Charlotte’s favorite toy (upstairs) is the alphabet train. She will sit for 20 min straight and play with it, putting the letter blocks in and taking the letter blocks out.
Her other favorite game is sticking her head through the rails and ‘pretending she is stuck’ so I will kiss her.
Cooper had a rough evening.
Cooper was being silly and I liked the color of the blanket. I’m finally getting the hang of getting light into his eyes to show the true color. 
I loved his feet on this one and he was showing off for me that he could balance on a bowl. He was way too close for me to capture anything more than his feet.
Cooper kept standing behind Charlotte while they were playing cars, so this was the only one I got of him. I like the ‘vroom’ sound he his making (which you can tell by his lips) and the reflection in the tv. I also like that Charlotte is standing nearby focusing on him.
This one I tried something a bit different and put the focus point on the car instead of on Charlotte. It makes her a little blurry, but I like the sense of the viewer focusing on the same thing the subject is focusing on.
It rained really hard yesterday so there is still a lot of standing water everywhere. The kids seemed desperate to have some outdoor playtime, so despite the standing water I took them to the park. They pretty much stayed on the playground equipment until the very end when they discovered the giant water puddle.
The best part of doing this project has been my ability to let them explore and discover their world, rather then worrying about them getting dirty or wet. I am able to enjoy puddles after the rain just by snapping photos of them. When was the last time I threw caution to the wind, kicked off my shoes and splashed in puddles? I wish I could be as carefree as my two toddlers.
I love how Charlotte is smiling at Cooper splashing.
This is a fantastic ‘action’ shot and this it captures the energy they had splashing and running through the puddle.
I can’t believe Cooper can balance on one leg! He sort of reminds me of a flamingo.
I’m trying to work on enjoying black and white a little more. I love the reflection in these, but the water was so red and muddy that the originals didn’t look great. I like them better in black and white.
Today they wanted to do computer time again, but they fought yesterday, so I wasn’t in the mood. Instead I pulled out the washable Crayola paints and let them create works of art. It got pretty messy, and it was less than ideal to supervise and take pictures…yikes at paint near my camera!!
After using my zoom lens for several days, I struggled with my 50mm lens and having to zoom with my feet! Lot’s of chopped heads tonight. I also am trying to find out what aperture I like to shoot at, so not all the pictures are how I imagined they would be.
Apparently paint tastes bad.
But it’s fun to paint on yourself.
