Foto Friday–Animals

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Today’s theme is pets or animals.  Since I don’t have a pet, I thought I’d skip this week’s Foto Friday. 

Then we went to a dairy farm today.  There were cows there.  So, I took some pictures.

I have to admit that I actually took the pictures I’m showing here a few weeks ago.  It was at the same farm, of the same cows,  but the pictures I took today didn’t turn out so great. 

This first picture was just a fun, lucky shot.  It’s not all that pretty, but as the cows were coming into the barn for their lunch, I shot this picture.  I could reach out and touch the cows, that’s how close we were.  I’m a city girl, so that’s kind of fun for me.

The only thing I did with the picture was auto adjust the levels and sharpen the cow a bit.  This is basically how it looked SOOC. 

This was a neat shot of them eating.  I love how you can see them all down the line.  There were about 30 cows total in the barn. 

I used The Pioneer Woman’s Old West action on this one, brought it down just a bit, then added a Kim Klassen texture on it, but brought it down to just barely there.

I think this is a fun shot.  Weird, but fun.

I used The Pioneer Woman’s Vintage action on this. 

Head on over to La-La’s Home Daycare to check out other Foto Friday entries.  Especially if you’re an animal lover. 

Growth Chart Moments

Jack turned 18 months last week.  A year and a half!  Time flies when you’re having fun!

Here are some cute things he’s doing or saying that I’m sure to forget if I don’t write them down.

• He says “BESS YOU” to anyone who sneezes, coughs, hiccups, or burps. 
• He calls all animals by the noise they make. 
• Dogs = FUFF FUFF!
• Sheep = BA!
• Cows = MMMMMMMOO! ( sometimes Mmmmmeee)
• Mokey’s = OOO OOO EEEE EEE EEEEE!
• He counts to two.  Sometimes he counts to three, but his three sounds like one, so we’re not really sure about that one.
• He yells “CHASE!” and “RUN RUN!” when he he wants you to chase after him.  His chase turns into chrase after a few times.
• He loves putting blankets around him while walking around.  He loves all blankets and hats, and he loves to wrap them around his shoulders or waist and see how far he can walk around the house before it falls off.
• He is in love with CHOO CHOOs!  The boy turns his food into choo-choos, and everything looks like a choo choo track to him evidently.  He can sit on Daddy’s lap and watch choo-choo videos online all day long!
• He still loves to read books.  He knows what he likes and doesn’t like each night for bedtime, and it changes every night!  His nursery floor is covered with books that he fishes through to find just the right ones for that night.
• He can identify most animals, but that doesn’t mean he wants to touch them or get to close.  He’ll enjoy looking from afar for now.

OH, and he’s sleeping through the night now!  It only took 17 or so months, but he’s not getting up much at all now.  YAY!!!!!

This is his favorite blanket to wrap around himself.  And he can’t go to sleep without it on top of him…even if his room is 82 degrees!!!

Our little Darth Vader Boy.

 

He likes to wear hats!