My poor kiddo ended up with a GI virus for his b-day :( He threw up late last night and again early this morning, so he ended up missing a fun day at school and the cupcakes I was going to bring to his class.  I think the only pics I took today were with my iPhone.  Other than my cropping his toes I liked this photo of my sweet now-six-year-old :)

Cyrus got to play video games with Daddy this evening.  His birthday is tomorrow, so hard to believe it's already been this long!

I think I had read Courtney's article about experimenting with different perspectives this day, so I decided to try a couple different angles with my photos.  As you can probably see here, my littlest loves playing with the dishwasher.  He's trying to close the door in the first photo, playing with the dish rack in the second, and he's removed the silverware holder in the third (I found some small toys stuffed into it before I put it back ^.^).  He's just so much fun, I love this little guy! :-D

I was low on inspiration so snapped a pic of some leaves coming off a houseplant.  If nothing else I like the pop of green in the photo.

I pass an old abandoned homestead with a barn, silo, and various outbuildings on a regular basis as I go to and from my son's school.  A beautiful gentle snow was falling today and I just had to stop for a few quick photos! At the time I was experimenting more with my camera settings to see how it effected the resulting snow in the photo than paying attention to the composition of my photos.  I wish I'd framed this barn a little differently but still like the result.  As old as it is I thought it also looked good in sepia and in black and white, and since I wasn't sure which I preferred most, I decided to post all three!

iPhone close-up of some marbles, because I realized just before bed that I hadn't taken my picture yet, and I didn't want to go back downstairs to get my camera! ^.^  They were a little dusty, and you can probably see my hand holding my phone, but at least I took a pic! ;-)

We decided to take advantage of some nicer weather and took the boys to the park.  I took several pictures but this one of my littlest swinging was among my favorites.  His brother didn't like swings until he was quite a bit older, but Dekker seems to really enjoy them :)  I converted this to black and white then tried some various tweaks with the shadows, highlights, etc.  I can't remember if the ground was wet or if it's just the way the light is hitting the rocks but in B&W I think the ground almost looks like water behind him. I'm not sure if I like that or if it's too distracting, and I also wish I'd averted the bright sun spot on his head, but oh well.

So I'd had a fun evening watching a movie and playing UNO with a couple of my sisters-in-law, but as Murphy's Law would have it I didn't think to pull my camera out until everything was over and I was about to head to bed! Thankfully the game was still on the table so I took it out and spread the cards a bit for a fast photo. :)

I've been wanting to get a shot of my neighbor's lamp post in the middle of the night while it's snowing for a very long time! The conditions were finally right when I got home the other night so I was out there snapping away at 2 AM. I've always loved that lamppost - it makes me think of Narnia!

I will confess that I go back and forth as to whether I'm satisfied with my final edit of this. I feel like it's missing something or that I forgot to do something... :-/

Cyrus loves, loves, loves to read! He was reading most the way home after I picked him up from school, and Dekker fell asleep in the meantime. ^.^