This costume was a hit. It was also a lot to explain.

Backlog - photos of A in January 2016. She had a good month!

"Arithmetic arithmetock, Turn the hands back on the clock..." - Tom Waits, "Alice"

Elf pajamas and raw cookie dough. All signs of a pretty great holiday.

I promise I didn't enjoy torturing my child with Santa visits. And I will say, A's look there of pure hidden glee turned out to be pretty prescient.

Scooting through the photo backlog, taking a peek at Thanksgiving of 2015.

Leafy photos both in our old front yard and on campus at our local university.

Lighting photo class was not my favorite class.

One of our goofiest Halloweens

Real people problems - a Halloween version.

Bringing a little history to Halloween in 2022.

A very historical Halloween - we really leaned into the late greats in 2021.

The most socially-distanced Halloween to date.

Our second-most monochromatic Halloween ever.

Happy birth month, A!

Our most monochrome Halloween ever.

It was sprinkling yet sunny, and I'd just gotten a new umbrella and had a cover for my lens. The kids were good sports. I have debated if any of these were worth a shot at the State Fair salon. If anyone had any input, I'd love to hear it.

Halloween started to get way more fun once both kids were old enough to trick-or-treat for longer.

School's out for summer! School's out forever. I'm bored to pieces....

A is a perfect Hermione, and C's first year going trick-or-treating