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A Date

This afternoon I went on a date.  My client for this evening had to reschedule and I decided to make a date with my two little people.  My original plan was to take them out and get some shots for our Christmas cards.  I changed my mind and decided to wait until Thanksgiving, so my husband and I took them to the movies.  We saw Bee Movie and it was great.  Jerry Seinfeld rocks my world he’s so darn funny and it was such a cute movie.  I still miss seeing new Seinfeld Episodes, thank goodness for DVDs.

I had my point and shoot camera in my purse as always and I snapped a quick pic of my kids when we were waiting outside.  Of course Morgan isn’t looking, she had her toy cat with her and she’s telling her about the movie we were about to see and the $15 bag of popcorn we were going to buy ;) .

Tomorrow I’ll be back with client images to share.

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Down on the Farm

My family has this little tradition that we started when my son was born. The first week in October we always head down to Irvine to Tanaka Farms. Tanaka Farms is not just a pumpkin patch, it’s an actual farm where the Pumpkins are grown. They also grow lots of other fruits and vegetables and they have some really tasty strawberries too. If you go, you simply must buy a tray of their chocolate dipped strawberries. YUMMY!

My two little ones were not in the most cooperative of moods today and they were not interested in helping me fill my desire to get some photos of them in the patch. I always get asked by my clients if I have a lot of amazing photos of my own kids, and I always tell them, well no, I actually have better photos of all my client’s children and it’s 100% true. My kids know all of my tricks and funny sounds and they are *so* over having a camera in their face. Oh well, I take what I can get!

Tanaka Farms is such a wonderful thing to take your children to, they have a petting zoo, little atv rides, arts & crafts, tractor rides, games, food and more.

Here are some shots from our morning on the farm.

This little pumpkin was sitting on one of the arts & crafts tables…

My daughter absolutely loves animals, here she is talking with her new friend named Sugar

I swear this goat was talking about me and mumbling something, look you can see him talking out of the side of his mouth…

I tell you, Flo was *the* most fashionable goat on the farm today. Look how cute she is rockin’ her sassy pink collar. You go girl!

Umm, someone is a messy eater…

They have this really cool corn maze in the middle of the farm, we went in and got lost as usual. I needed my GPS because everyone knows how bad with direction I am.

We promised to be nice…

Just before we left I managed to get them semi close to each other, boy don’t they look thrilled that we are leaving? They wanted to stay longer.

Pumpkin prices are pretty reasonable, tractor rides are $5 (kids under 2 are free), the petting zoo is $3 (don’t quote me on that, but I *think* that’s what it was), the food for the animals is 5 for $6 or $1.50 each. Of course I’m a sucker and I bought t-shirts too. It’s so much fun, though and all worth it, I think it’s very reasonably priced.

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Kathryn - October 9, 2007 - 10:30 am

Oh we LOVE Tanaka Farms! It is such a great place.
The “pick your own” veggie and fruit tours are so much fun for the kiddos. Farmer Kenny is the best!!
We went the first weekend it was open (9/29) which was really strange for me… Pumpkin Patch in Sept.!
We usually get really sick this time of year for some reason and end up having put it off until the last weekend of Oct. I was totally ahead of the game this year. =) There wasn’t anyone there either which was nice for picture taking. My kiddos fell in love with the little black and white pig… it was SO cute! It kept following us around like a lil puppy.
TFS!!

Deanna - October 9, 2007 - 12:16 pm

We just did this on Sunday here in our area, so much fun! Love the pictures you got!

TonyaMarie - October 10, 2007 - 4:25 pm

Looks like you had an awesome time! Love the goats. Your kiddos are really growing up!

The Boss of Me

I like to pretend I’m my own boss (shhh don’t tell my husband I said that), when sadly I must confess that my boss is a three year old little girl, we’ll call her Morgan. ;-)

This morning before leaving for preschool we had the following conversation:

Morgan: Mommy can I wear my Tinkerbell shoes to school?

Me: No honey, we need to save them for Halloween. You don’t want to get them dirty do you?

Morgan: Yes

Now there were a couple of choices that I had at this point. #1 was to spend an hour trying to convince Morgan that the shoes just were not for preschool, or #2 I would just let her wear them so I wouldn’t be late getting in to the office. I guess this photo will clue you in to what choice I went with. Some days you just have to pick your battles.

Today’s score for those keeping track is Toddler: 1 Mommy: 0.

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Vanessa - August 22, 2007 - 6:18 pm

Too cute! I love the story behind the shot!

heather morrow - August 22, 2007 - 6:56 pm

would you look at those cute little legs! keep us posted if the scores gets tied.

LOST

I know most of you are probably thinking I’m talking about the tv show, but nope, that’s not what this post is about. While we are on the subject, Lost is one of my favorite shows. We have to wait all the way until January for a new episode.

Ok back on track…

Tonight my 5 year old lost his first tooth! It’s been loose for a while and I thought he might lose it in Hawaii but it held on for him to put it under his own pillow tonight. We put it in a ziplock bag and it’s now safe under his pillow waiting for the tooth fairy. ;-)

Here he is with his new smile and his missing tooth.

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Pammy - August 16, 2007 - 9:17 pm

Congrats Big man SPENCER!
My nephew lost his front tooth today…my 5 year old is getting close to losing his first tooth today. That’s such a neat thing. I hope the Tooth Fairy thinks of you and rewards you handsomely.

TonyaMarie - August 16, 2007 - 9:36 pm

Oh my goodness! He looks so proud of his gappy new smile.
What does the Tooth Fairy bring over there in California?

Deanna - August 16, 2007 - 9:37 pm

OH look at that! What a big day, Spencer!! And how bittersweet for mom :) I LOVE the picture and LOVE the new smile!!!

Chelle & Jordan!! - August 16, 2007 - 9:44 pm

tee hee can you stick your tongue through it Spenc? Try try.

You know what it means when you lose your teeth? …It means you are turning into a young man!

Hey… Spenc’… shhhhh, come closure…. hey… is mom looking? Is she in the room? Okay listen man, you gotta slow down on the growth chart… your mommy wants you little for just a bit more… k.

wink

Love ya kid.

Chels

Debbie - August 16, 2007 - 10:09 pm

Congratulations Spencer! What do you get for a tooth? I’m hoping it’s at least $5. :)

Jill Peterson - August 16, 2007 - 11:22 pm

You look GREAT! I think I remember that your first tooth is worth $10, not just $5!!

Jen - August 17, 2007 - 5:23 am

How cool! You look so cute Spencer! You know what is great about loosing that first tooth? It is great for squirting water! :)

A colorful day…

Today I went out with a little boy and girl and followed them around as they enjoyed a day at a little carnival, the candy shop and a walk around some little shops . Ok I confess, I took the day off to spend with my son and daughter. I haven’t taken them out for fun photos in so long that it was long overdue. They were surprisingly cooperative, I think they were taking it easy on me today since I have been giving them a break with my camera.

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend, here’s a few shots from our colorful day. June gloom couldn’t stop us from having fun!

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Deanna - June 4, 2007 - 1:31 pm

So beautiful! You are the reigning queen of colorful. Love the pinwheels :)

Kimberly Hill - June 4, 2007 - 6:18 pm

I absolutely adore them! I smiled the whole way through the post.

Jeremi jackson - June 5, 2007 - 5:22 am

SO cool!! It does look like them! Love it!

Julia - June 6, 2007 - 6:33 am

These are FABULOUS!!! They make me happy just looking at them! Your color is always so gorgeous!

lauri - June 6, 2007 - 7:03 am

Whoa!!! That really does look like them! I’m SO impressed!

lauri - June 6, 2007 - 7:05 am

oops…I commented on the wrong post…I meant to comment on the artwork. These photos are a blast though!

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