Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Some etc. pictures

I was practicing a photography technique called panning. I'd put it on my photog blog, but I don't like to put pictures of my kids on there. I was excited that out of a bunch of shots, I got a few with the faces in focus.

Alysssa and her crazy hair: she loves accesories!



She wears my orange/pink flower clip quite often. I liked it in the middle here. Whenever we go to a store and she has this flower in her hair, she gets comments from strangers...."I love the flower in your hair."

Tyler working on his pine wood derby car...first ever.
He designed the shape (see the pencil markings) and sawed it all pretty much himself.
Michael was adamant that he let him do the work.
The first week back from holiday break, Matthew was the Superstar in his class. He had been asking all year when it was going to be his turn and was thrilled that that time came . I selected about 50 pictures and put them in a folder on the computer and he picked the top 10-15 that he wanted to include that we printed. We also found this fun shiny star blue paper and he cut out the letters for his name.

At the end of the week, his class listed the things they love about Matthew. I thought it was such a cute and fun thing to come home with.

For anyone thinking I "don't look pregnant" her is a bit of a bump shot. Approx 22 weeks here. It's not as large as I've been in the past at this time, but the baby is measuring swimmingly, nonetheless.

14 comments:

Tobi said...

Sexy Bump pic Kristen! I love that Matthew finally had his special day at school.

Unknown said...

Yay, I'm so glad to see a prego picture! :) You look gorgeous, KJ. Seriously.
Matthew looks so happy! And I love your panning shots. It's such a good technique, but takes a lot of mastering. I've gotta work on that.

Rachel said...

Finally!! I was recently telling Kirk that you didn't look preggo, but all the pics that I'd seen of you recently didn't show the bump too prominently. :)

Anonymous said...

those pictures of the kids look great, i like the panning shots too!

:) prego looks good on you.

Rich said...

You look amazing! Your bump is star worthy (hardly there ;-) Glad to see you guys are doing so well! - Cynthia

jenn said...

What a cute prego girl!

I love that Alyssa's socks don't match--it definitely completes the ensemble!

And that pic of Tyler with the saw on your kitchen table made me nervous. Weren't you worried that something might go awry with that saw?

I love that Matthew's class wrote what they liked about him. Carter gets a spotlight WEEK and it's finally next week (he's been waiting all year, too). I might copy you and make a collage, too. Thanks for the idea!

Natalie said...

The "panning" pics are cool. You look great too.

Emma Jo said...

Cool photos and I love the poster and all of the nice things that the kids had to say. You look darling too my dear.

Taste of Champaign said...

So fun to see a prego bump! I too was very nervous about that saw picture! Alyssa is a ham! Very cute.

Capturing Joy with Kristen Duke said...

concerned about the table? never crossed my mind. he had fun, but it took a loooong time to cut out that car.

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Amy said...

you go girl! keep us updated as that belly grows!

MadMama said...

The pictures of the kids are great! I love the pictures you do! We will have to have you take our family pictures when our baby boy comes. (well when your up to it!) I love the baby bump (thats hardly there!) I am jealous you look Fantastic!

Karen said...

The panning pictures were awesome! I am going to have to figure that one out...