Toy Story Tuesday: The Boy Is Back!

Thought I would share what the boys were up to last weekend... lots of Daddy time! Ken took the kids to the craft store & purchased some wind up aeroplanes, what a sweet daddy:) Don't they just look so happy! Thanks for getting some great shots in babes!

Spring Has Sprung

View from our back porch:) I really like this one!

Self-Portrait #3

I think he has seen me take my picture in the mirror one too many times!

Stained Glass Sunlight

Love it! This is one of my favorites in our home, when the light filters through it is brilliant!

Controls

Quite taken with this photo, had to upload to tell what it was, slightly abstract, very excellent DoF & the composition is great! SOOC!

Video of the Week:

My hubby may kill me but I could not resist letting everyone watch how sweet Ethan is with his toy bear! My heart just melted a little :)

Let your little one be creative, and see what their imagination congers up! Display it proud for them, doesn't have to be photography, draw or paint a picture, shoot a video in a creative way, make a routine or compose a song! We can't wait to see what you come up with! Please grab our button from the top of the sidebar to display, go get creative with the kids and come back here to link up and share your own "Toy Story".

Wanted to say a special THANK YOU to Sunny Day Today Mama & Not So Average Mama for coming these past weeks & linking up. We love seeing all your wonderful images :)

Happy Toy Story Tuesday!

Toy Story Tuesday: Photos Past

This week has been quite slow for Orion in the picture taking area,

so today is a hodgepodge of photos past:) Enjoy!

Pokemon Fanatic!

Lego Men on Ice

Lover of the Matchbox Car

What little brothers are made of...

Self-Portrait #2

He took this one yesterday.

Candid Camera

The last two are my favorites:) Hope everyone is having a great start to the week!

Let your little one be creative, and see what their imagination congers up! Display it proud for them, doesn't have to be photography, draw or paint a picture, shoot a video in a creative way, make a routine or compose a song! We can't wait to see what you come up with! Please grab our button from the top of the sidebar to display, go get creative with the kids and come back here to link up and share your own "Toy Story".

Happy Toy Story Tuesday!

Toy Story Tuesday: All Work with Lots of Play!

Last Monday Orion was out of school for, you guessed it, SNOW! Well his daddy, being the awesome man that he is, invited Orion to tag along while he was working. My husband is a Real Estate Appraiser, and he too has been known to take a photo here & there, of houses that is, so naturally Orion snapped a house shot or two:) Please note: Orion was over the moon with joy to follow his daddy around for the day. Upon his return home he happily let me know that he did not "disturb" anyone while hanging with daddy at work.

"Mimicking Daddy"

Kenneth is taking the measurements for the outside of the house.

He also photo documents the property and writes up an extensive report for value.

"Ice Bench"

Forgot to post this one last week!

Shot this after our lesson in being patient with the focus.

"Friend Bound"

On our way to see some great friends, The Gozzi's, this past weekend!

Hopefully post to come, if I can catch-up!!!

"Abstract Flash"

Using his flash to create abstract photography on the car window. Very creative, a great way for me to introduce him to the concept of abstract.

"His Favorites"

Webkinz & Neo Pets

"Cars in a Line"

"Self Portrait"

One of many to come, I sure!

"Toy X Games"

Looks as though the gold goes to Lizard Larry by a tail lash

& it's a silver metal for poor Lego Lou! Love the reflections in this one.

Orion just loves watching the Winter Games, snowboarding, his favorite. I think this is because it's so much like skateboarding. I can't tell you the number of times over the weekend he asked to watch the Olympics, it was quite cute:)

Video of the Week: Wanna come over & play?

Let your little one be creative, and see what their imagination congers up! Display it proud for them, doesn't have to be photography, draw or paint a picture, shoot a video in a creative way, make a routine or compose a song! We can't wait to see what you come up with! Please grab our button from the top of the sidebar to display, go get creative with the kids and come back here to link up and share your own "Toy Story".

I apologize for my delay, as we had a very busy weekend, and it has taken me a bit to catch up on everything! I will have Mr. Linky up & running from now on by 9pm Monday night, find it best to give myself a deadline:) Thank you for your patience and for participating!

Happy Toy Story Tuesday!

Toy Story Tuesday - Join in!

My oldest son, Orion, and I have a question... What gets captured on the cameras of kids? We are quite curious, and they [kid cameras] are out there, right? I mean, we see them advertised like hot cakes, and they are quite pricey (in my opinion), guess that's case they are built like Fort Knox, wish mine was too. So what happens to these cameras? Do they get broken or just get used for the life span of one battery , then stuck in the corner or bottom of the toy box to collect dust? Where have all the pictures gone? Have you ever even taken them off the camera to enjoy the simplistic view of a child? To see what it is they see and praise them for being inventive & capturing an awesome moment. For putting the video games down (though we do not own any) or turning the TV off (this is our sad case) & picking up the camera, going out & using their imagination. Okay, okay that is more than one question, but really we should take the time to explore our children's creative side. To have them learn a process, everything is so "instant gratification" these days, I want my child to learn patience for "his" art, to know not every great shot is taken with the first click of the camera.

My point is, art, such a lost form to our children. Make a connection, grab the camera, put a battery in it, get your paint brushes, paint, paper, pen, pencils, or crayons and show us your kids, grand kids, or your form art, your medium, your inspiration! It doesn't just have to be photography, draw or paint a picture to display. Shoot a video in a creative way, make a routine or compose a song. Just let your little one be creative, and see what their imagination congers up! Display it proud for them, I know my son just loves to his photos on the computer. So grab our button from the top of the sidebar to display, go get creative with the kids and come back here to link up and share your own "Toy Story".

His First Story!

This mosaic is what sparked the craze:) Can't wait until he gets home from school today, so I can show him the great work he's done!

He really does have an awesome eye for photography and has helped me out many times here lately with very fresh, fun ideas:) When he was shooting these two sets I gave him just slight instruction on the focus, the before and after are phenominally different.

Before

After

He proudly shot the photo for the 'Toy Story Tuesday' button!

Before

After

Excited to see what he comes up with for next week &

I am VERY proud of all the creativity he has shown, especially in the video he shot:)

**Note** No children were harmed during the shooting of this film these marbles...

Link-up and show us what your kids, grand kids or even you have come up with, we just can't wait to see:) If not this week, then we hope to see you next week!

Happy Toy Story Tuesday!