I heard this robin singing this morning while I was outside for a quick walk. It sounds like spring is coming!
Category: Black and White
Guess who?
Guess who these cute princesses are.
Bonus points if you know how old they are. 🙂
Decorating Cookies
Megan learned how to decorate cookies yesterday. She had a lot of fun helping to decorate the cookies the girls made to share as Valentines at church last night.
Snuggling
According to Megan, very few things are better than snuggling with your big brother when you get up from your nap.
Mark says that snuggling with your little sister when she wakes up is great too.
Sledding
I love this picture! It has everything I want in a good sledding picture; movement, expression and snow flying. However, the original was not quite right, so I played with it. It’s different, but I like it a lot better now. 🙂
Tree
At a class that I went to last week, I learned that Monochromatic photography does not just mean black and white. Black and white, sepia and cyanotype all are different ways to print a monochromatic (one hue) photograph.
Wanting to see the difference, I edited this tree picture so I could compare. I am amazed at how each photograph has such a different “feel” to it.
Sleeping Beauty
Without any fussing or tears, Princess Megan happily snuggled into bed to dream of her wonderful Prince Daddy.
Photo Shoot–Audrey
I told all the kids that I wanted to get new pictures of each one of them. I need to practice getting good photographs without flash, but also practice with black and white.
Today, Audrey was my model. She had a hard time ignoring the camera, but enjoyed the chance to pose for me.
Photoshoot-Mark
I needed some nice pictures of Mark. He is growing and changing so quickly, that I am having trouble keeping up.
Since August, he has outgrown me, changed his voice and can out eat me (and Allan) for any meal. I have heard many rumors that this is only the beginning!
Because of this, I rarely can get the camera to see what I see. But while we were playing at the park, Mark’s personality was really showing through. I loved how he kept playing and exploring, but taking quick breaks to look at me for a picture. I treasure the times he discovers something exciting and still yells for me to come look.
I am so fortunate to have the privilege of watching Mark grow. I am thankful that he can learn at home so I have extra time to watch him change and mature. God has a wonderful plan for Mark, and I am loving being a part of it.
Mark
Mark and I had a “date” while the other kids had Science Sleuths at Oxbow today. Megan was with us being “princess” but she had to follow us around and do what Mark wanted to do. Mark is the prince, and princesses follow their princes around :). She did a good job most of the time.
Mark discovered a new path. He wanted to go by the water, and he found some steps that I have never been down. We found some neat places to explore and Mark found what we think are snow fleas. He also found the bones of a buck in the water! Very neat, but sort of gross too.
While he played, I took pictures of him and Megan. I have more nice ones of him, but I think this is my favorite.