It is a lot harder to decide the one topic for my picture than I expected. Josie had gymnastics today and I considered taking a picture of her but I can only shoot through the very dirty, smeared glass. Although it's good practice, the picture will never be clear. My mom made a fabulous dinner tonight and I thought that would be a great picture also. Trying to keep my three starving children away from the table long enough for me to play with the settings on my camera (I'm trying to learn here, remember) was a lost cause. I had an hour while Josie napped that I should have used to take some pictures, but I had brownies to make and ended up falling asleep as soon as I put them in the oven.

So, I ended up with a picture of Josie and her "ribbies". Josie received one of these little blankets from my friend, Cari, when she was a baby. After she grew very attached to it, Cari made her another one. I made her a third one when we kept having go back home for a forgotten one. She calls them blue, pink, and green (blue is really purple but she won't change it now). She keeps them draped over each hand and one on her face. She likes to rub her lips and fingers against the fabric. We're still trying to figure out how she'll make it through the day without them once kindergarten starts! As a well-adjusted adult who slept with a blanket until she married, I am not at all concerned about breaking her habit any time soon.

My picture for today actually makes me very happy when I look at it. Josie has a little spaghetti sauce on her face from lunch, her little sticker earrings from doing all her walks accross the tall beam without any help, and her very favorite ribby, pink. I took the picture without flash and practiced using my spot meter on my Canon 40D.