Since we got our iPhones, I’ve taken a million pictures on my phone, but I’ve definitely not taken as many photos with my actual camera.
I’m trying to be more conscious of taking photos with my camera because I want to be able to make another Photobook at the end of this year and while I try to take the iPhone photos in as high a quality as I can…..it’s just not the same.
And so yesterday I picked up my camera and took a few pictures of Josiah and then I gave the girls notice that sometime in the next week I’d like to get some photos of them as well…..they like to get their picture taken, but they dislike getting ready to get their picture taken. My Silly Girls!!!!
After Geli got home from school, I asked her to keep an eye on Judah; and Siah and I headed outside to our front door step. We had a bit of a quiet or down day yesterday…in fact, Siah is still in his pyjamas in these pictures. They are stripey footed pyjamas and OH. SO. SWEET! I love little boys in footed pyjamas. They look so little and babyish still. I find that kids grow up too fast and while I’m not trying to keep my kids from growing up, I find that too often we (as a society) move at such a fast pace; and we are constantly looking forward to the next stage in life. So much so, that we don’t take the time to just enjoy the stages that we are in. I know I’m generalizing and that not everybody does this, but it does happen.
It’s been difficult to get pictures of Siah recently. He doesn’t want to sit still long enough or to even look towards the camera for long enough for me to be able to catch any decent shots…It took quite some effort, creative thinking, silly stories, a lot of booger talk and about a million shots to be able to come up with these.
But I love looking back at seeing how much my little ones have grown. To be able to take some pictures and attempt to catch “that thing” that makes my kids who they are. To be able to catch shots that show off the sweet, cute, quiet, silly, wonderful, many varied sides of my kids……..I love that.
If you’re interested, you can check out the rest of his pictures here.