learning photography

Whew! I'm not sure what I've been doing this last week, but I have a feeling that the laundry marathon and child-taming marathon had something to do with it...I was also SUPER excited to be taking a photography class--YAY! Here are some of my experiments practicing aperture and catching the kids being themselves: I LOVE the natural lighting by our south windows... My attempt to get all of them lined up: As you can tell the kids' millisecond pose was not caught, but real life was captured as Jude crawled away...unsuccessfully. Here's Calvin deep in thought...and below Jude is practicing his feeding skills. He has graduated to finger foods, although new schrapnel explodes into the air at nearly every meal because of this. But no worries, my floors stay clean since we have a puppy dog...named Jude.

I believe this is some sort of nest or play pen...big enough for Cami and "Molly."

And this accessorized little bear is actually a Queen Bear modeling a heart pendant necklace, a neatly-styled play-doh wig, and tiara with a very teeny tiny mini-heart jewel (how does she make those so little?) That bear is about 3 inches tall.

Sorry for the long posting! Too much to catch up on...have a great weekend everyone.