Project 365 Week 8

This week completely flew by and got away from me.  We had several days of abnormally springy weather for February in Delaware so the kids got a lot of outside play in.  It was nice to take a few outdoor photos with out the side effect of ice cold fingers.

02/19/2017

With beautiful 70 degree weather,  we took a family outing to Longwood Gardens.  One of the perks of being a member is free stroller rental.  The 3 big kids pretended the stroller was their rocket ship and sang the Little Einsteins theme song the entire way too and from the conservatory.  This photo was taken at the end of the hallway of award winning bathrooms (yes, bathrooms apparently can receive awards!) Lily and Zélie were waiting for the boys to get changed into dry clothes after a fun day playing in the fabulous indoor Children's Garden.

02/20/2017

This photo depicts what I consider to be a very typical morning in the life of Atticus.  He is wearing his required item of orange clothing (his favorite color) and a few random costume pieces.  The snack of frozen corn and the fact that he is standing at the spice table to drink his milk is just so very typical of my little guy.  This is the type of memory I was hoping to capture when I started this project.

02/21/2017

Little Ish had a lot of fun putting together his makeshift Darth Vader costume.  I particularly like that he is wearing his Daddy's boots. 

02/22/2017

It was such a blessing to get together with my friend and her children this week.  Our kids get along really well so we pretty much get to sit and chat while they play.  Her sweet 4 yearold is so good with the babies--Zélie is fascinated with her-- that we actually manage to not have to do too much baby wrangling either. 

02/23/2017

The big kids decided to celebrated the unseasonably warm weather by flooding our back patio with the hose.  They had so much fun playing and stomping in their gigantic puddle.  I am thankful that Zélie wanted absolutely nothing to do with their makeshift watering hole.

 02/24/2017

Zélie's faces keep me laughing.  It's hard to be serious when she makes goofy faces like this!

02/25/2017

Happy 11 months Zélie!  Your 1st year is flying by.  You took your first step this week, even though you seemed completely unaware that you had done it. You also gave Daddy a kiss today when he asked for one.  You love to shake your head yes and no even if you get the two confused sometimes.  You have a great sense of humor for such a young child and your laugh is contagious. You bring such a warmth and joy into our family.

Project 365 Week 7

It was a fun and busy week this past week.  On Tuesday we hosted our homeschool co-op's St. Valentine's Day party.  The days leading up to the party were a flurry of Valentine making, and party itself was a lot of fun.  The excitement of the preparations and then the party itself definitely wiped the kids out.  It took them a couple of days to recover from all the activity.

02/12/2017

Zélie started saying "up".  It is often accompanied by her hands up, and she nearly always whispers it.

02/13/2017

Atticus has figured out exactly how to make Zélie laugh--just play peekaboo!  Here he is hiding in his tunnel and she is absolutely delighted with this rendition of the game.

02/14/2017

After the Valentine's party, this very sleepy, napless girl was incredibly wired.  She sat at the end of the slide banging Duplos for about 25 minutes before she finally wound down enough to nap.

02/15/2017

I can't help but grab my camera when Liliana is standing still in beautiful light. 

02/16/2017

Zélie plopped herself down in this gorgeous light for all of 10 seconds.  I got this shot and then she crawled away.  I am so glad I got my settings where I wanted them quickly enough.

02/17/2017

Two seconds before this was taken, Atticus had a gigantic pout on his face because he felt like nobody wanted to play with him; this is the split second after Ish and Lily invited him to join them in their game.

 02/18/2017

Lily needed to go to the library dressed as Lilly from Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes.  There are even 3 shiny quarter's in her purse. 

Project 365 Week 6

It has been a bit of a turbulent week here.  I started off the week battling what the lactation consultant believed was the beginning of mastitis.  I did manage to keep it from completely sidelining me, but it certainly turned my Project 365 into a chore instead of a delight on Monday and Tuesday.

We experienced both a 70 degree day and snow this week.  The kids were delighted by both.

02/05/2017

Zélie has really started to play in the past month or so.  One of her favorite games is peekaboo.  

02/06/2017

This girl is teething like crazy; this is the look she gave me when I told her that it wasn't okay to chew on library books. 

02/07/2017

Zélie spent a good 20 minutes playing with a bucket.  She really liked yelling into it and chewing on the handle.

02/08/2017

Liliana has been really into the book Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes.  She has been working on creating her own Lilly costume.  The one thing she was missing was a glasses chain.  She decided to spend a little of her own money to purchase the rainbow glasses chain she is wearing here.  She was so pleased with her purchase and has spent hours pretending to be Lilly the mouse.

02/09/2017

This little guy was so excited for snow!  We didn't get the large storm predicted, but it was enough for Atticus to sweep the snow around the yard with a broom.

02/10/2017

This girl is normally a momma's girl through and through, but she was so delighted to see Ish's car pull into the driveway on Friday afternoon.

02/11/2017

Little Ish isn't always super excited to have the camera on just him, so I am always delighted when I am able to capture a photo of him where he isn't making grumpy faces at me.  Ask him to be in a photo with Zélie, mind you, and he is all smiles.

Project 365 Week 5

This past week concurrently flew and crawled.  I am still managing and enjoying picking up my camera each day.  I find myself looking at light differently. I am not as afraid to experiment with ideas on how to use light because I know that I will be picking up my camera again the next day.  I am also not as afraid to take a photo in terrible light and work with it in post-processing so it transforms into a better photo.  So far, I think this project is good for me.

01/29/2017

On Sunday, we welcomed my nephew Cillian into the Church. 

01/30/2017

Atticus is tying up this Lego dragon

01/31/2017

This is what happens when I ask Atticus to smile; this is why I generally don't ask my children to smile for the camera.

02/01/2017

Lily was really upset because I asked Little Ish to set Atticus up with an episode of Little Bear instead of her.  As she was crying I noticed how beautifully the light was falling on her tears.  I told her that the light she was standing in made her tears look like sparkling diamonds.  She immediately stopped crying and asked me to take her photo so she could see. 

 02/02/2015

This photo was a total experiment.  I decided to shoot into the noontime window light to see what I could capture.  Lily was so enthralled with the book that she was reading that I was able to play with the light for several minutes.

02/03/2015

Zélie is working on 2 more teeth right now and it has made her so drooly and marginally miserable. 

02/04/2017

Yesterday was incredibly busy.  I am glad that I remembered to pick up my camera at all.  Here is Zélie all bundled up to go to the library.