Today she turned four.
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The girl is really growing up. For example, from the backseat a few days ago, she said: “F you, guys.” Sally and I looked at each other, startled. We had been noticing that Francis picks up saucy language at school, but so far it’s been of the “nanny nanny boo boo” variety. Hearing an actual F-bomb, even an implied/truncated one, from our 3.95 year old was very troubling. What did you say, Francis? “‘F,’ you guys,” she said, as she pointed to the capital “F” in the book she was reading. Oh. I see.
July 15, 2008 - 4:18 pm
Matt, you're remembering it wrong. 🙂 It wasn't an "F" in a book, it was an "F" that she created by munching on a pretzel. She chomped away at it to create her favorite letter…and then proudly showed us what she had done.
July 15, 2008 - 4:33 pm
exactly right, beautiful wife.
July 15, 2008 - 7:27 pm
happy birthday, sweet francis! i can't believe 4 years has flown by so quickly!! that creative, francis! i can't wait to hear what she comes up with next! 😉
July 16, 2008 - 3:15 am
Pretzel or book, either way I'm just glad it wasn't the real F bomb. I immediately thought, "oh dear, could Jason and I have taught her that word on accident during our visit?!?!" Happy Birthday everyone but Matt this month!
July 16, 2008 - 3:57 am
happy birthday sweet f.
July 16, 2008 - 4:58 am
I adore the picture editing! Happy July Birthdays, it is a great month to be born, even when you are almost hitting forty. Are you sure all the saucy language is coming from daycare? 🙂
July 16, 2008 - 7:23 pm
I LOVE THAT PHOTO!! so cool. the color is great! I wish there really were three francis cats. Then one could come live with me and we could laugh all day long about all the funny things she says.
July 16, 2008 - 11:36 pm
LOL- And least she wasn't really dropping the F-bomb almost four 😉 Love this picture Sally! Just…WOW! Made me think of either Sesame Street or Electric Company in the late 70's where the kids are running and jumping with tracers of themselves following..remember that or am I just a freak? (Don't really answer that, please) So glad to be back in touch 😉       The winning image
  A couple of weeks ago I entered a Chicago wedding photographer contest and I found out last night I won first place! 🙂 Yay me! I’ll be featured on the pictage.com blog and I won a photographer biz service (www.gigbooks.com). Can’t wait to check that out. Here are a few more from that wedding.
July 16, 2008 - 3:25 am
Congratulations! This really is a fantastic image! You really are the best!!
July 16, 2008 - 4:43 pm
I am impressed but not surprised. Such a gift. Congratulations!!!
I don’t know how many of you follow Sally’s periodic account of her photography business, the GreyFinch blog. If you don’t, then you probably haven’t seen this picture of a wedding she shot down in Cocoa Beach, Florida. If anyone ever asks me why I think Sally’s a great photographer, I’ll point to images like this. I think it reveals her heart. Sure, she’s becoming a great technician of photography: adjusting any number of factors to account for tricky lighting and other situations. But she’s got something else: an instinct that seeks out and captures a line of nails in a pier. The picture stands alone without metaphor, but I love the idea of the nails representing the days of a lifetime leading to that moment. The nails don’t form a straight line, but the carpenter kept right on driving them into each board. The line snakes and resets itself as it moves down the pier and through time, leading to the couple and to whatever lies beyond. Thanks for letting me be part of this, Sally. And happy birthday yesterday.
July 12, 2008 - 5:09 am
I did see this on her blog and loved it then also! This holiday weekend we headed to Minneapolis to see our god daughter get baptized. Sweet baby E couldn’t have been more adorable. We love you guys so much and can’t tell you how honored we are to be her godparents.
July 8, 2008 - 2:15 pm
lovely photos. i love the way you’ve captured her special day.
July 13, 2008 - 4:52 am
Such a happy baby! Your photos are great!! |
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