Dancing Queen - Part 2

Here's a few more images from our "Aweemoway" dancing session. In this first picture, I just love the look of excitement and action as it looks like the wind is blowing her away with all of her hair flowing in the breeze. But I couldn't decide if I liked the color or the b/w version. To begin with, the color version was a little grainy that's why I did the conversion. I love the colors of her jammies and how beautiful it makes the pictures look, but I loved her eyes in the b/w shot. Which one fancies you more?


The next two pictures I loved because, as I said in my previous post, with the headband on her forehead like that, she totally reminds me of a Flapper from the 20's. My little Peanut getting her groove on!





This last set of photos kills me. She is SUCH THE ACTRESS! In the middle of dancing, she went into the garage and explained to me that Princess Snow White was sad. I asked why and she just said, "because she is". So I asked her if I could take a picture of "Sad Snow White" and she happily obliged (phew, dodged that cranky bullet). Then after I took a picture of her sad, I asked if Snow White could show me how she looks when she is happy. I was so bummed that they came out blurry, as this all happened in a matter of 30 seconds, but I still loved her expressions. Again, SUCH AND ACTRESS, that little girl of mine is!

Dancing Queen - BSM

My child LOVES to dance. I signed her up for gymnastics class, but I really need to find a dance class for her somewhere. These pictures were taken the other evening. Some of my favorite times are when I am sitting there taking pictures of Ella and Keith playing together. It was beautiful out that night and Ella had already taken a bath, gotten in her jammies and we just ate dinner. Earlier in the day, we had heard the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" from The Lion King. Every time we sang Aweemoway, Aweemoway, Aweemoway, Ella jumped into a little groove. She was like a robot, right on cue.





She reminds me of a little Flapper girl here below, with the ruffles on her jammies and the headband on her forehead.






But this last picture I am calling my BSM. Because no matter what she does, just the look of pure joy and happiness in her face melts my heart.



Head on over to Tracey's to see more Best Shot Monday images.

Fun In the Sun

We have been out on the deck ALOT in the past couple of weeks. It has been hot and dry for as long as I can remember. Since Ella enjoys playing with cups and buckets of water right now, I enjoy just sitting there watching her, or getting a couple of things done in the kitchen....ok, like actually cleaning it, I guess. I dont know why, but if my whole house was dirty, as long as my kitchen was clean, I feel so much better. Weird huh? Anyways....We bought some freezy pops the other night and let Ella have one for the first time. Do you remember eating them as a kid? I couldnt wait for the actual ice part to be gone so I could drink all of the sugary sweet water at the bottom of the pop.






God, I wish I could remember what was happening at the moment I took this picture below. What a face!

Ella and Buttons

My parents have been out of town, so we have been watching their dog, Buttons. For the last two weeks, I have said over and over to Ella:

....Don't scare Buttons!
....Leave Buttons alone!
....Don't kick Buttons!
....Stop screaming at Buttons!

And on and on and on. I don't know if any of you have a little dog like her, but she is very skittish and gets scared very easily, therefore snipping when she doesn't want someone to touch her. She has never bit anyone, but she does that little nibble to let you know she is not happy.


Ella loves it when Buttons licks her. She will get all "motherly" and say, "Hi sweetie. You're so cute Buttons. You like me don't you Buttons?"


Do you see the fear in Buttons eyes here?


Okay, so the photo shoot ended after this last shot, but I'm sure glad I got it! If you look at Buttons eyes, you can see they are totally locked on Ella as she goes in for a kiss. It could have gotten bad had we gone any further!