254/365: 3 Years Old!

Last year he refused to blow out the candles on his cake. He was actually scared. We have the video to prove it. Just a couple months ago Isaac was still suspicous of fire. He wouldn't blow out the candles on his big boy room celebratory cupcake. Today however, he was all about the candles.

"Mama, put the candles on!"

(Except when he says "on" it sounds kind of like "orn". He's slowly dropping the r from his pronunciation and I will miss it when it's gone.) After we sang "Happy Birthday" Isaac blew out all of the candles without hesitation. So much effort was put into the extinguishing that a little spit may have landed on the cake. But, what's a little drool between family?

253/365: Playing With Light

This is the light in our fountain. I think the water needs cleaned. Am I going to do it? Probably not. I mean, the dog jumps in there once a week at least. It's not like I'm drinking the water. And Isaac has finally moved past drinking the bath water and whatever other odd source of water he can find. It'll be fine :)

252/365: I Got Nothin

Chin chop was as good as it gets for pictures this day. I'm not even sure what we did this past Thursday. Probably spent a good amount of time trying to get boys to nap. What's new? :)

Click It Up a Notch: Picture Share

35mm, f/2.8, ss 1/100, ISO 200 (he's pretty sharp, but I got lucky with that slow ss!)

My good friend Courtney has started a blog to help people learn to use their cameras to their full potential. This week I used a tip she posted on Wednesday about taking the camera away from your eye to have a conversation with your subject. This is Isaac, in mid- sentence about one of the crayons. (He was probably asking me, again, "What's this one called???") I think this is a fun tip, because he was much happier to give me eye contact when I was able to look at him myself. Check out the blog by clicking on the button below!

251/365: Bathtime

So snapshotty, but sometimes that's all I get in a day! This was the first time we put Grayden and Isaac in the bath together. Grady seemed to enjoy it and Isaac was so sweet and helpful... after a couple reminders that he couldn't dump a cupfull of water on Graydens head... or pile toys on him.

(For the U of O fans... Brandon insisted I take this shot :))

250/365: Help!

Not really a fan of the grass :) I took him out to get a shot of him wearing his OSU shirt (which is really outgrown already!) but it turned out to be hard to feature a logo on the chest of a baby who can only sit unsupported for a couple seconds!

249/365: No Backyard Neighbors!

The second house from the right is ours and it's hard to see, but behind Isaac there is an empty lot. We're assuming, based on the barrier and signage, that the development company won't be building any houses there. Yay!!