Day 160: February 12, 2012

We went to a friend's birthday party this afternoon and I brought my camera along to snap a few photos since the birthday girl's mom was busy hosting the party.  It's just way too hard to be host and take photos too, I didn't pick up my camera at either of my kids' parties last year either!  This one of the birthday girl wiping a sloppy baby kiss off her cheek is my favorite.

Day 54: October 29, 2011

We went to a Potluck/Cookie Decorating/Pumpkin Carving party today which was a lot of fun!  At the end of the evening we set up all the pumpkins that were carved and lit them all to appreciate all our hard work.  The Batman on the far right is David's handiwork.  The witch with the cauldron in the middle is Grace's, she poked all the lines and I did the cutting.  I also did the two pumpkins to the left of the witch.

Day 5: September 10, 2011

I actually did a family photo session with my good friend Natalie in Portland Saturday evening, but since it will take me a little bit of time to go through and edit my favorites from our session I will instead share a photo from the baby shower I went to in West Linn in the morning.  My best friend growing up (I think we were literally attached at the hip) is expecting baby girl number three AND had her 30th birthday the day before so it was a combo birthday party/baby shower.  She got the most adorable pair of baby sneakers and I just had to get a picture of them.  Aren't they too cute?

November 7: Day 304

It's her party and she'll cry if she wants to! Baby M wanted nothing to do with her birthday cupcake...until her Mom held her and shared hers with her. Every Mom knows that their children will refuse to eat the food set in front of them but will salivate over the same exact food that is on Mom's plate. It's a scientific fact. Unless it's a green vegetable.

Photo Stats:
Exposure: 1/200 sec
Aperture: f/1.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO: 100
Flash: Off

October 10: Day 276

This is a photo from Ethan's third birthday party Sunday afternoon. We invited a few kids over for a casual party which included a Spiderman pinata. Ethan was super curious as to how it worked and as always it proved to be a popular activity. Candy always is.

Photo Stats:
Exposure: 1/320 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO: 32000
Flash: Off

May 1: Day 114

I took my daughter to a friend's birthday part at the City Park this afternoon and this little guy's expression while watching the birthday candles was absolutely hilarious!

Photo Stats:
Exposure: 1/125 sec
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 75mm
ISO: 200
Flash: Off

March 7: Day 59

Tonight we hosted our 9th Annual Oscar party, complete with all the traditional food: brokkies (sp?), hummus & homemade tortilla chips, brownies, licorice, popcorn, and fruit. Instead of chocolate covered strawberries I made some world class lemon bars. Mmmmm. If you didn't make it to the party you totally missed out!

Photo Stats:
Exposure: 1/100 sec
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 66 mm
ISO: 400
Flash: Off

March 6; Day 58

Today's photo was taken at a 5 year old's Birthday Tea Party that Grace attended this afternoon. The table was completely adorable with little tea cups and place cards at each setting. What little girl wouldn't enjoy this party?!?

Photo Stats:
Exposure: 1/100 sec
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 38 mm
ISO: 400
Flash: Off