Favorite things

My two favorite things doing their two favorite things:  talking on the phone and cruising around the house.

Mama’s Boy

Although I spend every day with my children, I haven't had any "alone" time with my boy since Miss S was born. So today I planned a special morning to spend with my little guy, doing the things that he loves:

 

 

 

 

Here we are all packed up and heading out the door.

First stop:  His first ride on a city bus!

Next up:  Fun and rides at Seattle Center.  He went on the cars three times.

Now it’s off to the monorail!  He listened to the musicians play three songs before he finally noticed the monorail right behind them.

And then we eat our lunch by the train tracks on the waterfront (if you look carefully, you can see the train going by in the background).

After lunch, we watched the cruise ships on the waterfront while we waited for Dad to come pick us up.

It was a busy and fun-filled morning, and I really enjoyed being able to focus completely on my sweet boy.  We’ll need to do this more often!

first day

My sweet boy’s first day of preschool

brotherly love

This is another spontaneous shot.  I’m so glad I had my camera handy!

siblings

singing

The easiest way for me to get a picture of him is to wait until he’s strapped into his high chair.  However, our dining room is painted a deep terracotta, hung with amber-toned Craftsman light fixtures, and filled with cherry furniture.  All of these rich tones mean that the light (as scarce as it is) is very orange.  So in order to avoid making him look like an Oompa-Loompa, I converted this picture to an antique sepia finish.

close-up

I had to do a fair amount of post-processing on this one because it was blurry, thanks to the high rate of approach of my darling 2.5 year old subject.

yogurt

beads

This one makes me laugh.  He was SO excited to play with the beads.

haircut

three generations of sledders

planning his next move

snowball

hard at work

silhouette

captured moment

I was making lunch when I heard Z saying, “Hiiiiiiii Mei-mei!”  I poked my head into the play room to see what was going on and witnessed this little exchange.  I grabbed my camera but didn’t have enough time to adjust the ISO or other settings, and this is the only picture I was able to capture before Z got up.

distracted

I may have been smiling at the camera, but Z and Mei-mei were more interested in one another.

father/son

ride

handsome