The Best $3.33 I Have Ever Spent

OK, so maybe not the best I have ever spent, but pretty darn close. The girls and I recently went to the local Dollar Tree to look for some gems for a project. While we were there we passed a bin of flashlights. They always want to play with our flashlight, but we don't often let them. I decided that I would get them a cheap flashlight (and some cheap batteries) so they could have their own flashlights. They have spent hours over the course of days playing with these flashlights! They have used them to make patterns, to make shadow puppets, to make a "campfire," to play chase games, and to go on an adventure through the dark of the house.

Dark

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OK - so maybe I wasn't quite ready for a photo-a-day challenge ...

It is already February 13th, and I haven't even posted a single photo challenge yet. I have tried to get a picture each day, but I barely feel like I have had time to even take a snapshot, let alone a well-thought out photo. It is what it is I suppose. It is just funny that I thought I might have an opportunity to play around with my camera a little bit this time. There's still time, I guess. But, for now, let's break out of the slump and get day one in the books!

Light

The morning sunlight on our ride home from preschool drop-off. This is unedited. I was playing around with some of the auto-filters in G+, and I may post (or add to this post) some of those, but for now it is just the original. 

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February Photo Challenge

I decided to go with the inspiration list I found at www.theidearoom.net for my February photo challenge. As with November, most of the pictures will probably be snapshots taken hastily with my phone. I am hoping to use the good 'ol SLR more this round though (I purposefully didn't last time, but I am going to use whatever is easiest or appealing to me at the time). #theidearoom

Ready For A New Month

I enjoyed the November photo challenge I did, but I needed a break from it for December and January (just too much going on). While things aren't necessarily calmed down now,  I think I am ready for another photo-a-day challenge. I am going to do the month of February. I am debating between this list found at www.365project.org, and this list found at www.fatmumslim.com/au . If you read this before February, and care to vote, feel free to let me know your preference. Otherwise, you will see which one I chose come Saturday...

Triptych

The last theme for November was "triptych." I have pictures of A leaping and dancing after "The Nutcracker" ballet I was going to use for this. I planned on doing a side-by-side collage of the images to create my triptych (even though it is not a painting). I don't have the software to do this easily (I have a couple programs that should work, and easily, but I always seem to struggle locating the pictures I want and ... well, I won't go into the details). So, for my final (late) November post, here are the three pictures I was going to use.

Challenging Shot

I didn't have a good idea going into this one. I was thinking maybe something with water droplets, or maybe a series of jumps. In the end, I opted for the following pictures. What is more challenging than capturing three little kids (ages 2, 3, and 4) looking in the same direction at the same time? Especially on Black Friday. At the fourth store (5th if you count the restaurant). Over an hour into the last store - a suit store (I think you are getting my idea here).

Specific Body Part

Better late than never right? Well, that will be the case for this and the next two posts. They will comprise my final three days of the November daily photo challenge. I am mostly late on my posts, not my picture taking, but it is a little of both.

This one didn't turn out exactly as I envisioned, but I still like it overall.