Princess for a Day!

On the week of March break we took Loralai to a Princess for a Day event put on by our local Beauty Supply Shop. It was a super cute event, and Loralai had a really great time! She got her nails, make up, and hair done! 

I made a short video to document our fun afternoon:

 Loralai and I had gone to Toys R Us later that evening, and purchased some new accessories for her bike.  

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So after about 5 days after our fun Princess for a Day event had passed, Loralai's daycare provider and Godmother Carrie was caring for Loralai's hurt foot, and happened to notice nits in her hair! Yep you read that correctly Loralai got lice from the Princess for a Day event (no one at daycare had it, only Loralai)! Thank goodness that Carrie found it so early before it broke out into a whole nightmare of a mess...but being called home early from a busy day at work, lots of cleaning and serializing, and $70 later we seemed to have beat the lice...I have one more treatment to do for her tomorrow (7 day mark) to make sure that it is all defeated. 

I do have to admit that when I got the call, I was more terrified that I had it then Loralai having it! But we now are equipped with tea tree oil, to hopefully help ensure that we are not here again...and those school days are approaching very quickly! 

What does your....

PVR recordings say about you?

So I have to say that 99% of the time that I watch TV it is PVR recorded shows; so as I was watching my recorded show this evening, I thought hmm...I wonder what my recorded list says about me? 

Here is my list (it is listed by importance):

Vampire Dairies  - Drama

Grey's Anatomy - Drama 

New Girl - Comedy

Tori and Dean - Reality

Giuliana and Bill - Reality 

How I Met Your Mother - Comedy

2 Broke Girls - Comedy

Whitney - Comedy

The Big Bang Theory - Comedy

Glee - Comedy

So first WOW I follow a lot of shows...OK moving on...so I am about to say a couple of thing that are really embarrassing, first of all Vampire Dairies is the only show that I am obsessed about, that I watch while its taping, and do watch several times before the next episode returns the following week. I also let the PVR tape the first about 10-15 minutes of the show before I start watching, this way I can fast forward through some of the commercials! Genius right?! Ha.  

I personally love my PVR since I can watch the show at any time and not be tied to the TV on any certain evening/time...well except like I mentioned before Thursday nights at 7pm...you will find me glued to the TV...do not try to talk to me during that time! Got it? ;) and I do not have to ever watch commericals!  The only thing that I do not like about the PVR is that at the very end always gets cut off! Ticks me when there is a preview for the following weeks show! 

So what does my list say about me?

Engagement Session

Two of my cousins are getting married this summer, I am so excited to feel all the love in the air! 

I was very honoured that I was able to take the engagement photo's for Kim and her finance Matt, and that I will be taking the wedding photo's for my cousin Chrissy and her finance Chris...how exciting and nerve racking is that?!! 

Here are some of the engagement photo's of Kim and Matt...enjoy! 

Happy Valentines Day!

We did most of our celebrating on Sunday, we baked cupcakes, made a mail box for all the valentines, and even had a little fun in front of the camera!  

This morning at about 6:45am, we signed all of the Valentines for Loralai's friends at daycare, and Loralai got her Valentine from Mommy and Daddy! 

Happy Valentines Day! Hope you got to spend it with the people you love! 

Impromptu Photoshoot

First of all I finally got my new camera! I am so in love, but of course it will take me while to play with it to get a hang of everything that it is capable of! 

second of all...my Peekaboo & Polkadot website has finally launched! I am super excited,  and hopeful about the new possibilities and path that I am taking! 

Last but not least, Drake and Loralai had a quick impromptu Valentine photo session just the other evening! 

My favourite picture of the session! 

How beautiful are these two kids? <3 they just have so much personality! 

This is how you continue to keep preschoolers engaged...you have to let them make silly faces every so often! 

Winterfest

This afternoon my Mom and I took Loralai and her friend Drake to Winterfest! 

Now all the activities were basically created for a cold snowy winter, and because it has been very mild, and we have hardly had any snow (they actually had to have snow shipped in for the event)...our day ended up being a little muddy and wet, but the kids (and me too) had so much fun! Drake's Mom met up with us a little later since she had to go into work for a little while. 

We started with the ice maze, horse drawn wagon ride, watching the helicopter rides, sliding (more like walking) down the snow slides, getting some cotton candy, riding some of the amusement park rides,  and looking at the ice sculptures! Although it was on the milder side, I guess because it was damp, it took me forever to warm back up after we got home. But it was worth it! 

Here are some pictures of our adventure! 

Quote of the week.

This quote is relevant for anyone who has a dream and wants to make it into a reality, but just needs some encouragement. I choose this quote for me this week because taking my dream of starting a small photography business is a big investment of both time and money, and sometimes I have to be reminded that dreams can come true if we have the courage to take the risk, know that their will be setbacks and learning curves along the way, but the reward will be amazing. 

The quote of the week:

Hope everyone has a great week! 

Newborn Session Sneakpeek - Baby Carter

I got to photograph an adorable little 2 week old baby boy named Carter. He was awake during the entire session, but he was so good. 

Price List

I did some research of companies that have a similar vibe to my own, then on similar companies in my area, took into consideration the newness of my company, and came up with a price list! 

I will be offering a 20% discount while I am building my portfolio. 

Branding

I am super excited to say that I have been branded! 

It is obviously important to have a brand that you are able to use to market your business. I found both my logo and brand on Etsy.com. Of course the prices and designs that you can choose from vary vastly; I choose a logo and brand that was fairly inexpensive since I am just beginning my business, and have a very small budget for marketing. However, even with this small marketing budget, I wanted to make sure the design suited my vision, and be something that would invite/draw people in. 

The package that I purchased came with the following items:

2 - CD/DVD Case Wrapper (Miller's Lab Specifications)
2 - CD/DVD Labels
2 - Tri Fold Brouchures (WHCC Specs)
2 - Blog Banners 
2 - Facebook Badges
2 - Thank You Cards
Business Card (Two Sided)
Rep Card (Two Sided)
2 - Letterheads
2 - #10 Envelopes
2 - Return Address Labels
2 - Stickers
Gift Certificate - (Two Sided)
Price List (Two Sided)

Here is a glimpse at some of the items that I have already been playing around with:

Example of business card

Example of business card

One example of a CD sticker 

Facebook badge 

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