Ice Cream Cone

 

Conversations with a Toddler

Now that Allison’s vocabulary is a bit more extensive, we can actually have “conversations” with her.  Otherwise known as, “stupid kid tricks for our own amusement.”

Matt:  “What does a cow say?”

Allison:  “Moo!”

Matt:  “What does a pig say?”

Allison:  “Onk Onk!”

Matt:  “What does a duck say?”

Allison:  “Qack Qack!”

Matt:  “What does Swiper say?”

Allison:  “Oh, Maaaaaaannnnnn!” (Hand movement included.)*

Dying.

The kicker came when he asked what Mommy says.  Her response?  “Hug, Hug, Hug.” 

*Melts*

*Many of the people I’ve told this story to have no clue who Swiper is.  It kinda takes the fun out of telling it.  I mean, how can anyone not know Dora the Explorer’s entire life story?  That little Mexican is going to take over the world someday.

It’s not overexposed. It’s Artsy.

I recently stumbled onto this blog Live, Love, TRAVEL .  Jaymi takes amazing photos and is generous enough to share her photography experience with the blogosphere.  My favorite feature of her blog (aside from the beautiful images) is her photo edits.  She has inspired me to take another stab at Photoshop.

The above photo was taken at a post-wedding BBQ in Indiana a couple weeks ago.  I really loved how bright green the grass background was, but unfortunately, the sun was so harsh it totally washed Allison out.  But I loved the composition and thought maybe I could fix it.  After much tinkering, I thought maybe desaturating the image would tone down her glaringly white skin.  I used The Pioneer Woman’s B&W Beauty Photoshop action and while the highlights are still pretty bright, I think it salvaged an otherwise overexposed photo.  Because high contrast B&W = artsy. 

However Matt still isn’t a fan because Allison’s hand is up her dress.  But that’s totally acceptable for a 2 year old, right?