Over the past year, being a “photographer” has taken on many meanings to me. It gives me a way to document my life. It gives my children a record of moments from their lives that, even though they may not remember the details, all add up into the sum of their being. It gives me an outlet for when I am overwhelmed with sorrow or loneliness. It gives me a medium when I am overflowing with joy. I use it as a tool to help support my family. And when I take images like this (meaning the ones that make me cry every time I look at them) I can literally see what it is I feel inside as a woman, as a mother, as an artist.
I’m not sure whether you have heard of the mom 2.0 exhibit that is taking place right now. I was asked to be a part of the exhibit which was just… monumental to me. Along with being honored by being asked, I have also been having feelings of pride, enthusiasm, and empowerment. To have two of my images up with women whom I admire is mind blowing. I look at the others in the show and I see women, mothers, artists. I see individuals who have these same overwhelming feelings as I do. We share this stuff for ourselves, our families, our children, and others – other mothers, other families, other women.
You can see images of the images (*giggle*) over on Tracey Clark’s stream. You can see a little write up about it on Karen Walnord’s blog. And, of course, you can read more details about the exhibit on the Mom 2.0 Summit website.
Day 34: again, only had time to take one picture and it was as I was running out the door to book club. The girls were exhausted from no nap and covered in burritos. Oh well, I’ll love looking back on it in 20 yrs.
Day 35: got out the paints for a quick craft. Just white paper with red and white paint. Earlier in the week I painted the girls hands to make hand prints, and they were trying to recreate the craft on their own. Aubrie loves the feeling of the paint on her fingers. Anyway, we’re going to cut what they painted into hearts this weekend. Mommy Tip: Whenever we get a shipment, I keep the packing paper for the girls. I like covering the table with it when we paint because it makes clean up so much easier. I will give them a pile of crayons to color with which is great because it gives them something to do as I clean up, which makes things less stressful for me.
Day 36: the east coast is going to get hit with a storm this evening. I thought I’d be all sneaky and get to the food store early this morning to avoid the crowds and stock up for the super bowl. Oh my gosh. It was insane. Good thing I packed snacks and toys.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Gosh, she looks so tired…
we were looking for something simple to do together this morning, so when Jack’s Big Music Show came on (omg who else LOVES this show as much as I do?! I just about MAKE my kids watch it!!!), we got out our instruments and played along.
Then Aubrie managed to get her entire body IN the drum and Thaya started to play HER like she was the drum. Um. Yea, game over.
xo
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
It was a long weekend for us, so these next few days we are going to be a doing a lot of resting.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
This is just how we roll on the weekends.
by Meg Fahrenbach
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