TWO years old

We're TWO years old, can you believe it?

well that will be a different post

for now, just sit back

and enjoy the show, 

I mean pictures......

well this is why I'm NOT a professional.

I can't even call myself an amateur photographer.

 I mean the pics are blurry, the light is weird,

or do they call that "exposure"?

who knows. 

I try to turn the options to different settings on the camera

and I just make it worse.

try to see through the bad picture taking

to the subjects themselves.

these little peanuts will save me every time!!!!

oh and certainly an amateur photographer would have remembered

to comb their subjects hair BEFORE taking pictures, right? 

Just trying to wrangle my two boys

to sit for even two minutes, well thats a job by itself. 

I didn't even have lofty goals of them smiling at the camera,

I'd be silly to set those kind of expectations

but looking towards the camera

at the same time

with a clear picture

would have been really nice, ha,ha.

My boys and my lack of camera finesse

have other ideas.....

I tried to bribe one with a foam letter thingy

and the other with a remote

Nicholas took both

and Alex was making a run for it

Do you remember this last year?

the number thing had more pull then I guess.

Luckily we found another remote

I swear boys are born with a gadget gene!!!

you think I could get ONE of them to smile

Each of them wondering if their brother's gadget is better

and thats a wrap!!!!
Nicholas: hey, where's the remote???

(oh thanks for lending us the number Michelle--sorry

about the teeth-marks though!!!!)

oh and can't leave without sharing a few pics of cake,

who could forget cake??

 boys weren't sure what to make of the balloons

or the sitting and waiting.....why are we here?

 and then Elmo came and they were really confused.

Isn't he only on that big box in the living room?

Hubby and my second year in a row

of baking and frosting.

and yum--all dairy free.

well here are the real critics:

 Both are very tentative

 maybe they are wondering what 

happened to their friend Elmo

 where did the cake go?

 well they got over that.

  everyone went back for more

and no one threw up.

I'd call that SUCCESS :)