10 on 10 – May Edition: Life
May 10, 2012 | Filed Under Babies, Children, Family, Personal
I missed April’s 10 on 10 post. Life got in the way. We had so many things going on in the last couple of months it has been a whirlwind! The biggest thing that happened? We’re moving! We started our house hunt at the beginning of April, and MUCH to our surprise, we found a house right away. We are expected to close in the next week which means that we still have a ton of things going on in our lives to prepare for it. Can you guess what the pictures in next month’s post will feature? 
Anyway, on to this month’s 10 on 10. A small reflection of what life held for us in the last couple of months. These are all iPhone pictures, which is a true reflection of just how busy we have been because I wasn’t even able to pick up an actual camera!
We had Spring Break.
Which included the first lost tooth in our house!
Then Easter, complete with an egg hunt and coloring eggs.
And a 4th birthday!
And finally a little bit of down time where we were able to just spend time together.
I hope you enjoyed what I had to share this month. Now head over to see what Tallahassee, Florida Lifestyle Photographer, Casey Yu has for this month. And be sure to follow all of the links to see what everyone else in the group shared this month. 
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10 on 10 – March Edition: Hygiene
March 10, 2012 | Filed Under Babies, Children, Family, Personal
My children have a strange obsession with all things hygiene related. My oldest, who is 6 1/2, even requested that I buy him his own deodorant. He was very indignant when I attempted to dissuade him and assure him he didn’t need it. “But then my armpits will stink, Mom!” At least he had a good response to attempt to justify his “need.” On any given day, one of my two older boys will need to use the bathroom and then not return for over 10 minutes. As any mother would know, when your children disappear into the bathroom for that long, they are usually up to something. My children are no different. They are always up to something, but it generally has to do with brushing their teeth, “shaving,” or washing their hands 100 times just to be sure they got all the germs. Perhaps on some level I created this obsession with my own OCD/germ-aphobe tendencies, but in any case, this is what they do.
So, when on a Sunday afternoon I realized that I hadn’t seen my oldest for 15 minutes after he announced he needed to go to the bathroom, and that his brother had also disappeared, I went to see what had happened to them. What you are about to see are snaps (True snaps. Some are even slightly out of focus, but they’re perfect to me because they document life as it was in our house at that moment.) of what is an all too common scene in our bathroom. It doesn’t matter the time of day, nor does there need to be a special occasion; they like to be CLEAN!
I find it amusing now, but I have a feeling that I will be achingly longing for these days when we hit the teenage years and their personal hygiene becomes a nuisance.
Now that you’ve seen what I had to share for March, be sure to hop on over to see what Melissa Schuett Photography, Milwaukee, Wisconsin prepared for March. Until next month, stay clean!
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10 on 10 – February Edition: This lifestyle photographer’s family
February 10, 2012 | Filed Under Family, Personal
Have you ever embarked on something where you weren’t quite sure what to expect and then were totally blown away by all of the possibilities the opportunity provided? That is exactly how I felt with this new personal project for 2012. I’ve tried to take on other projects over the last couple of years, but I always fail to keep going because they have become too time consuming or I had to rely on someone else/they had to rely on me. This year’s project is entirely different. Sure, there are nine other women in my 10 on 10 group, but as far as what my pictures are of each month, well that purely rests on my shoulders. It’s an odd sense of freedom and creativity that sparked ideas for what I want to share each time.
For this month, however, I wanted to focus on what I love most: lifestyle photography. I love to shoot lifestyle because it captures people as they are in that moment in time; the times we don’t often get to be on the viewing side of so that we can remember life as it was. Sadly, while this is what I love most to shoot, I rarely take the time to shoot my own family in this way; hence why I’m starting here.
Saturdays are family days. We have worked hard to keep our Saturdays open as much as possible so that we can just lay around and enjoy being together. That’s what this series of photos is all about.
Okay, here it is: 10 on 10 February Edition – MY family. MY style. MY memories.
This particular Saturday evening started with a rousing game of Mickey Mouse UNO after dinner. My 3 1/2 year old is OBSESSED with Mickey Mouse. At last count he had 5 stuffed Mickey’s (including a Mickey Sing-A-Ma-Jig), a Mickey Pillow Pet, a Mickey blanket, a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and numerous plastic Mickey Mouse figurines. Like I said, obsessed! This game is perfect for them to play since my 6 1/2 year old is OBSESSED with playing games, UNO in particular. And of course, my 16 month old baby just loves to watch all the fun.
After the UNO game, they decided it was play time. They love their daddy, and they especially love to get rowdy with him. But as you can see, the baby hasn’t quite gotten to the point where he has to be in on that action. He’s perfectly content to ride his Mickey Mouse train (are you seeing a theme in this house?), or try to put the Wii control into the baseball bat, or to work at perfecting his throw-in for his future soccer years .
And then, when it was time to settle down, this was what I found. They snuggled up together, unprompted, to read before bed. I love each of these little boogers more than words can express, and I really need to take the initiative to spend more time shooting these moments because THIS is what takes my breath away. THIS is what I want to remember when they are grown and gone from my home. THIS is what life is about.
Now that you’ve enjoyed seeing my pictures, be sure to head over to New Hampshire Photographer Beth Philcrantz’s blog to check out her take on this month’s 10 on 10.
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