Pretty in pink
when i walked into the grocery store, there was a herd of young guys all around the selection of roses. these guys must have been in their early 20s, each pulling out wads of cash to pay for their special hand picked bouquet of long stem roses. buwhahahahaha. with age comes experience. i instead got sandy some pink tulips for valentines day. i find them much prettier and more romantic than the plain old cliche enfused, commercialized up the wazoo, long stem red roses. besides the local grocery store had the tulips on sale for $9.99 for half a dozen. score baby!
tulips are quite photogenic little flower actually. they have a very soft color and texture to their petals. i also like the simple stem. the lack of thorns is a nice bonus. the soft color lends itself well to shooting them wide open with my 50mm f1.8 lens. these were taken under natural window lighting.
sandy and i both had last wednesday off which was the day before valentines day. we ditched the rugrats at the grandparents and headed over to the movie theater to catch Juno. i had heard rave reviews from danny and my brother so i had very high expectations. my brother compared it to the hilarious movie, Superbad which i enjoyed immensely. Juno was a good movie but i think all the hype led me to expect too much, which is any movie's ultimate downfall. it was enjoyeable to watch and sentimental at times, but it fell short on the humor department. the character juno did have alot of witty quips much more than what i had when i was her age. afterwards, we headed over to mccormicks & schmicks seafood restaurant. the restaurant was hidden in a corporate plaza. the inside reminded me of old school boston. lots of wood stained mahogany, stain glass windows and coat hooks at each booth. sandy ordered the dover sole and i had the sea bass. honestly, i could not tell the difference between our two dishes besides the toppings and sauce. the meal was ok, but i doubt that we would ever return for a second tasting.
today is wednesday and i am home alone with the kids. it's tough watching them by myself. it's an endless series of feedings, diaper changes, getting them down for a nap, and consoling them when they wake up cranky. ethan can sit up now and enjoys playing around with megan. it's very cute to watch them interact. hopefully this closeness and playfullness that they have with each other will remain as they grow older together.
since i had the camera out, i decided to shoot the kids too. sticking with the pretty in pink theme, i had megan put on her pink wool beanie. it cracks me up when i see her wearing it. she will sometimes just put it on and dance around the house. for this shot however, she was not giving me much cooperation. when i asked her to smile, she thought it was amuzing to scrunch up >_< her face instead. quite the joker my megan.
i then put the beanie on little E. he didn't really care for it. i guess he's not really into pink as much as megan is. it was hard to keep it on his head because he kept on pulling it off.
its cold and rainy today again. i think it's suppose to rain for the next 4 days straight. i don't really mind though. it's not like i am free to go anywhere since i have my two rugrats to watch. i bought megan a little rainbow windmill to stick in the backyard. whenever a strong breeze blows through the backyard, it starts spinning around. watching the cold wind blow around outside, just makes me feel that more warm and cozy inside my house.
lately i've been feeling quite burnt out. it's been a tough winter at work actually. we have been seeing record number of patients due to all the cold and flu. i usually see about 25 patients on an average day during the summer months. for the past few months i have been routinely seeing somewhere in the 40's each shift. dealing with 40 people and their problems is exhausting. i get home late at night and i am spent. i really have nothing left over for the family. what is worse is that i have to stay late and come in earlier each day in order to catch up on all my charting and paperwork. i'm the only doctor in my group that did not take any vacation during the fall and winter months since we were so busy. i work every saturday. that leaves me with sunday to spend with sandy and the kids together. however that one sunday is usually spent going grocery shopping, running errands or just watching the kids. then monday comes around and i am home alone with the kids again.
sensing my discontent, sandy baked me this cake. she is actually taking a cake baking class at a local arts and crafts store. her blues clues cake inspired her to learn more. this is the first time she has done something not involving the family and kids. i think it is good for her to pick up a hobby since parenting is so all consuming. hopefully i will not get too fat because of her new hobby. lol.