PTA party

I took Asa to a party our Early Childhood PTA put on. At first he was a wallflower--wouldn't wander off too far, or just wanted to go outside and run around. When the silly children's singer came on, he started to slowly forget he was afraid...

Watching from the back of the house...


Getting a little braver...



Finally, right in the middle of things dancing away. He forgot he didn't like it...

Christmas Card Rejects

We didn't get our Christmas cards out in a timely manner this year either. In fact, not everyone on our list even got one. (Sorry if you were one of those!) It wasn't lack of trying though. I tried to get pictures on several occasions, all with the same result (the last of which is shown below). Finally, a couple days before Christmas, a plane happened to fly over while I was snapping "crying santy" pics and distracted Asa long enough to get one non-crying (though red-faced) shot. Here are a couple that didn't make it: