the Life of Olena

Olena asked if she could use the camera the other day to take a few pictures.  She wanted to play "photographer Olena" .  She had a good time and spent about an hour running around the house snapping away.  148 pictures later here is what we have...believe it or the not the pictures I did take out were all of Gus and yes there were still this many left.  Can you tell who her favorite is? and yes, he does usually keep his tongue in his mouth but apparently being the #1 model for world famous Photographer Olena was hard work.  So thought I would share... "An hour of my day" by Olena Warchol  :)

A little accessory for her Aunt Rickie's wedding.  She kept telling us she wanted long hair like us for the wedding but we just never grew it out.  So voila! instant long hair! I do plan to make it look a lot nicer for the wedding.  Literally she walked in from playing in the sprinkler and I shoved it on her head.  Once her real hair is curled it will blend and look more uniform. I am proud at how well I matched the color, I was worried because I ordered it off line.  

Olena and Amira Spring Session 2012 

Shark teeth...which to a 7 year old, is pretty darn cool!

Things are somewhat back to normal around here.  While busy, life is not chaotic or stressful these days and I am just perfectly happy with that.  Jason has been busy with little house hold projects now that spring has sprung and we can see all the junk we have!! and all the stuff that needs repair!  I seem to finally be coming out of my winter funk and have been on an organizing kick the last couple of days.  I tackled cleaning my basement, threw away 2 garbage bags of broken, worn and or plain useless junk, cleaned my dresser and Olena's as well as my closet...all in the last 2 days! I feel accomplished, I even found time to cut the grass tonight and all my laundry is washed, cleaned and put away.  Hooray!! Updates: Olena can now ride a two wheeler with no problem.  She is a motorized scooter junkie. Her top two teeth are slightly wiggly. Her bottom two big teeth have started coming in....but the babies are still hanging on for dear ...