'A portrait a week of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013'
Soren informed me that he was setting up his bed and would be sleeping by the tree to say 'hi to Santa'. Adorable.
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'A portrait a week of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013'
Needless to say, our first snow experience of the season was a complete success!
Shooting Macro
Time to experiment! After thoroughly dipping my fingers into photoshop, I've decided to experiment a bit more with just the camera (maybe one of these days I will start shooting manual. This momma started and her photos are stunning!)
To start, I purchased this macro-wide angle lens adapter (for 50 bucks!) a few months back. It's been super fun to use to create fish eye effects and great depth of field. But along with it, came the macro adapter. I decided to be patient and give it a shot (pardon the pun!).
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'A portrait a week of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013'
I had about a dozen photos pegged for this week's portrait (considering we only have 4 weeks left - yikes!), but this one today stole my heart. There was something new yet so familiar about picking out the Christmas tree today. Watching him look in wonder and run through the rows of trees with his Pappa made me melt, I am truly grateful. Cheers - to the Holidays!
Sensory Play - Bubbles
I am pretty sure I have posted about this one before, but this remains one of my all time favorite sensory play activities (and Soren's). I snagged this one from a friend, and it's been golden in our household since.
Simply grab a few kitchen bowls, measuring cups, baster, fine colander, whatever you can find - bubbles and warm water. I like using the daily kitchen tools because they are easy to clean up and it familiarizes Soren with what we use to cook food.
This is a great activity when you have to prep for dinner. Soren will go at these bubbles for t least and hour and have a blast. This time he brought his cars over - 'they need a car wash' I was told. I was able to make Cranberry Sauce, Salmon, Green Bean Casserole and start Banana Muffins. I say start - because at that point the little man always joins in!
I put a towel underneath of him but almost always, ALWAYS have to mop the floor afterward. Which isn't such a nuisance since we typically mop after cooking anyway!
Have Fun!