As temperatures climb into the upper 90′s in our little corner of the world, we find ourselves spending LOTS of time inside! Sure, we could be out at the splash parks or trolling the mall, but let’s face it, at this stage in my pregnancy, the mere thought of having to sunscreen the kids from head to toe and then drive to the splash park and sit in the heat is less than appealing. Not to mention the fact that if the bathroom wasn’t unlocked or out of order I would be in a real jam if you know what I mean!! And the mall? I am pretty sure it doesn’t count as “rest” to be out roaming around the stores. Plus, I like to buy, not window shop. There is absolutely nothing we need at this point so I would just be wasting money. And so we find things to occupy our time at home.
Yesterday? Well yesterday I told the kids to jump on Huntler’s bed so I could take pictures! I have seen so many cute jumping photos and read bits and pieces about capturing kids in their bedrooms because a room says so much about who they are. I am not sure that really counts when your kids are five and three and you {as the parent} have chosen the theme and done the decorating, but hey, we only have a handful of photos that even show a glimpse of their rooms, so I thought it would be a fun idea!
Gentry is a jumper. I mean a real jumper. And sweet Huntler? Well, he tried for sure and that has to count for something, right? They were having so much fun, but as with everything, Gentry took control and stole the show. She insisted on me taking a ton of photos of her and then when I told her that her turn was over, she still managed to find a way into most of Huntler’s shots. She dominates and there is just no way around that.
I will preface this with that even in the midday sunlight, the lighting in this house is not that great! I had to max out my settings on this set of photos…my ISO was at 3200 and my aperture was at 1.4 in order to keep my shutter speed fast enough to freeze at least a little motion! For those of you who have no clue what any of that means, it basically means that the photos are super noisy {grainy} and not crystal clear! Noise is hard for me, but I am trying to embrace it in these!!
Check out the hair!! Holy moly! I love this shot!!
YAY! Huntler did manage to get some height in a few! Not exactly in focus, but a fun shot anyway!
So that was our fun yesterday. I am learning that if we are going to be home so much, I am going to have to let go – a lot. That is hard for me because I can’t stand messes and clutter, but there is NO way we can possibly spend most of our days inside and NOT have messes. My kids are good, but they DO like to play and get stuff out! Today includes a trip to the movie theatre to pick up summer movie passes and then popping into Sonic to cash in on those Happy Hour drinks we all love!
Happy Thursday! 
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by Bethany
LOVE the colors in the first shot! AND hello Gentry hair…looks like she’s wearing one awesome wig
these are cute and really fun, Bethany. I’m sure the kids had a great time looking at them after you took them!
p.s. Your walls have great texture. It’s not the typical “orange peel” we have. Makes for a great backdrop! I guess I saw Huntler’s room in your KS house, but not after you did the same theme there in AZ. The paint technique looks really cool
love, love, love that first shot..the colors, the action, her expression…a beautiful shot!!! xo
Very neat photos! I love following your blog….you do such great work! Could you by chance tell me where you got that neat airplane print from? I would love to have something like that in the boys’ room. Thanks and take care!
Those are very fun!! And I think noise adds texture
I love those. I love her hair too. I think I need play around with Weston and let him jump on the bed too. He would love that. We only allow him to jump on hotel beds.
He has a loft bed and he sleeps on top so he can’t really jump on it.
love you! love your monkeys!! how you feeling? it’s getting close!! hooray!!!!