The Last Non-Biker

Specifically, that would be Zoe. Joshua and Lisey ride their bikes now with no training wheels, and Sonia is going at a pretty good clip with her training wheels. I think she might be able to ride without them by the end of the summer.

Zoe has a small bike, but she cannot seem to get the hang of pedaling it. So most of the time she rides her little tricycle.

She’s much happier on this than on the bike.

But my goodness! Those little wheels make for a slow ride.

I walk alongside, watching her cute little legs push her small pedals round and round and listening to her sweet small voice. “I’m going faster and faster, Mommy! See dis? Can I ride to da stop sign, Mommy? I wanna do it again!”

While I’m sometimes anxious for the day when she can ride a real bike all on her own, I know that a few years down the road when she goes zooming by me on her two-wheeler, I’ll look back and miss these days.  So, I’m savoring this…I don’t want to be so busy yearning for the future that I miss these moments.

Summertime…

…and the livin’ is easy.

A dog!

I’m not much of an animal person, and so I haven’t ventured into the field of animal photography very much (I am, after all, an avowed portrait gal!). Our neighbors have just gotten a dog, though, and today I took a few pictures of him.

Excuse me for just a moment…

…while I delight in the bokeh that my lens produces.

Bokeh is that wonderful blur you see in the background, made possible by the very large apertures that my lens can achieve.

I love it.

Could someone please explain to me…

how my baby could possibly be looking so unbaby-ish??

I see her every day, so I should know she’s looking a little more grown up these days, but for some reason, she looks especially grown-up to me in this picture.

And now for some black and white.

This little guy was feeling a bit sad, but it was nothing a snuggle with his mom couldn’t fix.

Something a little different…

As you know, I normally take pictures of people, especially those of the young persuasion. However, on Saturday I did some photos for a charity motorcycle ride, so I had some very new and different subjects to shoot. It was fun, and I learned a lot…so if I ever need to take pictures of motorcycles again, I’ll be better prepared.

Of course, I think even motorcycles look nice in black and white.

One thing I appreciate about about them is that they don’t squint in the bright sunlight.

But I sure do wish I’d gotten the whole front wheel of this motorcycle in the picture.

Yup…this is a big change from photographing a baby!

This was right before they all set off.

A first for me…

I don’t usually have an opportunity to take pictures of adults, let alone couples, but my sister-in-law asked me to take a picture of her with her boyfriend. So I did, right there in her kitchen(which has awesome light, due to the wall of windows!).

I think they’re so cute together.

You know what’s wonderful about digital photography?

You can say yes to all of your kids’ silly requests for pictures without worrying about using up film or paying for processing.

Tonight, for some unknown reason, Sonia wanted her picture taken with this little Christmas house. I didn’t have any particular need for a picture of this sort, and the light wasn’t very good, but I was able to oblige her and take the picture. I’d never have done that with film.

If you click on the picture to enlarge it, you can then fully appreciate how nice this picture is, considering that the light was dreadful. Yay for my new lens!

Rock Band

My brother brought this over to my parents’ house, and pretty much everyone gave it a try. Surprisingly, even my mom played the drums!

Being the dutiful children that we are, we documented this event by taking pictures and also video(note video camera in the background).

Joshua played the guitar.

And my sister did too, even with her pregnant belly in the way.

Zoe thought she might try her hand at singing.