I got to go to a Tea Party!

This little girl shared her new tea set with me, and we had a great time until a spider crashed the party. If we both had not been quickly moving out of the way I would have had a great storyboard - "Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and whey. Along came a spider and sat down beside her, scaring Miss Muffet away."


It was a harmless grass spider, but they do look rather large and alarming at first.

Such beautiful children

...blue tongue and all!


Seriously, could these kids be any more beautiful?


What is even better is that they are truly more beautiful on the inside. They are the sweetest kids.

She reminds me of my favorite movie

Well one of my favorites...The Sound of Music. See, this little girl reminds me of Gretl sitting on the stairs singing the song "So Long, Farewell."



She also gives me some of the best silly faces ever!

Two gorgeous dancers

I love dancers. They are so graceful, and always beautiful. When I was a really little girl, I took ballet for a short period, and loved it. I do not believe I was just awesomely great at it, but I loved it. These two girls are much better than I could have ever hoped to be, and the love they have for dance shines through.

When it comes time for Katie to start dancing, I hope she enjoys it as much as they do. The oldest is going to celebrate her 10 years of dancing soon, and I really think that is awesome!

As I work through the images I will probably post more here because I have so many good ones!

Sneak Peek of Little Miss Adorable

I do have images without the lollipop, and will show those in a few...but...

First the Lollipop...

"Daddy, the lollipop is great! Can you believe I got a BIG pink lollipop? I love it!"


Sometimes I love photos in color:


Sometimes I also love them with "selective color":



Then, sometimes, you must follow them to get some really cute images!




Without the lollipop (in the beginning) and singing a song to her mother.


She wanted to go through the gate and show me the fish in the neighbor's yard.

A few of her favorite things...

This little girl has a special place in my heart as she was one of my first baby planners and having seen her grow up before my lens has been incredible. I'm working on the sneak peek for her parents, and I saw this one image. To me, it reminds me of her favorite things...her backyard, lollipops, dirt, and not smiling at me. ;) Seriously, this little girl gives me the best images, but this one just grabs my heartstrings. I have quite a few from our little mini-session, and I do not envy her parents the decisions they will be making!

We barely got done with the outdoor photos before the rain! They were troopers to the end. I had so much fun with these kids, singing, acting silly, and playing. Their backyard is so pretty, and I know my own kids would love that tire swing!


She has such a good singing posture, and she loves to sing. What are her favorite songs? "If your happy and you know it," "The Barney Song," and "Row, Row, Row your Boat."



She was singing and doing the hand motions for one of the songs. I just loved all her facial expressions. So lively, so animated, so incredibly adorable!


But her brother had the very best silly poses and faces!

A day later than promised, but hopefully worth the wait!

Such gorgeous children, and so precious! I loved every minute of our session together, the playing, the posing, the smiles, the laughter, and funny faces!

What funny faces you might want to know? These! I love them!

These children will melt your heart!

I feel like she's asking her brother how much she is supposed to smile at that silly woman with the black box to her face.

These two children love each other so much. He would hug her, she would hug him back. They played ring-a-round the rosie, and they imitated each other. I know the parents got a work out (keeping active little ones from the water), but I hope they feel it is all worth it!

See, she did warm up to me. OK, she was more interested in what her brother was shaking that made noise.

Isn't her dress beautiful? I loved it!

Her brother's outfit was gorgeous too, isn't it?

Rewarding myself

Have you ever had things to do you kept procrastinating on? I did this week. I also had this session that I was anxious to download and edit, but I knew, if I started I would keep going until I was done. I was that excited about the photos! I made a promise to myself, fold the laundry then I could play!



Wasn't it worth it? I have plenty of time to finish up proofing this session now.


I have so many favorites from this session, and I should have them ready for the family soon. I hope these few can tide you over, if not, let me know and I will post a few more.

Beautiful 2 year old

I've had the distinct pleasure of watching this young lady grow up to be a wonderful 2 year old (and yes she IS wonderful).


She played a little shy with me (but notice those beautiful eyes peeking out from sniffing the flower).


She had her special friend with her, and I love taking images with the special friends. I had one growing up, and I wish I had a photo of me as a child with that bear (and my fuzzy blanket). I know her parents will treasure the photos of that lamb with their daughter in years to come.


She had a good time with her parents more than she did with me (remember she was a little shy with me). She pointed out the trees, the flowers, and the water. It was so cute.


Then her attention was captured, she turned her back and sat down...


What so so intriguing to her you wonder?

Dirt! Her parents told me that she loves playing in dirt. I love girls who aren't afraid to get a little dirty.

Session from the previous post

Such sweet sweet kids, and we did have fun looking for bunny rabbits, watching my camera blink, and eating giant lollipops!

I couldn't wait

I saw this as I was downloading this session and laughed out loud! She is clearly going for her brother's lollipop. Isn't that cute? I remember this part, and he did let her taste his lollipop. Isn't he a GREAT big brother?

I will do the rest of the sneak peek later this week, but Mom, I did get some great images of them.

Sweet Baby Toes!

Bare feet in grass, I do not think there could be anything cuter!


Okay, this little girl is!





I think she's thinking "Hmmm, I wonder how Mom will react if I pull on this bow?"

"Ah! I like that reaction!"


This little girl and her parents braved a Prom Night at Hampton Cove! They were troopers though and we ended up with some amazing captures.