and just because the camera hasn't been put away yet...

I'm getting ready to take the kids to get some bubbles, so I threw Evie's hair in a ponytail. After I got my shoes on, I thought you look so gorgeous! I asked her if I could take her picture again and she smiled and nodded her head. She let me take it only if I let her make a mad face first. Then I told her under no circumstances could she look into my camera. That works a lot with her!

the most difficult kids to photograph!

I'm sure a lot of photographers feel the same--the hardest kids to photograph are your own. I don't know why, but my kids go nuts when I turn on the camera. I hardly get it out when I'm at home anymore, so maybe that's why they get so excited when I do pull it out. They have the same reaction after they eat fruit snacks, so maybe my camera emits some sort of sugar or red dye #5. Either way, I was laughing so hard (after I decided getting mad wasn't helping!) at their crazy antics. These were not at all what I had in mind for this, but oh well. Still blogable.


I'm really tired of seeing this bridge in my pictures, but for some reason we keep ending up there.





(crazy antics that made me laugh)