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I love this photo (iPhone 4s, Instagram)! Zachary found his love for Play-doh a few months ago, and it’s greatly increased in recent weeks. We do Play-doh every day now (sometimes more than once a day). I enjoy this time for him to be creative and use his imagination. What crafty toys do your kids enjoy playing with?
January 4, 2012 - 1:56 pm
great picture, really good quality to :) Your son is so cute, he looks like you :) My 3 yr old loves play doh too, and moon doh as well. she also loves to paint and build with blocks. The weather we’ve been having down here is SERIOUSLY AWESOME. Zachary has been on winter break from school for the past couple of weeks, and I feel so lucky that we’ve been able to go out every day and enjoy the weather – either playing outside in the backyard (he’s loving the playhouse he got for his birthday) or just running fun errands together. At 3 years old, he’s really become my little buddy. We have great conversations together, go shopping, share a snack, go out for lunch, play trains, and pretty much do anything. He is totally portable right now, and so much fun to hang out with. In a way, I’m really glad that we waited until Zachary was 3 to get pregnant again. He is such a big boy now, and I can focus on making some wonderful memories for him and with him, and really enjoy our time together as “just us” before our new baby comes along. He is REALLY excited about having a brother or sister (he said yesterday that he wants a brother, but we’ll find out for sure in a couple weeks!) and I know he is going to be an amazing big brother. After running some errands yesterday, he looked up and said, “oh, look, Mommy! the moon!” and sure enough there was a tiny sliver of moon in the late afternoon sky. At his request, I took a snap with my iPhone using Instagram – you can barely see the teeny tiny moon, but you can tell by the beautiful color of the sky what a wonderful day it was! Here’s the result! :)
I hope you’re all enjoying the winter vacation as well and are excited about 2012! I can’t wait to finish writing my New Year’s resolutions and share more of my photography with you all next year! by karen lisa no comments I hope all of you had a very Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas! We have really enjoyed celebrating Hanukkah with Zachary the past week now that he is old enough to understand lighting the candles and says the prayers with us. Here is my favorite photo from the last night of Hanukkah, which we celebrated last night. He is going to be so disappointed tonight to realize Hanukkah is officially over. I can’t wait til next year though – we are going to have so much fun!
photo taken with iPhone 4s and Instagram. by karen lisa 2 comments 
December 29, 2011 - 7:46 pm
Lovely! 
December 30, 2011 - 12:39 am
AWESOME shot. Awww Zachary! Last year I made 11 resolutions and I thought I’d take a look back and see how I did. I think I did better than usual, but I will be repeating a couple for 2012 for sure. Here is the rundown: 1. Sleep more. Quit staying up until 3am working. Nothing is THAT important and it can all wait until tomorrow. 2. Start reading again. Go to the library. See if I can hit 25 books – if I make it, read 50! 3. Finish designing our family photo albums and get them printed. There is no excuse for not having an album from our honeymoon seven years ago. Get caught up before things get busy! 4. Lose weight before I decide to get pregnant again! 5. Get things organized better around the house and in the garage. Stay on top of organizing/cleaning on a regular basis. 6. Fill up the walls with artwork – either my own prints or original artwork found on Etsy. 7. Shoot more. I believe that I have a gift with the camera, and not using it for myself is a disservice both to me and my family. 8. Be a better blogger. That includes redesigning this blog, too. 9. Work during working hours. Use the time after the baby is in bed to work on things that don’t include sitting motionless staring at a computer screen. After all, why be your own boss if you can’t enjoy it? 10. Take more time out of each week to spend on marketing for the business, such as working on my photography blog or meeting with other vendors. 11. Make more memories, have more adventures, and enjoy life as much as I possibly can! So, how did you do with your resolutions in 2011 and what are you looking forward to next year? I’ll be posting my full set of resolutions in the next couple days. I’m excited to get started with some new goals! by karen lisa 2 comments
December 23, 2011 - 7:40 pm
Good job!!! I think I did pretty well on my resolutions, too, except for the whole “become a superstar professional photographer who doesn’t need silly things like a day job” — but thankfully I still have time! :) 
January 6, 2012 - 9:04 am
[...] couple days ago, I did a recap of my 2011 resolutions, and was pretty pleased with how many of them I [...] Last week we took a mini vacay to the Florida Keys with Adrian’s family, who were visiting from out of town. We visited Key West, Marathon, and Islamorada. Islamorada is my favorite – we stayed at the fabulous Cheeca Lodge and ate at Morada Bay Cafe, one of my favorite restaurants! I mostly shot with my iPhone and got some great images that I wanted to share. I captured and processed all of these images using Instagram on my iPhone 4s.
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December 23, 2011 - 12:40 am
I miss the Keys a lot. I really miss living in South Florida, even though it’s not the same place it was when I left. I miss being able to be in Key West in four hours….I love the photo of your son, too! |
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