of emotions hit me.

The next day we went on a spontaneous family walk. (Love those!)



And J all of a sudden runs over to a tree stump.




He pats the stump. "Hello tree" He sits on it. He sings while he stands on it.
He runs his car over it.












And then he tells the tree we are going to keep walking...

AND THE TREE WAS HAPPY.

As was I.

It's Monday.....what do I see?

A soccer mom. That's me now. O-F-F-I-C-I-A-L-L-Y
And I'm a little proud of it. Probably more because I'm so
NOT
the soccer mom.
Seeing J run so hard after the ball with shorts that are just too darn big is fun.
Seeing J look at me from the field and wave is fun.
See J smile from ear to ear when he made his goal is fun.
And seeing J scream goal when the other team scored and give the boy...from the other team a high five is fun.
However....one side note. The heat. 109 and soccer is not fun. Hopefully the heat will simmer down a little for the next game. Just a tad. Below 3 digit numbers please.

It's Monday....what do I see?

I'm working again! As an actress. I booked a job on a movie of the week
for the Hallmark Channel. It's called Fixing Pete and I'm super excited. Two days of working as "EVA SIMONE FISHER" the actress.

I also am doing a "photography project" that has been taking ALL my time.
My eyelids are closing as I write this because I'm so tired.
I volunteered at "J"'s school to take pictures of all the kids
for the calendar. It's so fun. Obviously I can't post the kids' pics here but I'll post J's since he is my son! I went with Black and White and a simple backdrop....so the focus is the kids! Hopefully the parents like them. And after a couple of days with kids all day.....I RESPECT TEACHERS MORE THEN EVER!!!

It's Monday....what do I see?

I haven't posted headshots in a while....so here are two that I took recently.
Was a blast to shoot both--as always. Do you need headshots? Then email or call me!





And then a little extra little something from my life...
L is thinking here..."Really mom?"
What can I say...paired socks is low on my priority list.

Dance

If I found simplicity in my life, would I feel like this more often?
Dance my friend. Dance!

It's Monday....what do I see? SORT OF!

It was Labor Day and we were out of town for a lovely get away in the woods. It was amazing.
Summer is gone.
School starts tomorrow.
Soccer is here. (I'm a soccer mom?!)
The weather is cooler.

Summer is my favorite. I always long for summer days.
But Fall brings new beginnings, new adventures and hope.

Good-bye summer. I'll miss you. One big, fat kiss. Mu-wah!