My Funny Valentine {Photo Booth}

     For Valentine's this year, I wanted to take some really fun pictures of my kids and have a session that they would really enjoy. It seems lately, when I ask to take their pictures, one can hear eyes rolling from a mile away.  Oh, the lot of being of photographer's child!
     I became a mama on a mission.  I set up a little photo booth in my home office.  With a few props, minimal direction from me and some of their favorite music blasting in the background, we had what turned into a photo session/dance party.  They had so much fun (as did I)!  Even better, I came away with some images that reflect their little personalities now, at ages four and nine, which to me, is the best gift a mama can receive. :)

  

Keeping Up With Christmas

I hope this post finds you and yours happy, healthy and enjoying this holiday season. We celebrated Christmas this year as we always do at our house.  The days leading up to the twenty-fifth were spent attending a preschool holiday performance (little man was a rabbit), a school holiday lunch with a third grader and enjoying the antics of our mischievous elf, Elf-alfa.  On Christmas Eve, we discovered he had raided the pantry and seeing he was craving cookies, we obliged.  The evening's festivities consisted of decorating our cookies, driving (in fog) to look at Christmas lights, watching one of our all time favorite movies, "A Christmas Story", eating pot stickers, General Tso's chicken (not duck, but still inspired by the movie) and pumpkin pie, loving on our dogs, Brooklyn and Annie, and opening ONE present.  Whew!  Before we knew it, it was time to hit the sack and wait for the "big guy" to arrive.  Fast forward to Christmas morning. I'll let the pictures do the talking.  I wish you all the best in the new year! -Emily