You Know you're a mom when....

Arizona Mamma, over at

Our Daze in The Desert

hosts this fun little meme.

In her words, she writes, "As parents, we constantly find ourselves saying things that we just can't quite believe came out of our mouths, or misting up over a few scribbles on a page, or finding ourselves in situations that could only be the result of having offspring.

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I just wanted to take one single minute to thank each one of you for your sweet comments on this weeks Mom n' Me post. 
I actually did get a bit choked up as I looked at that picture throughout the day.
Not only does it capture exactly how I feel about my children...
But it was taken by my nine year old son.
My son, who hasn't always had an easy road.
My son, who doesn't always "fit in" socially.
Sometimes I wonder if his mind will ever just be at rest.
He always has a plan, and usually finds it difficult to be at rest until that plan is in motion.
He often wonders why everyone can't just "fit in" with his plan.
I loved that picture because C-boy captured it. 
He zoomed right in. 
After viewing the final result on the screen, he oozed, "Mom, you're gonna LOVE this one!"
He read every one of your sweet comments.
He beamed with pride.
"Really?", he said sheepishly.
Really, I said!
So today, I'm sharing a few more. 
These were all taken the first day he had his camera.
We had great fun playing with them in photshop.
What I love about these, is that I didn't crop any of them. (with the exception of one, for modesty's sake!)
These are simply the angles he captured.

You know your a Mom when you take such delight in your child's new found interest.

And when you shamelessly post his photos as if they are works of art!

So without further ado, I present to you C-boys creations!

I love his little boy perspective.

He painstakingly set up these little scenes.

 He was proud as punch about framing this one with a shadow!

 Who wouldn't want a picture of a little boy peeping through a nut?

I didn't even see this one until that evening.  I asked him if L-boy's shoes had been there and he said, "No, mom, I put them there because I thought it would be so cute!"

This one of the cat had a little toy in the background...he was really perturbed by it.  I showed him the magic of photoshop!

I just think he's a really cool kid.

His vintage gameboys are totally picture worthy.

I agree wholeheartedly.

He's hoping this little brother will be a boy after his own heart!
Have I mentioned before that he loves this little guy with all of his heart?

 Of course, I gave him total creative license to play....

And when you're a nine year old boy...you take that creative license...

And run with it!!!

He named this one Princess J-boy.

And when you give a nine year old a camera, you musn't be surprised when you stumble across captures like this. When questioned about it, he simply responded, "The bubbles looked cool!"

Yep, I'm the Mom of this kid....and proud of it!

We are hitting the road, Jack.

Wind in our hair.

Nothing but blue skies and open road in front of us!

The Grand Canyon, and Bryce Canyon are calling our names.

I am hoping to be able to share our adventure with you.

Depending on the health of our computer and the connectivity of our wireless mobile internet.

Isn't this what you've always wanted?

To go on vacation with the Peanut Gallery?

So, be on the look out...if you happen to see "her" on the road..

Give a little honk.

It would make D-man's day!!

I on the other hand would like to remain anonymous.

She ain't purdy.

Not in the least!

p.s. I may just install the twitter widget to my blog.  Real time updates at the tip our your fingertips.