A clever trick...

 Do you have any idea how rare this is?  She is sitting still and making eye contact with me when I have the camera in front of my face.  Wanna know why?

 I saw this idea online and thought it was really clever.  This is a PEZ dispenser with the base filed down to fit the hot shoe mount.  Abigail was so happy to see Minnie that she actually stopped and looked...chanting, "Minnie, Minnie" in a little sing-song voice.  I actually bought 4 different characters, so I can switch them up.  I hope that keeping it fresh will capture her attention for a while longer, at least until she's older and can follow directions. 

 As you can see, she was not inhibited about her coloring!  :) 

She was a MESS!  But thankfully, it was an easy clean up!

Sweetness...

Nothing particularly special about this shot, except that it's so natural for Hannah...that slightly hesitant smile with a bit of question in the eyes.  Love her so much. 

F is for F hole...

Can you believe it's already week 40 on the 52 week project?  The theme this week was "a letter of the alphabet".  That actually left things wide open.  Somehow, having that much freedom made it harder for me...too many choices.   But yesterday, Kara stopped by after rehearsal so she had her cello in the car.  Ah ha....F holes.  I know it looks a little like an S, but it's called an F hole.  It serves to project the sound by allowing the sound board to vibrate more freely.  I just love all the texture and character in her beautiful cello...along with all those beautiful curves.  Just wish this post had an audio button.  BTW...I shot this by my piano, up against our white paneling, but I switched out the background in PSE for a low key effect.  I'm really happy with how it turned out. 

And then I decided to get fancy and try a bit of mirroring.  I kinda love this too...so graphic.  The only weird part is that it doesn't make sense how the light is falling since it's opposite on both sides.  Ha ha!

Turtle watching....

Too bad you can't actually see any turtles in this photo...well there's one on the far left, but he's hard to see.  The girls really enjoyed them.  Wish I'd been able to capture a photo of them swimming, because some of them had moss growing on their shells....WEIRD.  All in all, a very fun outing to the creek.  So thankful for nice weather!

Follow the leader...

This was just a snap, but I love the composition of this pic with that other family in the background.  Serendipity...

And you know Little Bit was not far behind....

Well, she IS three, afterall...

I love this little spot by the creek...so we stopped for a photo opp.  "No..I don't want to look at you, Grammy."

"But I will do some dancing and twirl my pretty skirt!"

Duck, duck, goose...

 

Actually, I think there are only geese in this shot.  Ha ha...but I wanted to exploit the title.  We did see ONE duck at the college.  Abigail especially enjoyed giving bread to the geese, and you can see that she wasn't afraid to get close.  She couldn't throw very far, so she would throw it a little ways, then pick it up and throw it again...which is why she's playing with the bread in the second pic.  Hannah mostly wanted to watch, but did finally throw some bread at the end....and she threw it pretty far.  You can see it if you look closely.  The really impressive thing is that Abigail walked ALL the way to the college...about a mile.  On the way home, Jenny asked if she could carry her and Abigail said, "No".  But she was walking slower and slower.  Ha ha.  She finally looked up at Jenny and said, "Mama hold you"....TIRED girl!