Thanksgiving's Small Moments

Dad creates a maze from blocks.
Here is a close up.
Lelo shares a swig of his special drink.
So nice to be together under one roof.
Nora kisses Lelo.
Nora and Lelo.

Julian has a very 'toxic candy'

Luke and dad decide to try it. Luke lasts 2 seconds.

Dad lasts quite a while.

Julian shares his ipod touch with Luke.....
Auntie Mirtha reads a story to Luke.
Plenty of cuddling time with Lela.
Nora showing off how she can now write 'mom' and 'dad' on her own.
Nora and Julian.
Tea time.
Nora's bird (3.5 years old)
Nora's snowman.
Nora's flower with roots and dirt.
Close up of tea time.
Nora's dog.
Nora's cat drawing.
Nora's monster.
Nora drawing on the sand.
Nora creating a sculpture in the sand with sticks.
Nora's finished stick sculpture in the sand.
Dad and I photographed each other's shadow.
Luke found a wide piece of wood. They used it to keep from getting wet each time the water came around.
Enjoyed photographing my mom's garden.
Photographed my sister's very adorable dog, Sadie.

Luke and Nora posing for me....finally

I got home from work and my hubby tells me that not only has Nora been in her princess dress all day but that she has both slept in it and has been wearing her patent leather sparkle shoes all day as well. I had to take a picture.

I LOVE this smile.....
now serious.
The hops Luke.....and she is very patient with him.
She's trying to maintain...
Now she's mad.....
keeping those shoulders tight
Now comes the protest.....
She shoots back with "baby"!!
Luke then gets a turn and I had to literally BEG him to not make a face for just a second. So this is the shot.
Nora on the couch....remember, everything has to be perfectly democratic in order to prevent chaos.

Luke continues to evade my camera. Now it's become like a fun game. He will run up to me and scream the minute he sees me lift my camera. I love this picture below. It captures his energy level and the feeling of the whole moment.

I LOVE this one too.....when he laughs I see my little tiny boy and want him to stay that way forever. I adore that laugh and those perfect little corn teeth.....

My babies....

These are my two treasures...they make every single minute of my life so worth living. They make me strong, they make me laugh and cry.....but most importantly no matter what happens they make me feel alive.

Inspiration to feed more ideas....

I have decided to paint more trees since there are still a few ideas I'd like to try out, but I need some inspiration. Went out for a walk today to take pics of trees in my neighborhood.

One of my favorite trees is the magnolia tree....they give out such amazing flowers. A all around perfect tree.

Nora uses a mini toy phone and pretends to also take pictures of trees.