My Little Bookworm

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Declan is having a little love affair with books...which I am so pleased about. For Christmas Grandma Janet gave him one of my very favourite books from my childhood - The Poky Little Puppy, a total coincidence by the way but she will be so pleased to find that little extra bit of sunshine out.

Superheroes and Army Men

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Our basement is filled with toys...big and small alike...but Lochlain carries his pail of Army Men everywhere he goes. They are his constant, they accompany every other toy that makes it into the fold and in this case they are Spiderman's back-up. I'm sure this wont be the last time they appear in my 365 :)

Fun with Play-doh

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My MIL sent down some homemade play-doh for the boys at Christmas. We broke it out the other morning and although Declan didn't use the fancy tools like his brother he had fun squishing it between his fingers just the same. Thanks Grandma Janet!

Fruity Frozen Goodness - January 3 2011

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Declan wants to do everything his older brother does these days...so when he saw Lochlain eating a homemade Popsicle, he wanted one too! I wasn't sure just how big of a messy disaster it would be but I went with it. He struggled with holding it, fine motor skills are needed to hold onto that little stick after-all, but he figured it out and ate the entire thing!

I love the look on his face...he's also going through a phase where he makes it known to all in the room if there is food on his hands...and this picture captured his dis-approval of that said food.

Pieces - January 2 2011

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My son and I decided to do an 11 foot long floor puzzle. I had full intentions of taking a photo of him with at the end and I did...but I couldn't get the focus right and wasn't pleased with the end result, so instead I played around with a picture I took at the beginning of the activity...introducing "Pieces"

The View - Dec 31 2011

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There are a few reasons why I love this photo...

1) for the first time I have a camera that captures the true lighting and therefore mood of a room without washing out the moment.
2) I love the view from my sisters living room...I long to have that many windows in one room someday...oh the natural light!
3) good friends enjoying a moment in time...Happy New Year!

Now...from a photography standpoint, how could I have captured this moment better? Would you have shot in auto? Changed the ISO's? Decreased the f-stop?

Feedback is greatly appreciated!

Monkey - Jan 1 2011

3/365...and yes this is out of order

I need to start making note of my settings so I can reference them here.

The focus (on the monkey) looks much clearer on the camera than it appears on my computer...will definitely need to work on that.

My monkeys monkey :) Which he now lovingly refers to as "mimi"...or in Declan's case "MIMI!"

Question: why do my colours look so....blah (for lack of a better word)?

and a little less underexposed :)

Thanks for the suggestion...