My little man just turned four!
I decided to try out an idea I had for a mini session for boys. I did a fantasy shoots for girls, an example here. With two boys of my own I knew that I could think of something fun!
I love what I ended up with! The boys did also!
My oldest boy is going to be four on Saturday!
He is getting to that lovely age where nap time is no longer an everyday occurrence. As a stay at home mom I have counted on nap time to have time to reflect on the sweetness of my children and recover from whatever they did pre-nap. So to make sure I still have some alone time(they call them breaks in the workforce), I started the quiet time rule. I read about it in a homeschooling book(which I plan to do this year). I read about a mom that had all her children go to their rooms and play quietly every afternoon for a little bit and then I realized I could do THAT!!!
His little brother(2yrs old) still takes naps so I have him lay down in the library for half an hour or so…that is at least how it is supposed to go. I think he knows I am a pushover, he will call my name until I go in there. When I ask him what he wants he says, ” I have something really important to ask you. Can I get up?”
When I finally do let him come out ,his brother is still usually sleeping. Have you ever tried to keep a almost four year old quiet before? If anything they get louder.
Yesterday, I decided to take some pictures on my nice beautiful enclosed porch that my awesome, wonderful, greatest man in the whole world made for me!
I had a crazy idea that was probably born out of “no more nap time” desperation…
I let him use one of my Nikon’s 
I love those little fingers on the buttons!
Look how happy he is!
I was a little nervous about the HARD tile floor
But I was happy that he let me take lots of pictures of him! That NEVER happens. 
The lens I let him use is an old manual one that was Nick’s Grandfather’s, he gave it to me last Christmas to use and I love it!
The focus is manual also though so Justin had his work cut out for him(what does that saying even mean?)
Here is one(he took over a hundred) of his shots, I kept tweaking the focus hoping one of them would not be a blur.
He keeps saying that he wants to be a diver when he grows up so I asked him if he wanted to be an underwater photographer instead.
You have to start brainwashing…I mean guiding them young.
I decided that for my oldest boys fourth birthday I would sew him a superhero cape. It sounds easy enough right? I mean I used to sew when I was younger…with my mom right there doing all the hard parts.
Lessons I learned:
1. Sewing is not like riding a bike, you do not just pick it right back up.
2. Sewing machines hate me
3. My son should learn to make his own play clothing from now on
4. Using red thread on navy fabric is really bad idea when you do not know what you are doing
5. You can use something other than red thread to make your two capes stand out(I figured I would use the extra fabric to make his little brother a cape. Not sure about that one now)
6. Deciding not to buy the thimble when working with velcro and polyester is a really bad idea
7. Cardboard is NOT the same as a thimble
I will post a picture after I give it to my son on his birthday, a nice far far away shot.
For now here is my first dripping water shot!
