yikes

she's not as innocent as she looks...


every night after her bath, I find that a barbie massacre has occurred.

there are different variations of the massacre, with different barbies on any given night, but the outcome is always the same. the most disturbing ones are the ones who's poor knees are bent back so far it looks like she chopped them right off.


and, because i love Dexter, I am starting to worry about what this means for her future....

sneak peek

the 3 C's and their beautiful mom....

o christmas tree....

it was a tad chilly this weekend, but we bundled up, got our hot chocolate ready and braved the cold to go pick out our tree on saturday morning. it was little C's first time at a tree farm, and she decided she liked the freedom to run - only to stop long enough to give her approval of the tree we picked. the girls named it prancer, and he is gracing our living room with his beautiful color and smell.

happy hump day, everyone...head over here to see more b&w photos!

marching to her own drum

the thing i've learned about little C is that when she has her mind made up, there is no changing it. sometimes I try, other times i just flat out give up.

so when it was time for parents day at dance, i wasnt all that surprised that she exerted her little 3 year old self's right to not dance.

I sat there for a while wondering why I was paying for dance class, when clearly she has decided she does not want to dance.

but then she decided to exert her little 3 year old self again and join in the fun...

and now i'm glad that i'm paying for dance class :)

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the junkyard

her mom wanted some senior pictures, so we went to a quaint little place north of town and had a nice time...

then we took it to the junkyard and had a blast! you'd never know it was only 43 degrees outside when we shot these. you were a trooper, bri, thanks for a really fun shoot!

the city

we never seem to get to new york often enough. its one of those things where we say 'we should really go to new york" and just put it off. so, to celebrate an important milestone in our family, we took the girls for the first time and had a blast seeing the lights, hearing the noise and experiencing the adventure of new york through their view of the world.

We also met up with a shutterbug friend & I got to be on the other side of the lens while she clicked away and gently encouraged my girls to smile. When I say gently encouraged, I mean that she flashed these lollipops in front of their faces to make them smile (a girl after my own heart...)

and, my friends, I have decided that this will be my guiding mantra leading me into 2011...

my sentiments exactly....