A few weeks ago, Maya and I went to play on the beach and took some pictures. In my mind, I had ONE shot I wanted to take. Anything past that would be great. We ended up playing for TWO HOURS, and I kept taking shots here and there, which means…a LOT of pictures!
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The main catalyst was @TheMomEditdoing a brand new #TMEStyleChallenge You KNOW I LOVE THOSE! 🤗
This was a WHILE ago, and…I didn’t post them here in real time-aka NO TIME!
But…For week 1 “Show us your best rainy day outfit” . DONE AND DONE!
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I’ve been sporadic in my blog posts lately… I kept looking for a reason to come back. A reason to post. The main reason I started this blog was to document US playing. As Maya’s gotten older, that’s gotten harder. She has LOTS of other extracurricular activities that I am involved in, and those have taken a precedence.
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BUT…when we do outings just with us? Admittedly, I have to talk her into them at first, but once we are out…2 hours flies by and we are both laughing and having fun! I’m left totally happy and filled to the brim with joy-both creatively (to be honest) and with the fact that I just spent two hours playing with HER. NOT with her other friends on a park play date, not at a sporting event, not sitting on her bed reading (which I DO LOVE!). ❤️
But…OUTSIDE, PLAYING, LAUGHING…THAT makes us both happy! ❤️❤️❤️
I think we’ve both missed it.
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I have no idea how often this will happen. It used to be almost every day, but…I will cherish every time it does happen and post the shit out of it! haha
SO…here’s a really long blog post!
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Of course this stuffy is in most of our shots, and you know what? Don’t care!
You know I love a good shoe shot!
But LOVE these even more!!
CRAB!
My attempt at an “artistic shot” 😂
So, I had this idea in my head for a shot, but…it ended up being harder than I thought to capture haha.
Here’s me attempting to show Maya what I wanted her to do…
In the end…here’s a composite shot of three different shots. The best part about this, was the fact that Maya totally got into it. She even told me exactly where she wanted everything to be in this final edited shot 🙂 .
Loooooove all these next ones!!!!
Me telling her to NOT get any closer. Of course she wanted to go pet it!
On me…
Nailed it!! ha 🙂
I can’t resist twinning in thrifted Hunter boots!!
Looooove these!
My high tech set up for getting the boots shots above… 😉
I’m sure most people wouldn’t think of playing on the beach in the waves when it’s 44 degrees and super windy outside, but we had so much fun!
Of course she thought it was hilarious trying to get ME into the water!
I looooove that this almost looks like she’s playing in the snow in these next ones!
Her face!! LOVE!
Not really an outtake, but her pose!! KILLS ME!
If you look close, you can see blue fingers 😉 You can also see two bandaids on her elbow and another one on her finger. Yes, we made TWO trips back up to the office and they were so sweet. Note to self. ALWAYS carry bandaids!! I usually carry them in my purse, but didn’t have it with me ;(
On me…
Showing me her owie (from trying to pick her own blackberries ;() 
Everything about this. Her face, the fact that I didn’t move the focusing stand out of the way.
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