Best Pics_2010

If I were to have a "Best Pictures of 2010", the below items would definitely be included... I am working on my masterpiece, the Shutterfly Year In Review photo book, and I am considering making a section of that book just for my most favored pictures from the year. Generally, you will find these in my monthly-produced photo books that reside on the bookshelves, but they are probably enjoyable enough (at least to me!) to print twice. Is there agreement? :-)

The first "photo victim" is a January, 2010 snap of Matt and Gracie in the Bears blanket. Gracie's little face coming out of Matt's midsection is just too funny!! This one also hangs in our upstairs hallway as part of a collage.

Photo #2, from February 18, 2010, is a frozen Tyler snap! The expression on his face is priceless! Tongue sticking out, rosy cheeks, and the floppy hat - he is precious!!

This next one is in March, a freshly-braided Gracie in her favorite purple furry coat, with the requisite "tights and a dress" on with ballet flats... drawing outside with chalk. Her favorite thing to draw is a hopscotch board; I think it is good practice for writing out numbers - sometimes I make her "hop" to the Spanish count too :)

Okay, apparently, I took some really nice pics in April 2010, because I couldn't pick just one... or 2...or 3. I picked 6. yep, 6 - it's my blog, my pictures, and I wanted all 6. :)

Gracie and Tyler in Springfield at Easter - the colors in this one are brilliant, and they could not be any cuter!

Totally random Gracie pic - a gift from Grandma in Springfield turns into *FUN TIMES* with the packaging!!!! She was so proud of her Mickey-hat!

***3 more April pictures from an outing to the "Secret Park": Swingin' Away Gracie, The Case of the Curious Boy, and Fencing Lessons with Sticks!!! Someone please ask Matt how many times he has let his daughter totally nail him with one of those "swords"!!!!!!

May 2010 - EXCITING!!! Another 5 pictures for you (and me!) to enjoy here, and after this I will be taking a day's hiatus to gather my thoughts, my favorite pix, and to do some actual work :-)
Probably one of the absolute, most adorable pictures ever taken of Gracie and Tyler together. Thanks to Snapfish for providing the border of my cell-phone-taken

picture!

Gracie, the ballerina - I love this photo, both because it is B&W, and because of the light and lines created by the studio's big windows.

~nothing more precious than a big sister helping her little brother get his shoes off so that they can go make a crazy mess of themselves in a flooded sand volleyball court!

Quickly becoming one of my all-time favorites of a sleeping Tyler (and trust me, I have too many "sleeping Tyler" pictures!!), this sepia snap portrays my little boy as the angel he is!!

And would any collection be complete without a *FUN TIMES* addition?? Kelly's 21st birthday, picture taken at "Blur" - which, for those uninitiated, is the over-21/Friday-night only - Zero Gravity club.

Well, in case anyone besides me reads this, farewell until tomorrow..or the next day... when I do June - November 2010, Favorite Pix. This was fun!!

Jackie.