Just Playing around with my new backdrop....

I'm a horrible Mom. I bribe my kids. Not with money mind you, but with ice cream, or chocolate (what can I say, they're my blood, so of course those things are going to work on them). If any of them have weight issues when they're older they're totally going to blame me. I don't do it often. Only when I want some pictures of them. Can you tell their Mom takes way to many pictures?

Well, my sweet little Jake is turning 7 this month. I rarely get pictures of this guy. He's just to busy. When we went skiing the other day I kept trying to get pictures of him, but he's so fast that I would miss him everytime! He's like that with everything, just always on the move. It makes it tough to get a picture of this active kid. So on Sunday I had a little free time and my new backdrop, so I did what any logical Mother in my postition would do. I bribed my kid. This is what I got for one Cadbury Egg (I definitely got the better end of the deal!!!).

Isn't he cute! He's totally entering that awkward missing front teeth stage. It's so cute, because his new front tooth is huge. I just love it!

I love this one because this is such a classic look from him when something cracks him up.

Right as I was taking this picture he said, "Mom, REMEMBER, that Cadbury Egg thing? Can I have it NOW please?" He was totally done.

And this is my fav of them all just because it is soooo him! He's just so sweet and helpful. I'm so blessed to have this kiddo around!

And of course, I can't pull out my camera without taking a few of Abbey. She thinks it's so funny to pull off her hats and cute hairbows now. I can't keep them on her! Luckily I snapped this one right before she pulled it off.

This is her Christmas dress that I never got around to taking her to a studio to get pictures of her wearing it. I guess these will have to do.

What a complete cheeseball!

I just love her lips in this one. She looks so feminine to me!