Personalities.

I had the camera out to take pictures of the girls not really doing anything special, and it was interesting to me to see so much of their personalities come through. Even when they weren't 'really doing anything'. Bella was setting up the Game of Life her picture. I just asked for a smile. When she smiles with a natural smile, her eyes smile too. Wyndham was 'calling Grandma' in her picture, and when she is focused on doing something, you really can't get her to pause. She was too busy and into her little cell phone to stop for pictures.
Then there's Ava. I asked if she wanted to smile and snap a picture for us to put on the computer for her grandmas and Aly to see. This is the look she gave me. Totally giggling and then she did a few twirls and wanted me to take a couple more pictures of her with her tongue out. She said, "They're gonna see me being funny!". I love that I get to see it firsthand. Even if she wears me out most of the time. =)
Finally, I had to take a picture of a bunch of flowers that Brock just brought to me an hour ago. He and I had a rough morning- lots of whining and just general unhappiness with some of the rules he was asked to follow. He must not have eaten enough breakfast, because he was in a rare, crabby mood. Just after lunch he went outside to play with some friends and he was much more pleasant as he headed out the door. The next time I saw him he was bursting into the kitchen shoving this handful of daisys toward me saying, "These are to say how much I love you...and also sort of to smooth things over from before". I had to smile and I wonder at times if Brock is going into politics or something. He has a way with words. =)