Graham Cracker Crumbs: Two Peas in a Pod

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Two Peas in a Pod

So I actually took these pictures a week or so ago and decided to add them since I haven't had anything earth-shattering to share lately! I got a new lens a couple of weeks ago and I was determined to learn to shoot in manual and spent an entire afternoon working on focusing manually...HA!! I took 183 pictures and a tiny little handful are all that turned out! Ay, ay, ay...I don't know if I will ever learn to take pictures the professional way!! Automatic is SO much easier but I desperately want to learn all the ins and outs of shooting manually...I guess I need to keep practicing!! Every time I shoot the kids I want pictures I can keep...not a bunch I have to delete, so I do what I know and don't go outside of my comfort zone!!

Anyway, the kids were playing with these "pea pods" and having a blast! Huntler kept calling them "he haws!" Silly guy! He was totally NOT understanding me that day!

Out of all of these, I really like the way this first one turned out! I somehow (purely through luck I assure you!) managed to focus on Gentry (albeit her shirt and not her face!!) and the pods are blurry!

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I hesitated on whether to share this one or not! I have this "thing" about Huntler's fingernails...I like them short and they drive me crazy in this picture! Kind of like his hair...he gets it cut ALL the time just because I like it super short!

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And it is nothing but smiles from our sweet yet sassy Gentry girl!!

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2 comments:

Jessica said...: Cute pictures Bethany!!! I hope you had a good mother's day!!; May 14, 2008 at 6:02 PM
Laura said...: Those pictures are great! I wish I knew how to do more than point and shoot :) You're doing awesome with the photography and you'll get it all figured out.; May 15, 2008 at 6:51 AM

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Huntler is our little man...our first born. I honestly can't believe it, but he turned four in September! I think I must have gotten caught up in a time warp because since we had him time has just FLOWN! He is very serious by nature...probably the most intense child I have ever met. We have way more pictures of him deep in thought than smiling from ear to ear! He has always been an easy little guy...he is very laid back and just goes with the flow. He is so sweet and caring and he loves that little sis of his more than words can express! Don't let all of this fool ya though...he can be quite ornery and the things that he comes up with these days literally crack us up!

Ahhh...Gentry girl. If ever two kids were so different! She is so sassy and spunky and full of it that there is never time for a dull moment! Although she is not a hard child by any stretch of the imagination, she DEFINITELY has opinions and isn't quite as "go with the flow" as her brother! She started talking early and there is never a quiet moment when Gentry is awake! She seems to have grown up so fast...I am sure that a lot of that has to do with the fact that she has a big brother to keep up with, but she is doing things so much faster than he did! And although she turned two in July, she is absolutely convinced she is already three!! And the way she carries on most of the time, one would definitely think she is much older than two!

As we were driving by a bunch of trees Huntler says, "I don't wiv in a jungle Daddy. I wiv in a house Daddy. I have a woof."

While driving in the car one day (yes, we do lots of driving!) Gentry says, "There ya go" to Huntler. He responds with, "I not a goat. I Huntler."

Oh sassy Miss Gentry...she is all the time saying, "I want pink wemonade!"

Whenever we say, "I love you" to one of the kids, they respond with, "Love you more." Too sweet!!

6/30/08

We were giving the kids baths and Huntler was upset. He tells Chris, "I had a weally bad day." Then he proceeds to say, "You're hurting my feelings Daddy." Needless to say, we were laughing out loud!

7/3/07

While talking about the kids' friends, Huntler says, "I have big, small and medium friends." Never quite thought of it that way before! Leave it to a 3 1/2 year old!!

7/9/08

While the kids were playing Little People this morning and Huntler was loading up the bus, I mentioned to him again about starting school soon. I am trying to prepare him for it. He is fine, I am not!

He says, "Mama be sad about me go school." He couldn't be more right!!

8/7/08

"School is for big kids Gentry, not for wittle sisters!"

8/30/08

"The farmer in the town,

The farmer in the town,

Hi-ho the radio

The farmer in the town!"

9/23/08

Chris was giving the kids baths and the following conversation came about:

Chris: "Come here little boy, let me wash you."

Huntler: "I not a little boy, I have a big head like you dad!"

Chris: "Do we have big heads because we're smart?"

Huntler: "Yeah, Mommy and Gentry aren't smart. They have little heads."

10/19/08

On a walk Huntler was talking about staying on the sidewalk. We never want to get in the street because a car could run over us and make us all flat. (I guess that is one way of looking at it!!)