I think I've been in denial. It seems like every summer I can't wait for fall to begin- the cooler temperatures and the smell of rain dampened leaves. Fall festivals. Root vegetables straight from the garden. HALLOWEEN. There's nothing like it. For the last week, temperatures have been perfect for keeping the windows open all day and not feeling cooped up in the drying a/c.
But I guess I didn't realize that fall was really getting here until today's shipment from Cherry Tree Hill arrived, announcing the Fall 2010 color collection of Fingerpaints. If things are arriving in the store now that are marked as the Fall Collection, well, I guess I have to resign myself to the fact that it's fall. Which is awesome, until I consider that in about a month it will be too cold to have those windows open and I'll have to bundle up against the cold winter wind.
These colors are beautiful, aren't they? I love how it's striping, but not in a bold way. I hope to have these (and 7 others) up on the website for sale later this weekend or Monday. For now, if you go look at the Fingerpaints, you'll just see 10 of last season's colors, which are also very lovely.
James has finished his second week of preschool and he loves it. He goes twice a week, and today when he saw a school, he said "I miss school." I've warmed to the idea too. While the first two days were hard, this week I looked forward to having a few uninterupted hours to get things done without my little "assistant." Next week he has school pictures, which seems odd for a three-year-old, but there it is. I feel obligated to buy them because how could I not buy his first school pictures? But you have to prepay the day they are taken without seeing how good/bad the pictures are. And it's not like I get to stand there and make sure his hair isn't wild and that he isn't looking down. This is just playing on the weakness of parents, if you ask me. I don't want to pay $30 for a horrible, canned shot of my son with some 80's background. But at the same time, I keep thinking that if the shots turn out really awesome I'm going to feel like a dummy for not getting them. So, of course, I'm going to shell out cash just-in-case.
And so it begins.
Congrats to your family! Wow. I remember it very clearly. In my experience, the highway robbers- I mean school picture folks- give you several poses to choose from. And it took YEARS for Angus to let them take his picture, every kid is different. Hang tough!
Posted by: KT | September 17, 2010 at 07:54 PM
The pics may end up looking hokey, but they are more and more priceless as the years go by. My babies are now 22,20, and 17. We are currently faced with choosing our youngest's senior portrait pose (lots to choose from and way more than $30!!!). I got a little sad thinking these will be the last "school" photos for our family. Enjoy every minute as I know you are!!!
Posted by: Anna Alkema | September 17, 2010 at 10:03 PM
This is why "picture re-take" days were invented :)
Posted by: April | September 18, 2010 at 04:38 PM
The people who took pictures at my kid's preschool were really, really good at working with kids, and we never got one that was not exceptionally good. And teachers should make sure he doesn't have jelly on his face or in his hair. . .
Posted by: Elizabeth D | September 20, 2010 at 10:58 AM
On more than one occasion I returned pictures of my wild child to the photography company and they refunded the money. Then I had them take another crack at it on "retake" day. What really gets to be a racket, is that schools now are have two picture events each year - Fall pics and Spring pics. I love my kids but I don't need 2 sets of pics per year - I have my own camera and take plenty of pictures. Don't let them overwhelm you -- being a good mom is more than paying for the pictures! LOL!
Posted by: carol fun | September 22, 2010 at 10:31 AM