might be a wee bit quiet around here

I’m prepping like a mad-lady for the Nursing is Normal – Madison Gallery Night showing this Friday at the Goodman Community Center.  There will be wine and food and music 5-9, plus the chance to see the beautiful new community center!!  149 Waubesa.

And the last class….

Seriously – these kids were so flippin’ lovely to be around!  I’m kinda sad not to be going back this next week….

I kinda can’t wait til next year!!

What can I say?

I almost scooped them all up and took them home with me.

Here are the littlest ones for picture day….

Seriously – what a joy….

Here are some of my favs from the first of two kindergarten classes….

Okay, okay – I gotta stop!  I think I’d post one pic of every kid – I seriously have a “favorite” pic out of each set.  Goodness – beautiful light and great kids = a fantastic day!

My girl’s grade

What is it they say about the cobbler’s children?  Well – my kid was an awful picture-taker for school picture day!  LOL.  I got at least four good shots of each of the 22 kids I photographed, with the exception of MY kid.  Haaaaa.

But I got some lovely shots of the other kidlets…

(Haa – just noticed the food stain – this was directly after lunch.  I might need to go back and remove than, hey?!)

Tomorrow and the next day I’ll be hanging with the littler ones – I’m so looking forward to it!  What a wonderful bunch of kids….

School portraits

I had the opportunity to do school portraits for my daughter’s school and my, what fun!  I started with the Grade Two/Three and they just seemed so…..old!  I know they are only one and two years older than my girl, but what a difference.

Here are some of my favorite photographs:

Things went quite smoothly and much faster than I thought – even kids who I know well who usually ham it up on overtime when I have my camera out were sweet and genuine.   So much fun!!

International Babywearing Week

Happy Bambino helped Madison celebrate International Babywearing with a babywearing fashion show this past weekend.

baby hip sitting in an adjustable cotton pouch

mama wearing a toddler on her back in a soft structured carrier, and a baby on her front in a stretchy wrap.

baby being carried on the back in a ring sling

small babe being carried in a woven wrap

toddler being carried on her papa

1yo being carried on her mama

members of the madison babywearing group who came in as models