Walking Backwards

It has been such a long time since I posted pictures of my favorite child that I felt the need today. Sadly, now that Nicholas is past the exploding changes of babydom I've gotten to be a little negligent in my picture taking. Well, being that it was a lovely day outside, Nico and I headed out to the Wildflower center (only a few miles down the street - yay!) with a picnic lunch and my camera. It is a tradition in Texas to take pictures of your children in the bluebonnets every year and I wasn't going to shirk that obligation. Driving up to the wildflower center it looked like everyone else in existence had the same idea, but that wasn't the case. Today was the annual, member's only plant sale. People drive in from all over the state for this sale. It was crazy. The craziest part was that it was packed and we arrived an hour before the sale even started. The good news for me, who rarely can get dressed and ready before three, was that the sale was outside of the normal preserve area and my efforts were not wasted. Picture taking was still on. We did have to dodge an abnormal amount of people, but we got to look a lot of cool plants and run around on the trails. They have made several additions since the last time we were there including a really cool children's learning center with all kinds of projects and play areas. Nicholas was in a running mood though so I took home some ladybug coloring sheets and a booklet for tomorrow. Next time I'll try to get there with enough time for him to run around and THEN go to the children's house. Now, here are the pictures:



These are the strangest metal ladybugs that I have ever seen. They were apparently made without heads. Nicholas seemed to like them and recognized them as ladybugs even in their decapitated state.



Nico gives me this grin every time I tell him to smile for the camera. His face gets all scrunched up and his lips draw tightly across his teeth. You can never see his eyes. I think the fact that it was damn sunny outside also aided this expression.



Nico getting pissed-off at me after posing for ten pictures while sitting on a rock in the sun. You can almost sense the exasperation.