new camera eyes

Grandpa's got a new camera.  It's new to him, and gets nice clear shots with a  big zoom.  It's also new to us, since he captures scenes that we would never think to photograph.  It's definitely safe to say that Grandpa's camera sees the neighborhood with different eyes than I do - in a really cool way!  [Some of those photos coming in another post.]

But in the meantime, here are a few of my favorites he took of the children our first few days together....

Isaac at his school gate.  He wears this jacket, hood up, all the time.  I look at this picture and think "that is totally Isaac".

I love this next one for lots of reasons, but especially because Grandpa caught Luke with his arm slung around Isaac's neck.   A classic Luke pose!  He'll wrap that arm around your neck in a heartbeat, especially if he cries out in the middle of the night and you go to comfort him..... he'll hook that elbow over your neck and never let go!

And this next series is just plain fun.  The girls asked for a shot of them jumping...    and John Paul wanted in on the action.

This sequence is just good for the laugh -

girls on the upward journey (John Paul pre-launch)

girls at the peak (little bro almost ready)

girls heading back down (and John Paul is soooo close!)

and he's finally airborne! Just as the girls feet touch the ground! 

We continue to enjoy our days together.  Today (Wednesday) we played hooky from home school and Chinese school so we could visit a nearby mall.  A great indoor play land and western food lunch - everybody happy :)  And sleeping well tonight!