opposites

opposites, originally uploaded by jwlphotography.

I hate when things don't turn out as planned. I had visioned a completely different shot and midway, I saw this cool looking tractor.

Dance

Kristin has been taking ballet/tap for a while now, and I finally brought my camera to one of her classes. You can tell she really enjoys taking the class.

tree huggers

tree huggers, originally uploaded by jwlphotography.

Getting ready for Christmas is such an exciting time of year for the kids. It's so precious to see them at this age, and how they still believe in Santa. I wonder how many more years of 'believing in Santa' before they realize the truth.

Kayla in print

I got a nice surprise in the mail the other day and thought it was pretty neat. Kaylas picture got published in a European magazine called 'TOMORROW'.


This was the original image:

It's nice to see photos in print vs looking at them on your computer all the time. 

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We went to the annual lighting of the trees last night here in San Ramon. The kids were so excited as this was the first time they have been to one. Although I brought my camera with me, hoping to catch some of the festivities, I didn't even take one picture of the event : ( I did manage to snap a few pictures of them before we left though. You can see how excited and happy they were.  

Dirty Laundry

Time to....., originally uploaded by jwlphotography.

Ever since Kayla started daycare/preschool, it seems that we are doing laundry at least 3-4 times a week. Selina calls herself the laundry maid, since that's pretty much all she does in her free time.

Funny conversations

Kristin is at the age now where she speaks her mind freely, and often times, what she says makes perfect sense to us, but to a random stranger, they might raise an eyebrow.

Here are 2 recent examples.

Babylish

Kayla: "Unngh, wong som raidensszzzz"

Us: "Huh, what did you say Kayla?"

Kayla: "Unngh, WONG. SOM. RAAAIIIDEnsszzzz"

Kristin: "Mom, Dad, she said she wants some raisins. Gee, you guys don't understand babylish?!"

Her favorite color is pink

Us: "Kristin, you gave Kayla your pink eye (conjucvitis), now her eyes are all pink and gooey."

Kristin: In her most sincere tone of voice, "I'm so nice to Kayla, and I'm such a good big sister."

Us: "Huh? How is giving pink eye to your sister being nice?"

Kristin: "Well, pink is Kayla's favorite color, and I gave her pink eye!" 

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It's been a while since we've done anything fun with the kids and I'm sure the move has been pretty tough on them. We decided to have a picnic at the park and got to spend some quality time with the kids. By quality time, I mean letting the kids run wild and letting the kids just be kids.

It was so great to see Kayla with that goofy smile on her face.





Kristin always loves playing in the sand.





But knowing Kristin, having fun has to involve jumping.