Kids Christmas Lists...

On Thursday I was busy taking pictures of a whole bunch of kids with the man of the season - Santa.  Pop on over to my Twisted Lily blog to get the low down on the event.
Anyway I have to say that most of the evening I had a permanent smile etched on my face and it wasn't JUST because the kids were too cute for words.

It was the words that were coming out of their mouths in response to one question in particular, "What do you want for Christmas?"

Here are a couple of my favourite responses:

"I want kung foo lessons and a ticket to china" - oh and I asked his mother and YES he watched karate kid.

Little brother - " I want this truck with doors that open".....2 min later after describing every little detail it was Big Brothers turn - " umm I think I just want a fire extinguisher and maybe a couple of fire hoses"
Dad must be a firefighter!!

Eliana gets hung up on musical instruments at christmas time....last year she asked for a drum and this year so far it has been a piano and a flute....can you see me rolling my eyes!!!
I just got rid of the drum from last christmas and the recorder that Ed got me for mothers day (yup sometimes I think he is trying to drive me off the deep end)
I think Santa will be fresh out of flutes this year.....and pianos will be in miniature plastic form...lol

I heart Faces - Silhouettes

So all week long I was waiting for the sun....rise or set I wasn't picky I wanted to get that beautiful colourful shot and practice my silhouettes!  Needless to say the sun didn't come out which inspired this silhouette that is directly inspired from Cat in the Hat...

"The sun did not shine 

It was too wet to play

So we stayed in the house

All that cold, cold wet day."

My Days....

These days just don't seem long enough!  I have found myself delightfully busy with photography work and the daily rig-a-ma-roll of being a parent.
I wish for more time to sort things out in my head and to organize it all but I think that is a matter of me cracking down on my random nature and learning some better time management skills.


I don't know if I say this enough but my kids are awesome. My husband is awesome.  My family is such a blessing in my life. 


I am loving my work...I love that it is always something new...I love that I get to learn a new trick or angle or whatever pretty much every time I pick up my camera.  There is something so wonderfully satisfying about capturing beautiful people and beautiful places.


I will be hopefully posting a lot on my Twisted Lily Photography site this week...there is a lot in the works and to share so be sure to check in!


Speaking of sharing these are a couple of the little guys that I took pictures of last week at their Jui Jitsu club.  To check out a few more of these cute pics click here

 

Sitting At The Dinner Table....

So sitting at my parents dinner table the other night Eliana was asked what she wanted to be when she grew up
" I want to be a mommy" was her matter of fact reply.
My sister then asked her, "what do mommys do?" (May I interject here....what sort of question is that!!!??)
And Elianas response was once again strait to the point "they cut"
?????
We were confused as to what she meant but after some more questioning it became clear that she was talking about making supper....ie 'cutting up food'
Then my smarty pants of a sister once again probed eliana, "what do daddy's do then eliana?"

I love my daughter and her response reminded of me of one of the reasons why....

When she said "daddys watch."

I heart Faces - Orange Challenge

I haven't had an entry in a while - life just gets a little too crazy sometimes :)

So here is my orange picture...these are my kids and one of there best little friends on a walk.  This little friend just moved provinces away so it was an extra special time and I mostly just loved the mood that this pic expressed.

hope you like it too

Our Halloween Tale...

Our Halloween was spread out over a couple of days so that we could enjoy our traditional bonfire/wiener roast out at the farm and then go trick or treating with the kids in town halloween night.


It worked out quite well. Some how we didn't get any pictures of the bonfire but heres a few pics of pumpkins and our family costume..


Oh ya - we dressed up as a family this year and it was a blast.  I think the kids were more excited to see us dress up than they were! lol
We did an inspector gadget theme.  Ed was inspector gadget (we even had an umbrella to come out of his hat but then the kids broke the umbrella)
Eliana was Penny - she was really excited to dress up as penny but as you will see - she just looked like a little girl which I think confused people...lol
Gabriel was Brain (penny's dog) He was happy to be a dog but once again I think people were confused because of the hat we used to put his ears on made him look more like aviator dog - aka Snoopy
I was a MAD agent.  I was pretty pumped about my MAD logo on my shirt.  I was the only one that actually scared people....lol
We showed up at my aunts house and my cousin Morgan was home alone.  When she saw me get out of the car - and she didn't recognize me - she locked the door. 
Then she heard me talking to the kids and came out....pretty funny though.
So we were pretty happy with our family theme but I don't think it clicked for anyone seeing us on the street who we were trying to be. Next year we will have to try for something a little more current :)

ignore the watermark!!! oops