random and truthful musings from the mom of a middle schooler

Lyndsay Stradtner2009-08-24T23:34:01-05:00August 24th, 2009|My Family|

Ty started Middle School today. Yeah, 6th grade.

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN??!!

No. Seriously. I need an answer because just the other day he was 4 and thought I hung the moon AND the stars. Somewhere in between I went from a sweet “mommy” to “mawwm”….drawn out, exasperated with a tint of “oh no, please don’t embarrass me in this moment”.

Here he is on the way out the door. Totally not posed, he just always seems to have a book in his hand, especially when heading out to the car!

Looking at this photo just now, totally reminded me of this. It’s still funny two years later.

Middle School is big. Both literally […]

lookin’ good little man | austin baby photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2009-08-23T09:40:01-05:00August 23rd, 2009|Client Work, My Family|

just one this morning of sweet baby jack. he got all dressed up for the tea party last night too.

Can you believe he’s 6 weeks old already?! His little comb over hair totally cracks me up. And this reminds me that I never came back and shared more of his newborn photos before we left for vacation! I will do that this week!! I have a ton to share!

The kids really had so much fun last night, between the tea party, exploring the beautiful park, chattering on about castles and princesses, spotting peacocks and running from pond to pond looking for fish and turtles, they were on cloud 9. It […]

for ava

Lyndsay Stradtner2009-08-22T22:07:30-05:00August 22nd, 2009|Uncategorized|

we ventured out tonight to honor a superprincess. I am sure many of you do, but if you don’t know her story, you can read more about ava here.

the last official day of summer vacation | austin baby photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2009-08-21T22:01:03-05:00August 21st, 2009|My Family|

was spent laying low. after yesterday, it was a must. and it was nice. we did celebrate by Jase taking Ty and his best friend out to Austin Park & Pizza, then home to a movie and sleepover. perfect way to end the summer. they had a blast and it was nice to have a somewhat quiet night with Teagan and Taryn. Teagan went to sleep at the normal time and then I let Taryn stay up late. we made a cake in honor of her new favorite color….it will make an appearance tomorrow. until then, I leave you with this, my little man during his bath tonight….

he […]

while driving

Lyndsay Stradtner2009-08-20T19:48:22-05:00August 20th, 2009|My Family|

Taryn: Mommy, guess what, I taught daddy something new and special yesterday.

Me: really? what’s that honey?

Taryn: That he needs to have paaaaatience at the red lights.

Me: bwwwwahahahaha.

Bad day today. The kids were horrible. All of them. I was that mother today, glaring at her children in public, frustrated, stressed, took on too much for one day and tired beyond recognition. All the way home in the car I contemplated the logistics of never going out into public again with the 3 of them alone. How bad would that really be?? I think Jase knew it was a bad day when I came through the door, absolutely done, immediately handed them off and hid in the bedroom for a few hours […]

we’re just going to go ahead and call this “taryn is 4!” | austin family photographer lyndsay stradtner

Lyndsay Stradtner2009-08-18T11:19:05-05:00August 18th, 2009|My Family|

So, T’s birthday was last month. And no, I haven’t taken any birthday shots of her yet. I had big plans to, but other things came up. Then we went out of town, came home sick, her surgery is coming up and it just seems unfair to drag her out when she isn’t feeling well. Sooooo….these will serve as her birthday photos. And I’m ok with that. I’ve dreamed of these photos for over a year. My mom bought this suit for her last spring, I saved it and horded it away until it was time for us to go to the beach last summer. Then like a big dummy, I left it sitting on the fireplace hearth when we […]