Lilly and her stand in

Once Lilly stormed off the set in a labor dispute, Elise quickly volunteered to wear a pretty petticoat and eat a lollipop because....who wouldn't?   She was actually pretty cooperative for Elise, which I think all goes back to the lollipop.  Will work for candy.

preview time

And boy is this really a preview.  I have most of the pictures ready, but I am running off to Outdoor School with the girls before I get to finish.  So a little nibble for now and then I will post more next week after we unpack.  

My favorite one year old

fall days

Guess who wears the pants in this family? Ah, how 3 year olds can wrap everyone around their little fingers.  These pictures were done last fall, but I thought I would try to get some of my older pictures on here.   It was a rather rainy day, but we barely got a drop on us.  When we left for the shoot, it was raining.  When we got home from the shoot, it was raining.  During the shoot?  Ah, the heavens were shining upon us.  Lucky for us.  Not so lucky for Miss M here.  I think she would have been happier if this whole picture thing was put on hold.  

Small town fun

This past weekend I got to explore the town of Snohomish with this great family and my camera at sunset.  One of my favorite things to capture is the relationship between parent and child.  In this case, a fussy little 1 year old made for many priceless interactions between father and daughter.  Yeah for fussy 1 year olds!

The lovely, uncooperative 2 year old

I can say this because she is mine, right? This is my elusive 2, almost 3 year old that I can never get good pictures of. Not so much because she won't stay still (although that might have a little to do with it) but because she normally doesn't want to be bothered with things like....cameras. Well, she does like to be bothered with cream cones (a la McDonalds) which is how I got her to cooperate for a little canon fun.