Thanksgiving 2012

We spent this Thanksgiving with my Dad's side of the family this year.

Kaleb had a hard time, so we brought in the big guns. Toy Story.

The most beautiful, wonderful woman I know!

I love my family.

Woody and Toy Story - Kaleb's First Favorite Movie

We have a new trend over here at Casa de Verde. 

And theres a snake in his boots. 

Yup, my Dad got Kaleb a Sheriff Woody doll shortly after his birthday and hes been dragging him around ever since.

I thought Kaleb should know more about the man behind the badge, so I showed him the movie Toy Story...

He watched the ENTIRE MOVIE. He has never even come close to that kind of attention span before!

I don't know how thrilled I am about it, but it does come in handy. :D

Oh, and he has a Woody sippy cup too.

He'll hold Woody over his shoulder and pat his bottom, like we do to Kaleb when its bed/nap time.

And Kaleb will hold Woody tight, especially when watching Toy Story.

Kisses for Woody.

Kaleb also likes to take Woody's hat off and try to put it back on again.

Now, you may remember Kaleb being attached to a certain sock monkey... well he still is. Monkey is for bed time and church. Woody is for play time.

My Model Sister

When I was younger and in dire need of subjects to photograph, my little sister always seemed to be my eager little model (and good thing too, because I probably would have made her anyway.)

These were all taken with a disposable camera, developed at somewhere like Walgreens  put into an album then rediscovered and scanned by me the other day. 

This was just before Halloween (she was a little cave girl, obviously) when I was in 6th  grade
So that would make it 1997.

She was be two years old.

This was from a little session right after they moved out of state.
I made this (adorable) pink dress for her and made her model it when I went to visit.
 

A few years later, when I visited again, I put some makeup on my sister (my mom didn't like that) put one of my jackets on her, grabbed one of my grandma's old porcelain dolls and took her to an old New England graveyard. My mom was all kind of creeped out by this shoot. :D

It was so cold, which made it look like she was sad or crying (that might also have been the eyeliner, which she had never worn before, being 9 and all)

This is probably my favorite ... possibly from all our little shoots. 

Anyway, my sister is awesome. Shes all grown up now and even more beautiful. 

(even though I think she wears too much make up and has too many piercings, but what else am I supposed to think? I'm the big sister.)

Kaleb's Knock Um Down Game

seriously, my son is a genius.