Boy moments

On another post I complained about my camera but as I said life must go on with my little Nikon.  It does an o.k. job but isn't nearly fast as our Nikon D70.  I get frustrated and as you can see so do the boys.

We started off o.k. but wasn't happy with the lighting...
Why did I think that I could do better?

With twin boys I should have just stopped hear but no, I still thought I could do better than this...

They are done holding still.  If my project isn't done in less than a minute forget it....

You can all tell where it goes from here....
If you need a hint this was the last picture out of about 40.

6 1/2 birthday

Last Friday (February 10th)  was the boys half birthday.  They are now 6 1/2!

Since they have a summer birthday and are not able to celebrate it at school with their friends and have cupcakes, wear a special crown and all the other special things that happen at school when it's your birthday, I asked the teacher if it was o.k. if we did a half birthday.   She was kind enough to agree.

It was the best half birthday ever!  At snack time they got to pass out rock climbing cupcakes (had to make mini ones so every student got 2, one from each boy), they also got to wear birthday crowns and be line leaders for the day.  A half birthday doesn't get much better than this.

I have to give my mom credit for this fabulous idea.  My birthday is December 21 (way to close to Christmas to have a birthday party).  Growing up she always made my half birthdays special since it was easier to get my friends together for a party.  Thanks mom!