No point in playing catch-up now

I bought a new camera last week and I've been playing with it a lot to figure out all its tricks. My kids are so annoyed with me and the constant picture-taking. I figure if I just keep it up long enough I'll eventually blend into their scenery. Here are some of my favorite shots from last week.

Making some big plans

Busting a move in his latest get-up, and ignore the laundry in the background. Our dryer was recently fixed and I had a ton of laundry to catch up on.

He was trying to explain evaporation to Will. He had to run inside to get a reference book. I love my little smarty pants.

Ahoy!

Polly Pocket was in distress. We were all a little worried.

Boys and cars.

serious art

So instead of junking up your facebook feed, I'm just going to brag about my kids here, where you can choose whether or not to stop by and see all the wonderful things my genius children are up to.

A study in hearts. . .

Getting crafty for Valentine's day. I heard this idea and thought it would be fun to try out.

The pictures didn't come out exactly as I thought they would but I think it is because it was so wonderfully bright and sunny outside today!  We may have to try this again sometime though, because I really like the way some of the pictures came out!

Step 1:  Find empty paper towel roll.

Step 2: Mold towel roll into a heart shape.

Step 3: Hold heart shaped towel roll in front of camera to shoot through.

Step 4: (This is the one we had trouble with) Convince your kids to cooperate! Because there was such a small area to shoot through, any wiggling really made it a strange picture.

Cooperation came to a standstill, so I thought I'd take a few shots of things that were NOT moving targets.

Like grass. . .

and brick walls. . .

and the fence.

And then I thought, "I kinda like these shots, too!"

Finally, I got some shots of Will when he was at a moment of less movement.

Then we took our paper towel roll heart and turned it into a stamp by dipping it into a cup of paint to make some Valentines for Daddy.

Happy Valentine's Day!