JJ's CAOS

I don't know yet if I have done myself a disservice or not.  Liv and I were playing a simple game of Go Fish the other day and she was a bit too ecstatic about her cards. 

 I explained (this is what she looks like when I explain something ~ I also have an uncanny ability to photograph something as I am explaining.  My kids LOVE that.  They really do.)

to her that if she wants to keep her cards a secret, she would have to work on the hoopla when she drew from the pile and got a card she had been longing for because if she squeals with joy, everyone will know she has a good card.  On the other hand, if she pouts, everyone will know she's going to lose.  I said she should keep her face straight and just be happy (or violent) inside.  I went on to say that strategy would work for other things in her life as well, be it happy or mad.  Poker Face Project.

But now I wonder as she gets older and turns into a teenager someday, if she will fine tune her poker face (c’mon, it’s Liv…of course she will) to such a degree that I will be frequently unaware of her adolescent adventures. She will grow up thinking, ‘ha, my mom brought this on herself.’  Which I did.  Anyway, it made for some good pictures.

I've been talking about this cake to some of you and now here it is.  The Kai Lan (I love Kai Lan!) cake I did for a friend of Josh's yesterday.

More good news...I have a kid who is able to take a bag and ride her bike to the store for me. Yesss!

 Good thing this pic is from the back and you can't see her scowl.  I was explaining to her as I was photographing...'don't go to the store mad, honey.  Just go to the store.'  Did I already say they love those explanation photos?  She loved it so much that without a reader discretion at the top, I couldn't even post the next picture I took of her as she turned around.  Maybe Shelb needs to start her OWN Poker Face Project.