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{Boy Room Decor, Part 2} Seattle Area Lifestyle Photographer

February 19th, 2012

Having two artistic and opinionated boys results in a lot of not-so-subtle parental guidance towards room decor. I have already talked about some of the decorating we’ve done in the boys’ shared room in my boy room decor, part 1 post. In this post, I’ll talk about the art gallery arrangement we have up on [...]

 

Having two artistic and opinionated boys results in a lot of not-so-subtle parental guidance towards room decor. I have already talked about some of the decorating we’ve done in the boys’ shared room in my boy room decor, part 1 post. In this post, I’ll talk about the art gallery arrangement we have up on the wall to display the copious amounts of artwork the boys seem to churn out. Younger brother also finally gave us his approval on what he wanted for his part of the bunk bed, so we have the finished rocketship bunk bed as well. Hooray!

Here is what our art wall gallery looks like. The IMAGINE letters were cut by my husband and painted by the boys. I strung picture wire on nails to make the two rows. The wooden turtle, train, sailboat and soccer ball were purchased at Michael’s and also painted by the boys. They are there to cover up the nail heads.

I used clothespins to pin the pictures to the picture wire. We cut out the stars from scrapbook paper, then glued them to the clothespin for a fancier look

My son shows off how pleased he was to finally have someplace he could display his work.

My husband dressed the boys in preparation for their help with painting the rocket ship.

Little brother was very intent on helping

Big brother was much better on spreading on a thin coat of primer, as opposed to the glupping on that little brother was doing. :)

And…ta dah! The finished rocket ship bed!

Can you spot the three year old? He loves his new, sleek rocket ship bed.

 

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{Year of the Dragon} Seattle Area Lifestyle Photographer

February 17th, 2012

While January 1st may  be celebrated as the New Year in western cultures, in most Asian countries new year is celebrated on the Lunar calendar. In Viet Nam, it’s called Tet and it started on January 23rd this year. 2012 is also the Year of the Dragon, which is special to me because it’s also [...]

 

While January 1st may  be celebrated as the New Year in western cultures, in most Asian countries new year is celebrated on the Lunar calendar. In Viet Nam, it’s called Tet and it started on January 23rd this year. 2012 is also the Year of the Dragon, which is special to me because it’s also the birth year for myself and my husband. The boys are Year of the Rooster (2005) and Year of the Rat (2008) respectively.  People born in the Year of the Dragon are said to be prosperous, attractive, arrogant, and charismatic. The Seattle area has a great Tet in Seattle celebration every year which features delicious Vietnamese cuisine, dragon dancing, and a fun kids’ show put on by local schools. We celebrated this year by eating great food, making dragon shadow puppets, and checking out the lion dances!


Dragon dancers are the bomb!

I found this Chinese dragon shadow puppet template and had the boys each make one. I glued the template to a cereal box to make it sturdier. here my littlest one shows off his awesome coloring job.

The six year old did this one, can you tell? All cut out and glued together. 

 

Raow rawo raow! I love the look of adoration on little brother’s face. I’m fairly certain there was a story being played out when i took this picture.

The boys in the traditional Vietnamese Ao Dai

 

Playing with their dragon puppets

 

If you ask my kids, the best part of New Year is always lixi, which means lucky money. It comes in little red envelops like this.

 

I think this smile sums up what he thought about the red envelop.

This was the first year my youngest really understood that getting lixi meant money. Here was what he thought of the whole thing.

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{My Heart} – Seattle Area Lifestyle Photographer

February 14th, 2012

This week’s challenge at I Heart Faces is, appropriately enough, Hearts. I think this is one of my favorite shots of the boys ever. The background is just an old red fleece blanket I  had them lie down on. I love how their hands and toes just touch. Click on the link, or the camera [...]

 

This week’s challenge at I Heart Faces is, appropriately enough, Hearts. I think this is one of my favorite shots of the boys ever. The background is just an old red fleece blanket I  had them lie down on. I love how their hands and toes just touch. Click on the link, or the camera button below to check out more fun heart entries!

 

Click here to see more awesome “Heart” photos!
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{Oh So Silly} Seattle Area Child Lifestyle Photographer

January 30th, 2012

So picture this scene. I’ve got the boys fed. Everyone’s gone potty. They aren’t fighting with each other. No lego robot wars are going on, or any stealth ninja Jedi swordfights. They even agree to sit on my little photography setup next to each other and I think, oh goodie! I’m finally going to get [...]

 

So picture this scene. I’ve got the boys fed. Everyone’s gone potty. They aren’t fighting with each other. No lego robot wars are going on, or any stealth ninja Jedi swordfights. They even agree to sit on my little photography setup next to each other and I think, oh goodie! I’m finally going to get a nice shot of the boys together!

Then I snap the picture and get this. Ah well. I can always try another day. As much as I love the posed shots, I think the silly shots show off their personality much better.

 

For more silliness, check out the Oh So Silly post at I Heart Faces

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