Not a professional shoot, but I was pleased with the outcome! I haven't taken them out to take pictures in a while so while it wasn't raining, I stole the opportunity to bribe them with fro yo if they let me take them outside for pictures. Surprisingly, they were all about it! I have to say, I'm pretty lucky to have two kids that love to take pictures. And who take bribes easily...
When she outgrows these jeans, I'm going to be devastated. Yes, she's wearing designer jeans. Sevens, to be exact and no, I didn't pay $120 for them. I found them at TJ Maxx for $30! And Grandma got them for her :)
I really can't believe this part worked -- I put the camera on the self timer and got these shots. The trick was, they got to take turns pressing the camera button, then we all ran back to our "spots" before the camera clicked! They thought it was super fun! Now we just need Daddy to be with us the next time we do this!
She has mastered the pout. And unfortunately, it's so darn cute she usually gets what she wants.
Maddie became less interested in the self-timer mode and Jacob was reprimanding her. Look at me still trying to save the photo!
Maddie running out on the pic -- "Where you going Maddie?!"
Jacob, however, could have done it all day
And finally...the PRIZE! Frozen Yogurt! We love this little place by our house.
SERIOUSLY. I just want to EAT HER CHEEKS.
And her eyes, although not as blue anymore, still kill me.
So cute.
More sibling love...
If I can get even a couple of good pictures out of a day, then I am happy! So this day exceeded all my expectations! I love it when that happens!
I have a lot of catching up to do so hopefully you will be seeing more regular posts from me. My Spring JBF sale is done (which was a smashing success!) and Mark starts his sabbatical in 2 weeks. TIME. I always need more of it and I think now it's on my side. Cheers to that!
Our friends The Robins take a family vacation to Mexico every year and they kindly let us tag along in February. Owen/Jacob and Nathan/Maddie are best friends and we couldn't imagine a better family to vacation with! Let me tell you -- it was AH-mazing. The resort, the rooms, the pools, the kids club, the food, the company, THE KIDS CLUB (did I already say that?!) I feel like I should never vacation again unless there was a herd of little Mexican ladies there ready to entertain my kids!! Seriously. We never had them in the kids club during the day but we did utilize it a few nights. It was super cheap (Mexico cheap) and we could drop them off at 7:30 and pick them up at 10. Each night was a different theme (pajama party, make-your-own pizza night, beauty parlor night -- that was my FAVE). The kids loved it and the parents got to enjoy a peaceful dinner!
This was the first vacation where I felt we turned a corner. An "I can survive a vacation with 2 pre-schoolers without needing another vacation" type of feeling. Now that they are getting older, they can enjoy the activities as much as we can -- and give us the sleep that we need to get through the day! Jacob is so much more confident in the water now as well -- allowing him to swim around independently (we are always close with our eyes on him) but it's still a relief!!
I can't post ALL of the pictures here. To see all the pics we took, you can check out our Mexico 2012 album on Picasa. I'll just post my favorites. Thank you Jaemie and Matt for letting us crash your vacation!! I hope we can do it again soon!
They were literally having a dance off by the wave pool
At the beginning of our trip, Jacob would only go down this slide with someone. Then he gradually got up the courage to go down alone as long as I was right there at the bottom of the slide to catch him. Finally, he realized he could do it all by himself! He was so proud (as were we)!!!
Owen and his Daddy, Matt, coming down the slide!
Nathan enjoying his snack
LOVE this one. They look just like mommy and daddy did the entire time in Mexico!
That FACE :)
This was the "warm" pool -- we spent a lot of time here
And they had a Haagen Daz stand by the kids club (strategically placed, I'm sure) that we had to visit almost daily. This girl and her sweets!
Does Mark look sleepy in this photo? ha.
Sometimes I just have to wonder about this kid...
We went to a Mexican party that night on the beach
This was the "make your own pizza" night. Check out the hair net!
