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Fun Friday!

Today if fun for me for a few reasons. First, and most importantly, J rode his bike to school. This is a huge accomplishment. J has never been very fond of bicycles much to Hubby and I’s dismay. He has two trikes, and three two wheelers that were handed down from his Brother, A, just waiting to be riden. So far Apple has ridden his trike more than he has/had.

Up until yesterday, his training wheels still made his bike wobble all the way down the street. I asked my girlfriend if I could try her son’s old trainers, perhaps they are stronger than the ones we had. I put them on yesterday morning and J hopped on his bike after school. As he was riding down the street without any help from me he was cheering himself on yelling, “Yippee, Yahoo!”. Then, he declared he could ride to his buddy’s house no problem. I was a happy Mom.

When J asked to ride his bike to school this morning, I was skeptical. I had visions of tears, and me walking the bike and frustrations. But, he promised to make it all the way to school. And when we were almost there I said, “J, I thought for sure you would be crying by now.” His response was, “me too.”

*edited to add: I tried to upload a video, but it messes up my whole page.  If anyone can share tips with me on uploading videos, I would much appreciate it. 

My second reason for a fun Friday is that I have my second wedding shoot tomorrow so I am gearing up and very, very excited. Last time I was a little nervous, the bride had never had photos of her turn out but, knowing how much she loved them and loved having me there, has given me that extra bit of encouragement that I needed for tomorrow. I have had this wedding booked since last August so I am been going over it in my mind again and again. I just hope it turns out as well as I have wanted it to.

While getting my gear ready, I have been wishing that I had purchased a ShootSac by Jessica Claire. I have been coveting the ShootSac for a while now, but just can’t seem to be able to justify the price tag, yet. For now I use my trusty rolling suitcase. In the suitcase are two camera bags (You must have a backup when shooting a wedding), my reflector kit, my flash kit, extra batteries, extra memory cards, chargers, just in case, shooting notes and contact numbers. I may bring along another shoulder bag and pretend it’s a real ShootSac, fill it with my lenses and flash and what not that I need to carry around and leave the bigger bag in the truck. I will decide sometime tomorrow morning, I am sure.

And my last reason Friday is fun for me this week is that for my Fit-in 15 we put on the Wii and bowled a few frames. Again, we lasted longer than 15 minutes, but we had fun and got some exercise, not something I usually do on a Friday afternoon.

Categories: Exercise, Fun Stuff to do with Kids, Photography, Uncategorized

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  • Chantal June 19, 2009, 3:37 pm

    Yay J! That is excellent. My M started riding his two wheel bike (with training wheels of course) last week and he is already talking about me taking them off!

  • Kami June 19, 2009, 4:15 pm

    Yay for J on the bike! It took Jack a bit to catch on too but then once he did he was on two wheels before we knew it. Kamden has been quicker to catch on and I think it’s because he sees Jack scooting around. I think learning to ride a bike is a Canadian right of passage for any kid, I just love watching them do it!

    Good luck with the wedding shoot and I can’t wait to see the gorg shots you will get!

  • Meghann June 19, 2009, 5:35 pm

    Wow, what a great day! I hope you have fun tomorrow 🙂

  • andrea from the fishbowl June 20, 2009, 7:47 am

    omg I covet the ShootSac. I’ve never seen that before. It’s gorgeous.
    Good luck at the wedding!! And yay for J!

  • Lynn June 20, 2009, 8:23 am

    Good luck on the photo shoot…I’m sure it will be awesome. I’d love to see some of the shots if it is okay with the bride and groom to post them!

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