Mike was so excited to see that some of his radishes were ready for picking. The girls were super ecstatic, too, and insisted on trying some. There weren’t too thrilled when the taste didn’t match their enthusiasm. Hopefully, there will be more vegetables to pick soon.

What a treat for me this past weekend! The B family invited me to photograph them with special focus on Baby A. Baby A was not very interested in my appearance, but we managed to squeeze out a few smiles from her. This family also had the most spectacular backyard and landscaping with a pond.

It has become clear that not only I but Mike would also have no idea what to do with a boy in this family. Case in point, Mike purchased a little girl version of Lee Press-On nails for Annie and Mimi last night while out picking up a prescription at Walgreens. There was no coercion from the girls, it was all his idea. Apparently, Mike was in a particularly girlish mood because Lucy then got an update for her nail colors as well.

Meet Sam. Over a year ago Sam began his growth but was soon bagged in favor of other projects. The girls, Annie especially, have been begging (or bugging) me to finish making him on a monthly since. When I discovered the sack in which he resided while cleaning out the craft room he looked so sad, lonely, faceless, and in pieces (literally). I decided at that time that he needed to be completed. Fortunately, there wasn’t much else to do other than make his legs, tail, and cheek puffs and to assemble him. The job only took a couple of hours of my time. Now look at him. Sam is a happy, healthy, stuffed cat that can’t hold his head up on his own. And the girls love him to pieces (figuratively). Mimi has been carrying him around ever since, and Annie is demanding another kitty so that she has one to carry around, too. Isn’t Annie such a wonderful big sister to not even question that the first kitty would belong to Mimi? The only complaint I have about Sam is that he was like trying to frost a chocolate cake with white icing. That white stuffing shows up everywhere, and Sam is a lint trap.

It was fun to work with an “older” group this time. Up until now I’ve always had photo shoots that included chasing after wee ones, but not this time. I could actually tell ALL of my models what to do, and they actually listened to me.