Thursday, November 12, 2009

Ella

Ella loves to play with Wesley, as long as he is doing what she wants!!
Here is Ella trying to convince Wes to crawl into the toy with her.
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and here she is dragging him in against his will
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and her success, however brief!
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Wesley attempting to escape
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and Wesley succeeds!
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Here is a picture of Kitzel, or as Ella has informed me, his WHOLE name is Kitzel Bitzel Cookie Noel Kugler playing with his favorite toy, a "mimsy" doll from "the last mimsy" tied to a stick.
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i have mentioned before that Ella LOVES to take pictures, a girl after my own heart I think. The last couple of days she has been borrowing my camera and filling it will lots of "interesting" pictures. Mostly of the floor, wall, and fixtures of the house. But mixed in with those there were some interesting shots. I think she has a future in the photog business! here is some of her work.

Mommy reading
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Kitzel- evidently a favorite subject
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Wesley, another favorite subject when she can catch him.
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and some of mom and dad
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

My silly little man

I have pictures to post, but no time so I thought I would share this little video for now. Wesley loves to play with cups!

Monday, November 2, 2009

Family portraits... LOTS of pictures!

Once a year I steel my nerves and attempt to take family portraits of my own family. In most of our pictures I set up the tripod and self timer and looked ridiculous running back and forth before giving up in a heap of exhaustion. This year my lovely mother helped me out by being a "living tripod" I set up the camera and the shot, told her what I wanted and then let her click away as I tried to get my family to pose like I wanted them to. This year It worked pretty well. We got several great shots, lots of personality shots and tons of pictures that I just love. I want to share, but be warned, there are almost 30 pictures contained in this post!

Family shots
This is my very favorite
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others I like
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I love this one too
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The two kids together
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Just Ella
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Just Wesley
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Just the Grownups
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And just so you can see what I have to deal with on picture day...
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Saturday, October 31, 2009

A Halloween Story- a photo essay

This rainy Halloween morning finds a baby tiger all alone on the woods.
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But oh! What's that!?
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The tiger spies danger in the woods.
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A little dragon is hunting in the area.
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The dragon sniffs out the tiger and stalks carefully closer
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With a POUNCE! the dragon catches the Tiger. Surprisingly, the tiger does not seem concerned. Perhaps he knows that salvation in on the way.
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A Valiant knight appears to vanquish the little dragon and save the baby tiger!
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A great battle commences...
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The little dragon, seeing that she has little chance of winning this battle prepares to escape into the wilderness.
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The knight gives chase, but the little dragon manages to outrun him.
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In the End, the baby tiger is captured by a lady knight
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and taken to her home to be a pampered pet.
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!