A bit overdue

I realized I never posted some pictures I took of Ava the other week.  First I'll catch up on my 30 day challenge pictures then on my Ava pictures :)

Day 11: Something Fun-Ava doing her forward roll on the grass.

Day 12:  Close up

Day 13:  From a Distance

 

Day 14:  Flowers

Now to catch up on some Ava photos...these were taken the other week.

I really think fall and winter are going to be a hard adjustment this year.  No more evenings spent outside as soon as we adjust the stupid clocks.  How outdated and unnecessary.

In other news Ava got her halloween costume in yesterday.  It's a custom made dress and didn't come cheap so it's going to double as her Christmas dress so she gets more wear out of it.  I still need to get her white tap shoes, tan dance tights, white ruffle ankle socks (we may have these already), and a white sweater in case it's cold.  I think for halloween I'm going to add an extra petticoat for more fullness to the skirt.

Excuse the motion blur and grain...poor lighting combined with a crazy speedy toddler don't mix well.

Pretty darn close match if you ask me.  I opted against paying extra for the scalloped hem and to have it be a bit longer than the original since I am hoping to have her wear it again on Christmas.  The extra petti should make it look a bit more authentic.

I think that has me all caught up.  Time to run and catch up on laundry.  Till next time.

The last few days...

Catch up on my 30 day photo challenge....

First let me peak back at my last post to see where I left off...

                                                                     ..........ok so I left off on day five so here is day 6-10 since I still haven't done today's.  Today's theme is something fun so I suppose I need to find something fun to do.  Ava has mastered her forward roll but she said I couldn't take a picture of her doing it.  I'll work on her more though because I'm so proud of her.  She came home from gymnastics and practiced until it was perfect.  I'll try to get pictures and a video.

Day 6:  Childhood Memories- My old dollhouse that my Nana built and decorated for me.  Ava and I have been playing with it in the mornings.  She loves rearranging the furniture.  Guess I need to get some little people for it.

Day 7:  Something New- Ava now has racing boots just like daddy.  I just need to order her gear now.  Well at least pants for now so her legs are protected from the hot pipes when she rides with Daddy.

Day 8:  Technology- I drove past a few Amish houses the other day and saw there clothes out of the line and thought about how clean modern machines get clothes.

Day 9:  Faceless Self-portrait- I tried a few different things first but Ava kept running into the picture to "steal" the scene.  So as a last resort I jumped up on the counter and got this.  Can you tell I live in flip flops during the summer?

Day 10:  Something I made- Ava and I made a cake from scratch.  She loves to bake so I measured out all of her ingredients for her and told her which order to add them.  I preheat the oven, prepare the pans, and she helps spread the batter into them.  Then her and Daddy lick the bowl :)

Brushing off the dust...

It's been a while (as in years) since I got a chance to photograph Aaron riding without a child attached to me.  This past Saturday Aaron and a few of his friends were going to ride at a local track so I took Ava to Nan's to play for the day so I could really get some shots of Aaron.  It was a lot of fun getting to stand on the track instead of having to settle for what I could capture from the sidelines.  I'm hoping to get to do it again very soon.  Plus I must admit that it felt good when his friends changed their facebook profile picture to one that I took of them.  So for a quick post here are my shots from Saturday.

Editing to add a quick recap of my 30 day photo challenge...

Day 2: Something I wore

Day 3: Clouds

Day 4:  Favorite Color

Day 5:  Someone I love

That's all for now....I'll post some Ava pictures tomorrow.