Parents, if you want wonderful pictures of your children, never teach them to say "cheese"! Please learn from my mistake or you will have thousands of photos just like mine - squinted eyes, scrunched up noses, clenched teeth, and an image that just screams "say cheez!!!". Join me while I search for that one perfect shot that doesn't conjure up images of dairy products. Oh, and unless you like that *messy* look, you'll probably want to clean their faces before you snap away. I never seem to remember myself.

An imporant sidenote is to make sure you document your life! Recording the little details of the who, what, where, when, & why makes for wonderful stories and captures your life for years to come. Because if you are like me, you'll forget it all 5 minutes later!

Thursday, January 15, 2009

POTD - Meet Princess Tea

My daughter loves to have tea parties. She invites Kitty, Bear, Flounder, and Baby (not quite original with the names yet). Of coarse I am invited as well and she insists that I call her "Princess Tea". My name is "just momma". We eat crackers that she collects from under the bed or sometimes just magically appear from thin air. We drink tea that pours out of the knobs on the dresser. Occasionally we have some apples freshly picked from the tree in the middle of her room. It is a rule that we must always clink cups and say "cheers" before we sip our tea. And story time is an integral part of our tea parties. These days she prefers to read silently to herself and no one can speak until she has finished "reading". My daughter is quite the princess!

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22 comments:

Steph said...

Very precious. Love the processing on this, it looks quite dreamy.

Unknown said...

Great capture. I really like it. TFS

Anonymous said...

I love this photo! Aren't little girls the best!

pat said...

Oh my--I really like this shot! Your pp on it is wonderful; it looks like something out of a storybook.

pakosta said...

so soft and beautifuL! this would be so pretty framed and hung in her roOM!
tara

Anonymous said...

This is just a perfect shot. I love how it really captures childhood at its best. Little girls are so divine. She has a great room too. Its so bright and beautiful.

Anonymous said...

This is stinking adorable! I LOVE it. Great colors!
Cari

Mom2Drew said...

Love the framing here! Awesome shot and processing.

CindyTykie said...

very pretty photo

Margaret said...

That is great! Love her princess hat! That processing is fabulous. Nice textures!

Sharon said...

Wonderful capture and story!

Reds said...

The pretiest princess! Love the PP on this!

shirley said...

How adorable. I love the whole set up.

Linnao said...

That is a cute story. And ohhh, she is sooo cute!

Susan Beth said...

Love the look of this and how you processed it. What a life, huh! Reading in her princess cap has got to be every little girls dream.

Anonymous said...

I just wanted to echo the comments of the others that I love the PP in this shot. She does look like a princess in a fairy tale!

Lori said...

This is such an incredibly sweet picture, if it were me, I'd really be tempted to put it up on a canvas - BIG!

Michelle Duckworth said...

I love the processing on this... what a great capture!

Bobbi said...

This is so cute! I love her tea party and how lovely you described it, she is a princess.

Amy said...

How precious, I love your processing!

Lauren Hartman said...

Oh my gosh. Love the photo but truly love that you shared the rules and regulations of the tea parties. What a perfect bit of childhood you have captured!

Anonymous said...

I LOVE THIS! I don't think this texture would work all that well with T playing in the sandbox with a truck...