< photo a day project-day 10 >

After an after-nap bath (you can assume why that was necessary ...), my little girl was in such a goofy mood.  She's such a silly little girl.  I actually got a few shots I loved, but this one really captured her so well.  She seems to always have this glow of a smile on her face, which I absolutely love. 

Which goes so well with the picture of her big sister for today.  This was taken right after we got home from a local Japanese play group we go to.  She was pretty mad we had to leave.  I was worried to post this, especially paired with the happy picture of her baby sister.  But then I thought to myself, "this is what I love about photographing children!  You get the WHOLE spectrum."  And I love this face.  It's part of what makes her so unique and beautiful and perfect to me.  And you know what?  When she's older, I'll miss her grumpy face.  Because I bet by then, it will come with much more attitude.

< photo a day project-day 9 >

After a creative highlight day like yesterday, it's too bad I forgot to take pictures until it was too late for some good natural light today.  And I'm not good at artificial light.  So boo to me for that.  But I think I still got some "full of personality" kind of photos of my cuties.  My big girl sure loves to jump off of the bottom stairs.  Even when she falls.

< photo a day project-day 8 >

I got tutus for the girls at the $1 spot at Target today.  They insisted on putting one on the dog.  He was pretty terrified.  (And no, that's not a gigantic thumb, she's holding a mini maraca)  Then after naps, we watched Ponyo and snuggled on the couch.  I love my girls.

< photo a day project-day 7 >

My kids love Japanese food.  There are days they both refuse pasta, sandwiches, yogurt, cheese, anything most kids eat.  But they'll eat rice, seaweed, eggs, and tofu.  I can't really complain, though.  It's a pretty balanced meal.

< photo a day project-day 6 >

Today's photo isn't my greatest work, by any means.  And I only got a picture of my oldest because ... well, I forgot about taking pictures until the sun had set.  It happens so early these days.

It was fun to photograph anyway, even with the dingy light in that corner of my kitchen.  We made Japanese hot pots for dinner, and my daughter helped make the rustic hand-pulled noodles.  A perfect project for an almost 3 year old, no?

< photo a day project-day 5 >

Snow lighting is my favorite kind of lighting.  Bright, white, and even.  So I had to take advantage of it when I awoke to the sparkly falling snow.  And my girls had so much fun.  I love that they're such good friends.

 That was the official photo of the day, but I wanted to sneak in a few more because I didn't want these to get neglected.  I mean, can you really get too much of little girls in tutus and ruffles?

< photo a day project-day 4 >

My brother in Japan sends us DVDs of Japanese kids' shows once in a while, so a couple of times a week, we have some Japanese TV time.  At first I wasn't sure how productive they were since the kids both had a glazed over look in their eyes, but my daughter started saying random things to me in Japanese this week.  So I guess it's worth it:)

< photo a day project-day 3 >

We had an oddly busy day today so one of my pictures is from my phone.  But I actually really like it.

< photo a day project-day 2 >

< photo a day project-day 1 >

I was inspired by a photographer I love to follow to take a photo every day for a month.  Her pictures of her little boy were so silent and emotional and sweet, and I loved seeing how she saw her day-to-day interactions with him.  So I decided I'm going to do the same for the month of February.  But I have 2 kids, so I'll probably be taking 2 photos a day.  Unless I can get them in a picture together.  I'm excited for this project.  I've been feeling like my style hasn't developed or improved much in the last few months, and it's time for a creativity boost.  We'll see how I feel at the end of the month.  I'll at least have 28~56 good daily pictures of my kids.  So here we go.

We had freezing rain last night.  My big girl woke up sick a few times last night.  And her little sister woke up after that with a slight fever.  I didn't get much sleep.  So, needless to say, it's been a lazy morning of lots of movies, books, and snuggles at our house today.