thank you | austin photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2009-06-02T22:02:37-05:00June 2nd, 2009|Austin Photographer, My Family|

I thought several times about posting here today and just felt blah about it. I hate that. This is my place. To document my life, my children, my work. I don’t ever want to feel blah about that. I am thankful for all the comments and support, I honestly didn’t have any idea how it would all go down putting it all out there. So thank you. Hopefully it will send a message, but overall, it makes me sad that I feel more protective and have the urge to pull in the reins some. Yet here I am. This blog is mine. And if I want to post, I will. If people don’t play nice, I’ll password protect it if […]

sass | austin kids photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2009-05-30T10:13:46-05:00May 30th, 2009|Austin Photographer, My Family|

sass. that word alone sums her up here recently. the other day in Target she was demanding this and that and I kept reminding her to talk politely, say please, etc. finally, she looks at me, exasperated, and says “Mommy, I’m all out of pleases today!”. I told her then I was all out of “yes’s”. she proceeded to scowl at me for a bit, but got over it. she’s always thinking, the wheels are always turning and some days i feel like i just can’t keep up with her and her constant antics. when people ask me about the differences between parenting the boys vs. my girl, i always easily reply “my girl is twice as much work as […]

progress | austin photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2009-05-29T13:58:59-05:00May 29th, 2009|My Family|

After my cry for help, we started to get to work around here. First up, tackling my desk. We bought some supplies, boxes, cubbies, dividers and a new bookcase to house everything from paper to portrait packaging supplies like ribbon, presentation boxes, albums and so much more.

Jase put the bookcase we bought together last night and I LOVE it. The best part is yet to come, the doors are big frames for (what else) PHOTOS. How flippin cool is that. Big photos! 15 in x75….yummmmm-e. And you know you’re hardcore organized when your labels need labels….

Funny story, the other day when […]

hey moms | austin photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-01-03T23:51:15-06:00May 28th, 2009|Uncategorized|

Does anyone have any suggestions for places to find craft projects for kids online? My kids are getting tired of my same old “let’s glue pom pom’s and googlie eyes to paper” tricks. I need something new and exciting for summer. Links? Ideas?

dissed

Lyndsay Stradtner2009-05-27T15:23:33-05:00May 27th, 2009|Uncategorized|

I’m feeling a bit dissed today. Ty’s class is going on a field trip to top off the year. Turns out, I’m not invited. He tells me that if his girlfriend wasn’t assigned to the lane next to him, he’d invite me, but since she is, he can’t. Boo. That’s all I’m gonna say about that.

And as I write this, he’s chatting on the phone with one of his best friend about the girls at school in the other room. When did this happen? How did we get here? Why is he doing this to me? But more importantly, how do I make it stop? What happened to Spiderman and Toy Story? Grubby little hands reaching for me to pick […]

i caved | austin toddler photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2009-05-26T09:31:14-05:00May 26th, 2009|Austin Photographer, My Family|

i mentioned in 10 on tuesday this morning that we are trying to transition teagan to one nap a day. it went well over the long weekend. but. there were a lot of people home = more distractions. there were parties and a loud brother and even louder sister to help him forget it was time to nap. this morning, well, it’s just me and him with the big kids in school and daddy back at work. it started pretty innocent. he grabs his favorite binky, and then his blankie and spreads it out on the floor…

but as soon as he did that, i knew what was coming next. it is […]