portrait day

• Auntie Shari left today.  I took her to see Mr. Newbery in action before she left.  It is always interesting to me to watch daddy teach.  He morphs into a totally different creature that I hardly recognize.
• Auntie Shari left on the bus just after noon.  We went to IKEA for and early lunch because it's cheap and delicious and close to the bus station.  George, you were pretty in love with the meatballs and gravy.  You are practicing your eye roll.  It's getting pretty good. 
• After school I decided to take some quick portraits of each of you.  I took my black backdrop out to the deck and got you all to sit on a stool because it was already getting dark.  I love portraits.  I love the challenge of trying to capture a little piece of your soul in a photograph.