Eva was out all day so Allison and Andrew had a day together. It was a good day and when Andrew gets one on one time with either Allison or me after not having time together for a while he is adorable. He was extra adorable today. He was making scary faces and trying to scare me and Allison. There were lots of giggles. I asked him to make me scary faces so I could catch a true smile on his face.
I didn’t quite get a smile but I did get an authentic expression on his little face. Such a little imp.
The weather was nice today so Eva and I played with the Playmobil toys that I got for review. Eva really enjoyed the toys and we had fun taking photos of them. I have a review of those toys coming very soon. Eva and Andrew enjoyed the toys very much. There were little animals and musical instruments. Eva made the fairy do a little concert for the other fairies and the animals. Andrew played with a few pieces but mostly stuck the pieces in his gas tank of his Cozy Coupe. Luckily we found them all before we went in for the night, little imp.
Today Eva’s dance studio had a Christmas Fundraiser. Each class had a minute or so little routine. Eva’s in one class, ballet, and they went first. I thought I had a prime seat for taking photos. I did, but just on the wrong side of the stage. Eva was on the completely opposite side and so I didn’t get any good photos of her dancing. I did get this beautiful photo though. I was able to capture a pretty natural expression on her face in this one and the Christmas backdrop works well with the headband and lipstick. So glad that this studio doesn’t go crazy with the kids makeup.
Eva did an excellent job during her routine, I’m so proud of her.
Andrew is really growing into his own little personality. He is all about roaring with Eva. He’s on the move, too. He rolls himself to where he wants to go and does a little army crawling. He smiles super huge too. We got some great shots from the portrait sitting at Target yesterday and he’s got a huge grin. Such a happy boy.
During our vacation Andrew cut his first two teeth. They are his two front bottom teeth and if he is anything like his sister he’ll be popping out these little chicklets two at a time. The teeth are coming in nicely. Andrew isn’t crying to much at this point either. He’s a really mellow kid at his core and oh what a smile. I can’t decide which I like more, that little toothless wide baby smile or that one with two little teeth. I’ll have to wait till they come in all the way to decide.
Andrew is growing so quickly. He’s now giving us smiles like crazy. He still flips on the “Angry Badger” mode at the drop of a hat. He’s got a little bit of baby dandruff but his baby acne is clearing up now. I do like his crazy hair though. After a bath he’s got these cute curls and then his hair goes nuts. It sticks up all over the place and he’s got about a million cowlicks. But they are so cute. Just love this little guy so much!
We received SIX boxes of Barefoot Books today. Allison and I placed a huge order to get ourselves started. Allison and I had a fun time going through all of the books and checking out everything that we ordered. We put together display boxes and Allison made some stickers with our contact info to put on order forms. We’re almost ready to have an open house and also get out there to the Farmer’s Market and craft fairs. We’re both pretty pumped.
Another year is upon us and it started so well. Allison, Eva and I made a snowman in the front yard complete with carrot nose. She loves the snow and making snow angels although she is too light to actually make an impact in the snow to be able to make the angels. The snow was good for snowmen but way too wet for snow angels. She didn’t care, she liked it anyway. Continue reading Looking Ahead with Clarity→
We have some Fall decorations around the house. I figured I’d try a few things with my camera and my Sima SL-20LX Ultra Bright Video Light (Black) (Aff Link). I haven’t ever used this light on my camera before but I like it. I like it better than the flash because it is nice and even. I was able to also get a few photos of our cat Duncan and it didn’t give him crazy laser eyes either. I found that by adjusting the ISO and the White Balance to Tungsten I could get a decent shot with very good light.
I think that little kids are happy because their toys have such happy smiling faces on them. Makes me wonder if things like our steering wheels had smiley faces on them then maybe we’d think that honking horns were more friendly? Or maybe we’d feel bad about mashing that smiley little face over and over in frustration and anger.
I’ve got to get my smile on this weekend because I need to get some photos done of myself. I hate getting shots of myself. This will be interesting.
I think that little kids are happy because their toys have such happy smiling faces on them. Makes me wonder if things like our steering wheels had smiley faces on them then maybe we’d think that honking horns were more friendly? Or maybe we’d feel bad about mashing that smiley little face over and over in frustration and anger.