Ice Cream - Her Way

My daughter had been asking for the Play-Doh ice cream set for the longest, and I finally decided I would give it a try. Considering we have carpet, this may not seem like the best idea. I gave her the rules and she has actually been doing really well with it. We had an extra shower liner that was not opened, so I used that to cover the table. She had a lot of fun playing...and continued to ask me every hour when it was time to play again. 

Out and About

This past Sunday we took our daughter out for some fun at the Children's Museum. Afterwards  we decided to grab a bite to eat at a local restaurant. My fiance had spotted a place for us to try some time ago and we figured this would be a good chance to try something new. The name of the place was AJ Bomber's located downtown, just a few blocks from the Children's Museum. We enjoyed the casual atmosphere (which was good since our kid can be quite loud).

The food was pretty good. It was a nice hamburger (I am not really a beef fan) and my daughter definitely enjoyed her chicken fingers. I really think she is going to fly away one day from all of the chicken she has consumed. My fiance was so quick to start adding ketchup and condiments to the fries and burgers. Wish I had gotten a photo before all of that but...ah well. I have this memory at least. He said it was a great burger (he tried the Organic grassfed beef...whatever that means..lol!). My favorite part was reading all of the crazy writing everyone had done in our booth. There was a chalkboard that Aida would not stop writing on but that was okay since it kept her busy for a little while.

Oh my goodness, I have never posted this many photos but I was on a roll. Hopefully, I will have the images of my daughter playing at the museum to share sometime within the next week or so.

Mixing and Mashing

Just a couple of photos from March. I decided on a whim to make cornbread dressing and asked my daughter if she would like to mash up the bread and mix up the other ingredients. She was happy to help. Almost too happy because she started playing around and got stuff everywhere. Of course, these were taken before the mess. 

Laid Back

Playing around with black and white edits. I wanted to try working with a photo that did not really show her face but show her in the moment. I took this photo of her during the day when the sun was shining brightly through her window. No flash. Trying to embrace the natural light. ISO 3200 with the 50 mm 1.4 at f/2 and a shutter speed of 1/160.

This is the before shot. Straight-out-of-camera.

Breakfast

My daughter enjoying Froot Loops and cartoons on the iPad. I played around to create a matte look and I think I like it. :)

Purple Love

My daughter is four years old and very much a girly girl. She absolutely loves the colors purple and pink. Today I decided to stage a photo session for her. I take quite a few every day photos and I thought this would be a good time to play around. These are a few of the photos from today. More to come later. :)