Michael and Bekah are 17 months apart. Bekah and Jake are only 15 months apart. So every year at springtime my kids' ages are blam, blam, blam. Right after another.
So last year, I was having a long, rainy, stay-at-home-mom kind of day when I got this idea to make numbers, representing their ages, and take pictures. It started off with them holding the numbers, a huge disaster, so I taped them to the wall. Much better. It still took 65 pictures to get this cute one below.
I then sent out an email with some of the pics to friends and family. Wow! I had no idea that the grandparents would send this email across the universe. And now I am committed to doing this project every year at springtime as long as I grace this planet. Below is the best one from this year's batch.
I have included outtakes/bloopers from last year and this year. Look how much toddlers can change in one year, pretty amazing. Jake wasn't even walking yet. And Bekah's hair was so curly.
Just in case you are a new reader to this blog, my son Michael, now 4 years old, has a GIGANTIC personality.
It's impossible for that boy to hold still.
Jake loves that stuffed sheep.
Can you see why taping the number on the wall makes more sense?
We ended up putting Jake in his high chair because he was trying to escape.
I don't know how professional photographers do it.
I have no idea what happened here.
17 comments:
This post makes me so happy. What an amazing momma you are.
These pictures are adorable. It looks like so much fun, but I am sure they are a handful! All the best!
Clare I was so lucky that Erik ended up home early last night and just in time to help me herd them. So there was less than 65 pictures this year. You are an amazing momma too.
Aneta, thank you! I love the way you spell your name that is so unique and feminine.
What a great idea and the pictures really showcase their personality and your creativity. I might have to steal this idea....
Steal away. Mothers shouldn't be required to reinvent the wheel, I steal ideas all of the time. Love the monkey story on your blog, that's wild.
I LOVE all of those pictures!!!!
What cute kids you have!!
Thank you! My young babysitter always says she hopes her kids are cute like mine. And I have to tell her that she will think her kids are cute no matter what. If my kids had horns I would still think they are cute.
LOL funny. Love the last one...still giggling...
Thanks Daph!
Great idea and darling pictures! Would it be inappropriate if I said your ass looked great in the picture above?
It's only appropriate if you put it in all-caps "...ASS LOOKED GREAT..."
Thank you!
What a great idea!
P.S. Thanks for stopping by my blog!
What can I say, your blog has the perfect title.
may have to steal this idea. mine are a year and a half apart. your kids are sooooooooooooooo cute! love the lamb and the damn pink bunny.
So you "feel my pain" Sherri. Their cuteness has saved their hides many a time. Thank you very much.
Your ass looks really good in the pic of you hanging the #'s - just thought I would tell you, if my ass ever looks good I would want someone to tell me!
Ok so Erik took that pic and I was like OMG don't take any pictures of me! Then I saw it and thought, hmmm, my ass doesn't look half bad, so I didn't delete it.
Meg I grabbed your breasts once because they looked so fabulous so you are more than allowed to tell me if my ass looks good. And, uhm sorry about that, I really couldn't help myself.
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