Yup, I do.

I’m always trying to be the best photographer I can be and I am constantly (to the irritation of my family) practicing, reading, researching etc.  That’s good and all, but it also means that I sometimes just miss those moments.  Those snapshots in time when the light stinks, the angles are wrong, my camera settings are on the green square (gasp!) and they look all too flashy for my liking.  But you know what?  They’re perfect to me…because at least I took the time to capture the moment without driving my kids nuts while finding the light when all they want is Halloween candy!

So, forgive the snapshots, but here’s my kids…in all their glory!

These images make me laugh…good and evil at it’s best.  Okay, my son’s not evil, but he’s…um…spirited shall we say.  He wanted to be Spiderman because he’s into all things that are superheroes!  My daughter, however, chose to be a leaf bag when we were raking last week.  This would not do for a former Geography/Environmental studies major.  We had to turn her into:  Enviro Girl – Defender of All Things Green!  *insert sound effects*

Note:  For those of you not in Ottawa, the candy bag she took out was our compost bucket from the city’s composting program 😉

Today, although most of the Hallowe’en snow (blah!) had almost melted, my son begged me to make a snowman…This poor lil’ gaffer is more of a slushman with lopsided arms.  Oh well, my son was happy until….

…our oh so “innocent” dog, Sitka, decided to try and eat “Slushie’s” nose!  His two favourite things in life are carrots and popcorn.  Campbell did, however, get his nose back to it’s rightful spot 🙂

Hope you all had a great weekend and enjoyed my snapshots, no matter how sad they are 🙂

Shona