Day 246: May 8, 2012

Ethan dragged his tee ball stuff out to the backyard to play ball for awhile yesterday afternoon.  I watched from the patio chairs under the umbrella where it was nice and cool.  I also treated myself to an iced Dutch Brothers drink...why not?

Day 244: May 6, 2012

I hopped on the merry go round with Grace at the park to try and get some fun photos.  Unfortunately it was the middle of the day with terrible lighting, and going around in circles meant the lighting changes were drastic and quick so I'll have to try it again another day.  Still fun!

Day 242: May 4, 2012

Not my best photo ever, but captures our every day.  Grace loves playing with the super heroes just as much as Ethan, as evidenced by this photo taken during Ethan's nap time!

Day 241: May 3, 2012

Grace and I were having fun taking macro photos together.  She was having fun looking at herself in my camera lens and I was having fun photographing her facial features.  Since she was in a rare cooperative mood for such an activity I took advantage!  I had her look down for a few shots since I rarely get to photograph her pretty eyelashes :)

Day 239: May 1, 2012

Grace has been really needing a haircut for awhile now, and Angela did a fabulous job trimming her hair to be less of a mess without taking too much off since Grace is trying to grow it out a little.  The smile says it all!

Day 233: April 25, 2012

Awards night at Awanas, this was taken during the ceremony and after Ethan managed to smear half the ketchup from his hot dog all over his face.

Day 232: April 24, 2012

I took this as I walked in the room to wake Ethan up from his nap.  The room was dark so the photo came out grainy but I still love it because it's so him!

Day 231: April 23, 2012

Took a trip down to the field with the intention of getting a shot of Ethan I like for a canvas.  I got a lot I like but haven't convinced David on any of them yet!  This is one of the first I took once we got there.

Day 229: April 21, 2012

The weather was absolutely fabulous today so the kids and I spent nearly two hours playing at the city park this afternoon to celebrate!  Grace was super busy but I managed to get a few of her sliding down the pole and going across the monkey bars.

Day 222: April 14, 2012

Grace really wanted to participate in the Dallas Dragon Run this year so we registered her and made it to the starting line with only a minute or two to spare.  She ran her little heart out for half a mile and was ecstatic to earn a medal and blue gatorade at the finish line.  So glad the weather was nice and it didn't rain!

Day 221: April 13, 2012

Took the kids with me location scouting for a session this weekend.  We checked out a few of our favorite spots in the city park to see what they look like at the moment and found lots of promising spots.  Grace remembered this fence from last summer and insisted I take her photo next to it.

Day 218: April 10, 2012

We took a few photos before we left for Ethan's preschool spring program.  Grace brought her camera along and Ethan insisted on looking at her camera before he'd look at mine so I snapped a few to get my exposure correct and happened to like how this one turned out!

And here's what I wound up with when he finally looked my direction:

Day 217: April 9, 2012

Grace started her dance class a week ago and is loving it!  She pays very close attention and while she's squirmy she seems to be keeping up with it.  You can see her look of concentration in this shot!

Day 216: April 8, 2012

I chased after Grace during the egg hunt at church Easter morning and had a tough time keeping up with her and all the changing light levels!  I probably should have switched to AP mode since it was too fast to really keep up with, but I did get this photo I rather like of her in the choir room.

Day 214: April 6: 2012

I had a few hours to spare this afternoon so I loaded the kids in the van and threw their Easter outfits in to change into when we got to town (wasn't chancing them getting them dirty since Easter was 2 days away!).  We spent about an hour in front of the capitol building enjoying the cherry blossom trees and spring flowers.  We ran into a friend and her daughters which made the trip extra fun!

Day 213: April 5, 2012

Ethan started pee wee soccer through the YMCA last week with two friends and is loving it!  He's doing a fabulous job participating and following directions which is what we have been stressing.  So much better than basketball, plus it's nice to have friends to chat with while hanging out in the gym for 45 minutes twice a week!

Day 212: April 4, 2012

I brought my camera to Indoor Park this morning to get a few photos of Ethan playing.  I've been coming to Indoor Park at least once a week since 2006 and won't be back next year since Ethan will be in preschool during park times.  It's an end of an era, one I will sorely miss and feel compelled to document.

Day 211: April 3, 2012

Back to homework after a few weeks off.  Grace always saves her spelling words for last.

Day 210: April 2, 2012

I took Ethan out for a quick impromptu photo session with the goal of getting a photo of him to put on a canvas.  He was already wearing this shirt and the sunlight was begging us to enjoy it so we left dinner warming in the oven and scooted to our field for ten minutes.  I like this outtake of him playing with his buttons.

Day 209: April 1, 2012

My boys being silly together.  I was testing out my 135L in the house and my little photographer buddy was taking photos with his camera too.