Best Photo for April

My son rigged a ramp for this ball to fly down. Love the expression on his face as well as the ball caught mid-flight.

Frame a Day '12: Week 17-4/22-4/28

 

April 22--Gather Ye Round--The kids had fun playing with a Crayola art program on this rainy Sunday. 

 April 23--A Puddle Jumper--Imp made this rainy day just a little brighter with his zest for jumping in every puddle he could find this morning. 

April 24--The "Grabber"--The boys received these "grabbers" for Christmas, because Chretien has an actual tool that he uses just like this and the boys are fascinated with it.  Tonight Imp was determined to "grab" me.   I didn't intend to practice split lighting, but that is what I wound up with.  I may play with this photo a bit more and see what I come up with.

April 25--Climbing the Walls--...or the side of the house?  The older kids were playing outside when Imp and I arrived home today.  I'm not sure what made them both attempt this, but it's probably another competition between them...who can stay upside down longer?  Who is straighter?  Who is higher?  I thought it was entertaining, no matter what the motivation.

April 26--The Standoff--Spring soccer started up again tonight.  As in the fall, Trust is doing the Y's Kwik Kicks soccer clinic.  Despite the rainy, cold weather, she went out and practiced for the hour.  It should be an interesting session, as there are only five registered kids and our Trust is the lone girl.  Should be interesting.

 April 27--Mesmerized--Fridays are often family movie night, where we eat dinner and watch a movie.  Tonight's showing was "Puss in Boots", which Chretien and the older kids have seen, but it was new for Imp and me.  Not a lot of dinner was consumed, but he did love the movie.

 April 28--Oh Baby, Shower--I went to a friend's baby shower today.  We attended her wedding last August in New York state.  I have known her for over 15 years, since my SAT tutoring days.  She and her younger brother were students of mine way back then.

Frame A Day '12: Week 16: 4/15-4/21

Where is 2012 going?  We're already done with week 16?

April 15--Rolling, Rolling, Rolling--Trust darted off ahead of Imp on a bike ride this morning.  We were surprised when she came over the hill on her roller blades.  This reminded me of something out of "Three's Company", with the shorts and the roller skates and of course, the sunny day.

 April 16--Let's Go Balling--We all went bowling today (or "balling", per Imp), and then for lunch.  Chretien beat all of us soundly, but everyone else was pretty closely clumped together (within about 30 points).

April 17--Flipping (Over and ) Out--Earnest learned how to hang and flip last year, but today was the first day he pulled himself up to do it and didn't seat himself on the trapeze to get going...not to be outdone, Trust managed to teach herself how to flip today as well.  Nothing like a healthy dose of competition to get things going in our house.

 April 18--Disheveled and Dirty...but Delightful Just the Same--Chretien fashioned a new swing to swap out with the tire swing.  What I love about this photo is it pretty much sums up Imp at this age...always looking to have fun, and as a result, always a bit disheveled (note his fly) and dirty.

 April 19--Ready for Liftoff--Yesterday we saw Imp just hanging out on this swing.  Today, we see him ready to launch.

 April 20--Boy Makes Blanket--Trust saw the idea to make her own fleece blanket by using two pieces of fleece, cutting fringe, and tying knots to hold the two pieces together.  Chretien took she and Earnest to Joann's today and bought pieces of fleece for Trust and a kit for Earnest, which accomplished the same thing but with the fringe cuts already marked.  This project kept them quite busy for the afternoon, but both were happy with their result.

April 21--Gamma Girl--This has been a very long time in coming...a year to be exact!  Trust passed her Gamma class at skating today.  I think this is the epitome of slow and steady.

Project 64: Peach

If I have kept track correctly, this is my last color for Project 64.

This photo was taken at a pet shop in January, not October. I think there is plenty of peach in the first witch's face as well as the rocks on the bottom of the tank.

Wow.  I can't believe I'm done!  I really have enjoyed this project.

Project 64: Cornflower

I had forgotten that I actually did shoot this photo specifically for cornflower.  When the last colors were posted almost three weeks ago, this was fresh in my mind. 

Such a cheery photo for cornflower.

Project 64: Violet

When I saw this geode at our local Children's Museum, I remembered that I needed to capture violet, so this photo was taken with Project 64 in mind.

Project 64: Granny Smith Apple

I wish I had paid more attention to the colors I needed when I had all the Easter candy around.

This was something I created, based on something I saw on Pinterest.

The granny smith apple is better seen in this photo, which is my entry: