Day 305

Happy Halloween! In case you can't tell we are: a witch (yeah yeah, boring. I promise (myself) I'll put more thought into my costume next year), Hello Kitty, Indiana Jones, and a cowboy.
The day included:
-photo session (for my class)
-trick or treating, which both the kids really enjoyed
-games and movies with friends. We let the kids answer the door - I love that part!

Day 304

The night before halloween and here we are carving pumpkins. (still working on my manual camera settings - please excuse the quality of the photo)
It's been a busy week for all of us. Sam was/is working late. And I spent most of the day with friends working on preparations for a party and frankly I was exhausted. But you can't skip the pumpkin carving right? It's like having Thanksgiving without the turkey. So out came the carving stuff. And surprisingly, the kids helped more than I thought they would. Both of them made a very good effort to scoop all the yuckies out of their respective pumpkins, despite both of them making faces and saying how gross it was. Everyone had a good time, and the kids were very pleased with the results of our efforts. And even better - we are now Officially Ready for Halloween!

Day 303

You've seen the ears, here's the tail :)
Kaitlyn had her Halloween party at Kindergarten today. She was so excited to dress up. One of the few mornings since school started that I didn't have to cajole her into getting dressed first thing instead of taking her time to wake up.
I went up to the school to help out with the party. Kaitlyn loves when I do things like that, and I'm happy to do it. And as far as I can tell, she had a great time at the party.

Day 302

My first "decent" photo using the manual settings on my camera - oooooo! :) Not bad for indoors (my house has HORRIBLE lighting), at night, no flash. Having a very cute model helps.

People have been asking me to take photos for them. And whenever they do I feel totally inadequate, yet I still say yes. So, nudged along by 2 more photo session requests, and my wonderful, supportive husband, I signed up for a photography class. Total spur of the moment. The class is Creative Child Photography, but we're supposed to learn how to use natural light, filters, etc in addition to poses and how to work with kids. And let's face it, kids are what I photograph 90% of the time.

The first class was tonight and I am happy to say I learned some new things, including some of the functions of my camera. I have to admit I'm very intimidated though and feel like I am the least experienced person in the class. But that's why I'm there right? To learn. Yeah. I need to keep reminding myself of that and try to avoid freaking out over the prospect of having to jump right in with real "models" on Saturday.

Day 301

Day 300

...but they didn't bag up the leaves yesterday, so Kaitlyn got a turn to jump in them today.

Day 299

Sam and Ty raked up a big pile of leaves while Kate was in school.