01.30.13

weekend with the girls (and a few of their little ones, too)

I need a weekend to just work on photos, but I haven’t been able to find it this month.  So while I’m trying to get caught up, I’m going to post bits of why I wasn’t working this past weekend – I was off enjoying a weekend with girl friends from college!

Six of us met up in Richmond, Virginia, and I stayed with my college roommates in a cozy condo one of them keeps downtown – for their weekends into the city.   Despite the snow last Friday, I made it in without any problems, and stayed enjoyed the view of the city from the warmth inside.

On Monday I was at the Virginia home with one of the girl’s, where I got a quick peak at her 3 children – ages 7, 5, and 1.  I got beaten multiple times in fusbol by the 5-year-old, enjoyed questioning the 7-year-old about his six girlfriends, and tried not to scare the baby girl, who seemed to fear that I was a new babysitter.

The visit was quick, and I didn’t plan any photos with the kids, but I couldn’t help take some, either.  Like when the 5 year old got his first chess lesson just before bed Sunday night – complete with socks on his hands to help him from irritating his eczema in his sleep.  Or when he got home from pre-K and went straight to his homework with adult-like concentration.  And since their baby girl just turned 1, I tried to snap some quick ones of her, but waited until I was about to leave for the airport!  So just a few of her playing in then den.

It was a good visit with great friends.  Now I’m home and need to work on some wedding pictures…  Weddings, you are always so voluminous!

blue skies above, snow by the river below | good morning, Richmond | healthy birthday-themed snacks | college reminiscing | a cold needs tea and mimosas | first chess lesson | the puzzle | concentration | help from an older brother | teammates | homework | Sam | 1-year girl | playing in pinks | laughing at daddy | joining in the fun | eyes | with the boys

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01.16.13

“Awww, you got to go to preschool??!”

That’s what my 6-year-old niece said when she looked back through pictures on my camera and saw these of 8 babes lined up on some steps, in school-like fashion.  Her tone seemed to imply that I had taken an exciting field trip without her, so I explained that no, I had not gone to pre-school, that these were the children of 6 friends who had had a total of 8 babies all within a year.

So, we got them together for a photo!  It was anticipated that the moms would set them down and that they’d scatter in all directions, but what actually happened was:  1) moms place children on steps, 2) moms run behind me and start making all sorts of noise, 3) babies stare in confused/stunned silence.

We then tried to get the moms and the 2 older siblings in as well, and at that point we started getting some crawlers and some criers.  But that’s the way it goes, and it’s fun to see the chaos, anyway.

Ladies, here’s a few from Saturday…   It was fun seeing you all together!

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01.14.13

What? It’s mid-January?

I had all this work I was going to do over “the holidays” – that’s how I kept thinking of it.  “The holidays”.  As if I were a student that was about to have a long break.  Where I could enjoy and celebrate and rest and also find the time to be productive at my leisure.

It didn’t work out like that.

In fact, I didn’t even take many photos that documented “the holidays”, but in the interest of putting *something* on this site, I’m posting some photos from 3 days over Christmas with the girls.  A few from Christmas eve and Christmas, and then playing with the visiting sisters next door just after Christmas.  Their mom and my sister were tight friends as little girls, and their 2 oldest are the same age as well.  When they first saw each other they did a running hug across the lawns.  I admit, it was pretty sweet.
After some playground time with them at the top of the street, I took my oldest neice on a little field trip to our old elementary school, where 1) She told me I could never make it to the top of the jungle gym because I was too old.  I got myself to the top of that jungle gym posthaste.  2) She asked to be spun and spun and spun – until she was too sick for the slushie stop on the way home.

Some every day photos from our holidays:

a hug for the water | still loves her bath | cheeks | all clean on Christmas Eve | modern message for Santa | feeding the baby | gift from a father| a girl and her truck | front yard acorn collection | 4 girls at play | school’s out | like their moms | counting helper | counting the harvest | having a laugh at her own expense | spin machine | spinning, climbing | Christmas at 4, 5, and 6 | silly girl

 

 

 

 

 

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Bethany RiggsJanuary 15, 2013 - 10:53 am

Playing with Sophie and Rosy was truly the highlight of the Holidays for Sara Beth. I love it when these friends can get together. It brings back memories of their moms.

12.10.12

girls running wild

Over Thanksgiving weekend, my sister and I took her two girls over to the river, in an attempt for some Christmas-time pictures.  But, we waited a little late in the day – partly because of a long wait at the doctor’s office for me, and partly because at 6 1/2, one of the girls has decided that sweaters “make me look like an old lady.”  So by the time we got there, there wasn’t much light left, and the 1 1/2 year old was getting hungry fast.  We couldn’t get her to even face the camera until the very end during a rendition of  “Itsy-Bitsy Spider”.  Combine that with the freedom of the open space that made them want to run and explore, and we end up with some pictures that are… not exactly what my sister had in mind.

But they’re fun – and, definitely befitting these two girls at these ages.  Here’s a look at the sisters, 5 years apart.

the peformer

The posture that says, “Get over here and lift me up on this thing. Right now.”

running free

green eyes and blue eyes

the “coming up with an idea / uh-oh, what is she about to say” look

river gazing

itsy-bitsy

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12.06.12

going on 12

While visiting family this past weekend, I took some pictures of one cousin’s daughter during her final weeks of being an 11-year-old.  We did this last year, with her and one of her first cousin’s, and made it a lot of fun.  I let them come up with all sorts of wacky ideas and they ran with it.  This time it was just her, and the way she was sometimes holding the sleeves of her sweater reminds me of all the self-consciousness of the tween years.  (Especially when under the scrutiny of a camera.)  I hope she can one day look back and see what she was like as a not-quite-12-year-old: beautiful but humble, creative and funny, kind to those around her (including a certain 6-year-old we brought who did not leave her side). and go from graceful to goofy and back again with ease.

These were taken late in the day at home and in her backyard, and then again the next morning as she got ready for a matinee performance in The Nutcracker.

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