Time After Time

I saw my baby’s face on Christmas Day. I haven’t seen it in six years. You see, my baby turned seven in December.
I may not have recognized her, but I have this photo (right) burned in my mind:

Don’t shoot just rainbows, sunshine, and lollipops if you are participating in Project 366 or any Develop Project 2012. Those alligator tears, that pale skin getting red, that loud wail, the curve of the eyebrows… they were so common place. I never thought I’d lose them, but my husband had enough insight to take a journalistic approach with our camera.

The perfect storm brewed on Christmas Day this year: the girls went to bed at 11pm Christmas Eve (instead of 8pm) but still woke up at 6am, they had eaten quite a bit of sugar, and Quinn was very excited about opening gifts upon arriving at Nana’s house.  When I suggested she take a power nap on the three hour car ride, she shuffled left, her head titled forward & then back, she tucked her feet up & then down, finally she verbalized, “I can’t get comfortable” and then the levy broke.

My poor baby cried for an hour and a half. Seriously, ninety full minutes. The thing that made it heart warming was (a) knowing it was something she physically couldn’t stop, she was literally exhausted beyond control, and (b) knowing I may never see this infant side of her again. My little lady is generally very mild tempered; she hardly ever cries, let alone gets stuck in an uncontrollable downward spiral of sobbing.

This month Quinn is studying TIME at school. Where does the time go? Is my baby really seven? Time seemed like a perfect topic to dive into at home and here on the blog too. I am off to research fun books, activities, and projects to coincide with our theme.

Let’s Lasso the Moon Note: One of our “for sure” time projects?
Doing a family 10 on 10. A what? 10 on 10, check it out.

I also plan to download a few of these awesome podcast to my iPhone. Have you checked out Radio Lab yet? You won’t regret it.

Do you have any time related activities up your sleeve? Let’s talk about it in the comments!

PS: PROJECT 366 UPDATE… I have been awed by the work y’all have showcased so far as part of Develop’s Project 2012. You’ve done a great job catching the Gift of an Ordinary Day. I’ve gotten permission from a few parents to showcase their work for you later this week. Also, the glitch holding back our group Pinterest board seems to finally be resolved. I am slowly adding in the people who requested to participate over there!

{Image Source :: Willow Tree Antiques}