{Four} Part 2

I thought I would share some more of the pictures from

 Miss Charlotte's Birthday photo shoot a few weeks ago.

 I took a bunch of pictures.  I mean, a bunch. 

I can't remember if I mentioned before that this baby doll bassinet was given to Charlotte 

by Eric's mom last Christmas. It was hers when she was little which puts it at around 60-years old, or so. 

Thank God for in-laws that kept these things for all these years, seriously.

And I love these pictures of her with the bassinet and her babies because this is what she is

 doing right now. She loves to gather up all of her tiny little pillows

 and blankets and make little beds for all of her "friends" then covers them all up.

 She loves the art of arranging.

I mentioned in Part 1 that we had this park to ourselves, completely empty.

Which is a very good thing because I drug along this bassinet, a baby doll and balloons 

among other things out there. So glad there was no one there to witness that 

or me wollering around on the ground taking pictures.

  Not pretty, folks.

I was happy to get just a few shots of Charlotte actually looking at the camera because even when 

she is okay with me taking her picture, I still have a hard time getting her to look at me.

So this was a small victory. 

And a pretty cute one,  I think.

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Now to actually get both of the kids' Birthday pictures printed.

Printed. 

What a novel idea.

Because really? In 30 years?

I want my kids to have actual photographs to hold in their hands 

and look at and share with their families.

So that is next on my list. I have gotten so bad about actually printing my photos. 

I am going to do that this week. I sware I am.

You can even quiz me on that next week.

{Four}

This weekend we got out to take pictures of my 

FOUR-year old.

I am still having a bit of a hard time believing she is four now...but she is.

And not a day has gone by since her birthday last Wednesday that she has not reminded us of that fact.

Here are just a few pictures from this little photo shoot, I will share more later. 

The weather was perfect Saturday, sunny and warm, but not too warm. 

The one problem was that it was a little windy at times and I
 had trouble keeping Charlotte's hair out of her face. 

And I probably don't need to tell you, there is a lot of hair there.

Overall I was pretty happy with them but there are always things I wish I would have done

 differently and things I could change. Oh well. It is all a learning process. 

And I still have a lot to learn. 

The park was empty and a great place for pictures and again, it was EMPTY.

So all the crap I drug along with me? No one saw it. 

And no one saw me wollering around on the ground either, 

which is definitely a good thing.

This sweet little apron was made by Eric's grandma, for Eric's mom, 

when she was a little girl. I have to think that it is about 60-years old or so.

The top part wouldn't stay up very well so I folded it over and made it a half apron.

I just love the bird and flowers...so cute.

I'm glad I thought to bring this along because I don't think

 this apron will fit her much longer at all.
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I hope everyone had a great weekend.
We had a nice weekend.
Kind of busy but still a little bit relaxing and nice.
The weekends go so fast, don't they?
Happy Sunday!