A little lady | McG's three year portraits sneak peek

My favorite people to photograph are my children. My daughter asked me during her three year-old portrait session yesterday, "Mommy, why are you always taking pictures of us?" I answered her with the obvious answer, "because I love you so much and you are so beautiful." Later, though, I was thinking that I better be careful not to overtake photographs of my children. They will either grow to hate it or become obsessed with their own images. Something to think about on this lovely Friday afternoon! More photos from McG's session coming shortly! Have a wonderful weekend!

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Trampoline! | thirty photos in thirty days

This mini trampoline was a gift from Papa and Grandma and it is going to get a lot of use! I may be just as excited as McG about this present because I know how much fun it will be for her. Some of my best childhood memories took place while jumping around a trampoline with my cousins.

 

My little lady turns three!

Yesterday was McG's third birthday! When Josiah joked and told her she was an old lady, she excitedly said, "I'm not a woman anymore!" We cracked up laughing. For some reason, she thinks being a "woman" is bad, but being a "lady" is good. I think it has to do with me telling her to act lady-like.

We were able to use both our ipad and iphone so more of our family could join us for the blowing out of candles.

Classical Conversations | School Picture Day | Kinston

I spent yesterday taking portraits of this very friendly group of students and mentors from the Kinston Classical Conversations for my first ever "School Picture Day." They are such a fun group and did amazingly in front of the camera. The group shot was a bit challenging, but all I had to do was pull out the old “raise your hand and close your mouth” trick that I learned from my mom, and you could’ve heard a pin drop. They were so polite and well behaved. I was amazed!

Classical Conversations is a wonderful way for children to learn together and parents to be involved in their education. There are open houses for the Kinston Classical Conversations in March, which I will be attending. If you have any interest in Classical Conversations, please leave a comment below and make sure to submit your email address (no one will see it, but me) and I’ll send you more information.

A Very Hungry Caterpillar Party | Invitations

My baby girl will be turning three in just a few short weeks! Her favorite book is The Very Hungry Caterpillar and she absolutely loves butterflies so she decided (with a  little help) that she wanted A Very Hungry Caterpillar birthday party. So, we started with the invitations. I thought it would be fun to add a little personal touch and let her help.

We started with some Avery postcards, a printer, and some finger paints. I helped her at first, but by the end she was making the little caterpillars all by herself. A few of them looked like real characters, but they were all very cute. I added the face, antennas and feet to finish them.

We had a lot of fun that’s for sure!