My Front Yard

I don’t generally post photos from my everyday life on here, but the tree in my front yard is so amazing, and my kids were so darn cute this week that I just can’t help it.  Every year I think that Spring will never arrive – then, magically, one day I wake up  to this!

The light last Wednesday afternoon was amazing, so I bribed my kids with popscicles to sit on the sidewalk to snap a few photographs. You’ll notice my daughter is in her pajamas – she’s convinced that this is a “gymnastics uniform” and refuses to wear anything else these days. I adore photo sessions with kids being themselves and being able to capture a child’s personality forever with my camera.  But, I won’t lie – because it’s my own daughter,  part of me wanted to pause our session, dress her up and do her hair. I have to remind myself sometimes when I’m photographing them that my goal is to capture her how she is now, at three: a messy little spitfire in mismatched pajamas, who loves her brother more than anyone else in the world and likes to wear socks outside.

And you know what? I think I ended up liking this better than I would have if she was dolled up in a party dress after all!