PhoTOTgraphy

As I was uploading photos, I found these...
And I will mention that I was not the photographer.







Can you guess who was?

I Heart Faces...Adult Category

This photography blog is so fun to peruse! Go check out the other entries for I Heart Faces Adult Category.

For your viewing pleasure, I give you...me!



Yes, the quality is blurry but I had fun trying to get a decent shot of myself :) Plus, I am notorious for closing my eyes when getting my picture taken..so this was a rare thing to see...my EYES!

I Heart Faces...Especially My Daughter's :)

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Defining Beauty...

Today we are learning about beauty. I took the kids outside and took some candid shots.

After coming back in, Miss Precious was a bit unhappy and so her big brother, Mr. Independent, gave her a hug.

"Mama, is a hug beauty?" he queried.

"Yes, honey. Loving another person is beauty."

Today, beauty was redefined for me...





















Ok, we are all squinting because it has started to rain during our little photo shoot...

















Can you hear beauty?
Listen as it gurgles in a baby’s giggle.
Can you see beauty?
Over there, caught in a joyous grin!
Can you feel beauty?
Snuggle into the warmth of a hug.
Can you touch beauty?
Marvel at the softness of a little hand in yours.
Can you taste beauty?
Encased in a kiss so sweet and tender.

True beauty is discovered in loving another person.

©J. N. Gallegos 2008

Weekend Photos

Miss Precious acting coy for the camera...



My Querido and me...


Miss Precious and her namesake, her Auntie!



Pajama party with Auntie!




Miss Precious and me (a sad attempt at trying to get a picture of us together...lol)

Rambunctious Boys...

Strawberry picking...Daddy did most of the work and they took all the credit!

DIY photo lessons...Mater poses for the shot...

Pirate's wink...Arrgg Matey...Shiver me timbers (What the heck does that mean anyway??)

Take a picture of me Mom!

Self Potrait by Mr. Dramatic...does he have a future as a photographer or what!

Smiling and soaking wet...Sprinkler fun!

Bathing Beauty...

Reaching...

Playing Footsie...

This is a photo of Miss Precious's foot being cradled by Mr. Independent's hand as Miss Precious grabs her toes...so cute!

Straight From Heaven..

Eternity is held within your gaze
Bright eyes turned above
Heaven's wonder shown in many ways
My child. My gift. My love.

Copyright 2005 J.N. Gallegos

Pure Joy!

Dare You...

Can you look and not yawn? I dare you to try!

Brotherly Love...

PhoTOTgraphy

There is always a surprise at the end of a download...



Apparently, this is haute photography in my toddlers' eyes.




Don't you "feel" the contrast of colors and textures?




Art at its finest!

Smash Hit!

Yesterday, I threw my very first ever little kid's party! For those of you who know me in real life, I am not much of a party person...more of a party pooper...lol! So I took a deep breath when I realized my youngest son was turning four. Four is a momentous age, it is the year in which my little toddler becomes a little boy...sigh. So we had to commemorate it with a party! This whole past week I stressed over every detail, wanting it to be perfect. (I am a recovering perfectionist!) God gave me an awesome theme...garden and bugs...and with a lot of His creativity mixed in, I ran with it!

The decorations were just balloons I dressed up...

A friendly spider (is that an oxymoron?):


A hungry caterpillar:


A ravenous frog:


The hungry frog's lunch..a nervous blue fly:


Also seen flitting about were a ladybug and a dragonfly. The party was invaded midway by a colony of ants..sorry, no photos, they were a little camera shy! That was actually one of the crafts we did, we made ants out of balloons. The kids (and some of the adults too) loved it! I had an assembly line for body parts. One friend was cutting out eyes and the other one was cutting out the legs (from construction paper). We had a minor emergency when one ant had a foot severed, but the surgeon was able to re-attach (with scotch tape). The ant was reported to be in stable condition.

Our main feature fun thing was to make planters to take home (party favor and craft activity bonus!). I had prepainted some tiny terracotta pots with silver acrylic paint. Then we purchased some lobelia from the garden center. We had the kids stuff the pots (gently) and then they got to take them home. The kids loved it! Eight little pairs of eyes watched with rapt attention. One little boy told me "I have never planted anything at a birthday party before...this is the coolest party I have ever been too!" (There is no higher party praise than that of an actual attendee...lol!)
Here you can see the table "decorations", which did double duty as the favor and craft later on:


A bit messy, but a lot of fun!


The finished product:


We munched on some dirt and worms for a snack...

Surprisingly enough, everyone really liked the green worms!

And every kid seemed to have a lot of fun...especially sharing the toys!




Overall, I think it was a very successful birthday...I give myself a thumbs up! :)



And did I also mention that I had fun too? Who knew a party-impaired gal could throw a little boy's birthday that she would have fun with! God is so good!

And I am THE cool mom now :)