Summer 2012

Summer is almost over and I have been wanting to post a couple of our vacation pictures. We went to the Outerbanks and stayed in Rodanthe, North Carolina with great friends and had a wonderful relaxing time. (Some images are taken with my 5D MII and others with my point and shoot)

The Three Amigos

Hatteras Light House. Unfortunately Ava was still too small to climb it so she and I had to stay on the ground while the boys climbed up.

I had to add this picture below. :)

Kindergarten

Here's Cameron the morning of his first day of Kindergarten. I am so proud of him. :)

Happy Easter!

The kids and I went "peep" shopping the other day. There were all different kinds of chicks sorted out in several tubs. It was quite a sight seeing all the different types of baby chicks chirping away. I hope everyone had a Happy Easter today!

The Other Man In My Life

My Two 4 Year Olds

You would think after four years I would get used to the fact that for a few days my children are the same age. It's still weird to me, LOL. They are eleven and a half months apart. My husband and I did not plan for them to be so close but we are so glad it turned out this way. They are absolute best friends.

Marble

So....remember when I said I was addicted to nail polish? I decided to enter the image above along with my Alice In Wonderland glitter polish image in a banner contest and ended up getting second place! I get to pick some really cool nail polishes thanks to the Polish or Perish bloggers! I actually entered two designs:

Banner 1 (this was the one that won 2nd Place):

Banner 2

Thought this was too fun not to share! :)

Girl (Take 2)

A little girl can be sweeter (and badder) oftener than anyone else in the world. she can jitter around, and stomp, and make funny noises that frazzle your nerves yet just when you open your mouth she stands there demure with that special look in her eyes. A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood dragging a doll by the foot.
-- Alan Beck

Glitter Happy

Hello, my name is Janice and I am addicted to nail polish. I can't even tell you how many polishes I have. I am too embarrassed to mention it on this blog but it's a lot. I usually go for creme nail polishes but every now and then I would slap on some glitter on my nails and get distracted staring at them while driving. The color you see above is actually a mixture of two OPI nail polish colors (Absolutely Alice and Mad As A Hatter from the Alice In Wonderland Collection). I thought I'd combine my two favorite things - macro photography and nail polish. Maybe one day I'll 'fess up and let you know how many polishes I have. Or maybe just take a photograph of it. :)

Have a Wonderful Holiday!!!

Have a safe and wonderful holiday to you all!!!!

Happy

Seriously, how happy are these kids? I took these today and I think all the Halloween candy has definitely kicked in their system.

The Breakers Mansion, Newport Rhode Island

This is just a summer home previously owned by the Vanderbilts. Can you believe it? I cannot imagine living in a place like this. Unfortunately we were not allowed to take photographs inside the mansion which was even more opulent. I ooed and ahhed at each nook and cranny. I was inabsolute awe that people actually lived in a place that had platinum gilded walls. If you would like more information on The Breakers Mansion, click HERE.

Rain Rain Don't Go Away

I think I am subconsciously wishing for rain with all the rain boots the kids have. I have been wanting to take the kids' photos in the rain (only when it's sprinkling though - I am too paranoid my camera might get too wet). But so far we've only had several rain free but hot and humid days. And whenever it does rain, it's quite a thunderstorm and I am too chicken to bring my camera outside. I am sure I'll get more opportunities when September rolls around.

Four

My first born. It's hard to believe he's four years old. I look at his baby pictures and think how fast those first couple of years have come and gone. I am sure I'll be looking at this post someday and think how tiny he was. I asked him the other day, "Cameron, how do you like being four years old?". His reply was, "It's fun!".

Of course. It's written all over his face in this image:

Fun Website

Check out Photofunia for some creative ways to add fun your photos. I think these are great for avatars or signatures on emails and chat forums. I used this picture of Cameron because I liked his silly expression:



Then pick out which Photofunia image you want and upload your photo:




Here's one that really cracks me up because I think his expression works well with this image:

Hello????

Cameron loves talking into this "thing-a-ma-jiggy" - anybody know what it's called? He makes me talk on the other end of it and we have long conversations about cars and trucks, and when the next time we'll be eating at Panera Bread. This boy is obsessed with eating at Panera!

H2O

I saw a tutorial made by this awesome photographer Natalia Campbell about how to shoot water droplet macros. All her images are nothing short of spectacular. My photos below do not even compare to hers. Let me just say that it's much harder than I thought.

She mentioned she uses just about anything with patterns for her backgrounds. So decided to use Ava's My Little Pony coloring book as the back ground for the first and last image and Cameron's (clean) orange underwear for the second image. I wonder how she gets those perfectly round drops? Anyway, if you get a chance, check out her amazing work HERE on Flickr and be inspired!

Hello :)

A combination of last year's Mother's Day, birthday, Christmas, and Valentine's day present.

Merry Christmas!!!

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!!!

Girl

I love having a little girl. When I found out I was pregnant the second time, Cameron was only about 3 months old and I secretly thought to myself, please please please let me have a girl. I have such a great relationship with my mom and I hoped and prayed that if I had a girl, it would be the same. John and I have always just wanted 2 children - a boy and a girl, and life could not have worked out more perfectly.

My Son

Someday my son will be staring with the same look of adoration in his eyes, only it won't be for me but for the new girl in his life. So I cherish captures like this so that I will never forget that I was once his number one girl. ;)