I Learned...

I learned a few things this week:

1. I love shooting in the lane behind our house!

2. Don't try and do a shoot with a 2 year old where they can still see the trampoline "I jump Mummy, I jump!"

3. Be patient and wait for the light to be perfect! I tried taking some photos mid morning because I was worried the balloons would go down (they were from William's Caillou party the day before) (FYI they're still going strong 6 days later haha!) but the light was too harsh so we tried again as the sun was going down, bingo!

I adore this photo of my little man! The light, the look on his face, his crazy wavy hair, his little outfit (free from the red jelly he got all over it at his party!) the weird red fireball looking sun flare near his toes , I just love it :) 

I'll be sharing the rest of these balloon photos soon, along with the photos from his actual birthday, I'm just swamped!
Also linking up with:
  

Bath Time with Bob the Builder

William loves the bath :)

He also loves Bob the Builder..

{linking up with Little Somethings "Little" (little toy + little boy hehe)}

 

Or as he likes to sing "Booooooooob Beeeeeeeya!"

 

He sings that over and over and then adds "yay!" at the end :)

We borrow a different Bob dvd from the library every week. I should probably buy him his own copy though!

Look at those lashes and curls. No wonder he always gets mistaken for a girl, lol. Even yesterday when he was dressed in jeans and a Khaki shirt with a fighter jet on it a lady referred to him as 'the little girl wants a turn on the Bob the Builder ride' Poor Willy :D

{Linking up with Snap & Share 'beautiful' cos my boy is bootiful :D}

 This was a tube of bath gel that Grandma & Grandpa brought home from the hotel they stayed at in Prague. Charlotte said "It smells like carrots. And man" bahahaha!

 Excuse the icky pin lights, I didn't realise my speedlite was pointing straight in his face, oopsie!

xxx

Riding Camels in the Surf

On the first day of our holiday hubby and Charlotte got to ride a camel along the beach..

There they are off in the distance..

William was too little to go so he entertained himself playing in the sea foam "Mummy! Bubble! Bubble Mummy!" :)

Linking up with Little Somethings 'Simple' challenge. Because something so simple kept William very amused!

Starting to head back..

Linking up with Purply Pink Me's 'Random' challenge and 'A Few of my Favourite Things' because this is a new favourite shot :)

 

They took a little detour into the surf..

Linking up with Fabulous Friday and Show Off Your Shot :D

They didn't go very far out :) Hubby said it was the strangest feeling when they were standing still in the water, it felt like the were drifting along with the tide!

The nice man let me hold the ropes while he took our picture. Poor Willy missed out, he was playing in the rocks away from the camels and water, lol.

All photos were processed with Summer's Breeze by My 4 Hens :)

In other news..I made myself a button, lol. I don't really need a button..but everyone else has one and it was fun to make! If you want it, it's yours for the taking :)

You can also find it in my footer :)

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xx

William's First Haircut!

So I finally caved in and got William's first haircut, at 20 months :( It was hanging in his eyes and it was starting to do this weird kick-out at the sides like Carol Brady, lol

I was worried that his curls would be gone but it looks like they may be here to stay *fingers crossed*

He looked so little in the chair!

 Charlotte played peekaboo with him so he would keep his head straight. Look at his widdle face in the mirror :)

(linking up with You Capture's 'Motherhood' challenge, a baby's first haircut is a bit of a milestone for Mumma's!)

My precious boy (looking a little bit like a girl, lol)

 He was such a good boy!

Until he ripped off the cape and stood up on the chair and tried to leap off :/

But she was just about done by then :D

My baby boy's first curls :)
Shot with my 50mm f/1.8 (1/500 f/3.5 ISO100) and processed with Pure Photoshop Actions 'Easy Peasy B&W'

They're now safely wrapped up in the special pocket of his baby record book :)

(Linking up to Macro Friday,  Snap and Share "Black & White" and I'm 'Showing Off My Shot' with and then, she {snapped})

Hosted by Cecily and Lolli

Coloured Pencils.

On Sunday at the Field Day the NSW Rural Fire Service were handing out little sample bags to the kids and one of the things in them was a little pack of pencils. I thought they were so cute I had to take some pictures of them :)

I used my Canon 50mm f/1.8 for all these shots. I had the pencils on the edge of my white desk so I could get a nice low perspective, with a piece of white glossy photo paper behind them, lol.

I know they're the same as THESE photos I did but it's great focusing practice with my 50mm f/1.8 :)