• personal

    Going away

    just for part of the weekend. We are leaving tommorrow and coming back sometime Sunday. I have a party photoshoot on Sunday afternoon and two shoots on Monday. Look for lots of pictures of the weekend and the shoots next week. Have a super weekend everyone.

    Oh, and big congrats to my Mom who is now the Grand Poobah of her new apartment building! She’s in charge!!!

  • children & families

    Fog like soup

    So I was supposed to have a photoshoot yesterday (Wednesday) for a family at the beach. It was decent outside here as it was time to leave (partly cloudy, partly sunny) but the closer I got to the beach, the foggier it got. It was soooo fogged up that I couldn’t see the water beneath the bridge on the parkway. When I got down to the parking lot at the beach where we were meeting, it was obvious that there was no way the shoot was happening- especially since we couldn’t see the sand (nevermind the water) from the lot. And it was misting, so I really didn’t want to take the camera out of the bag. So the mom and I decided to bag it and try again today.

    Well, today was not looking promising either. The weather up here was good again (very humid and hot though for October- it was in the 80’s!) but not only did it take upwards of 45 minutes for the trip that usually takes 15-20 minutes due to horrendous traffic, the fog was rolling in like crazy on the highway by the water. So much so that my boys were a little freaked out that they couldn’t see the other side of the road. It was really that bad. I almost turned around after the call from the mom who saw the same fog I did, but we decided to see how it was by the time I got all the way down. And thank goodness, it was foggy, but not terribly. So we finally got the shoot done. With good results too.

    Before pictures, I must give a special thank you to our cousins Kevin and Alex who so graciously watched the boys while I did my shoot. They are so fun (the boys couldn’t stop raving about them the whole way home and kept asking when we are seeing them again) and they had the best time playing with the cousins and the dogs. The BEST time. So, thank you so much Kevin and Alex!! I owe you a room painted or something. Really. The boys love you! Hope sushi was good and that you got a good night’s sleep tonight. I know they wore you out.

    So back to the photoshoot. Remember how I mentioned it was so warm out? Well, when we headed down to the water portion of the shoot, after getting their feet in, the boys somehow managed to turn it into a full on swim in the ocean, fully clothed! I mean, really, really swimming. Their mom was so cool about the whole thing (thanks, M) and really let them go at it. She was also quite fully prepared with towels and a change of clothes. I think they had a great time in the ocean. Really, who expected to swim in October!!??  Besides the swimming shots, managed to get a few other cute ones too. Hope you like them, M. The_wor_family_119sc The_wor_family_134sc The_wor_family_007rccbw

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  • personal

    It’s official, he’s two

    and FULL of tantrums, screams of frustration, and yells of NOOOOOOOO that feel like a dull blade to the brain. All of a sudden, the sweet, good little boy that I looked forward to hanging out with all day has been replaced by some kind of screaming pod person. And everything has become MINE as in "no Jack its MINE", when it really is Jack’s. Or Patrick’s. Or anyone elses. It dosen’t matter. Its all Timmy’s. All of it. The other fun new thing is when he says "you stop it RIGHT NOW, Mommy" (or Jack, or Patrick, or anyone else). Little dictator. Ugh. I am trying to keep repeating…this too shall pass, this too shall pass. It freaking better. And soon.

    My friend Maureen has a theory that it’s not the year mark that is the challenge, but rather the half-year mark. Timmy seems to be proving her theory correct. The worst part is that it is nearly impossible to stay mad at him. Just look at this face. Timmy_tanglewood_014sc

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    And then when he says "I love you, too Mommy" before I even say I love you, every whine and scream is quickly erased from memory. Well, until the next one that is.