Fun with the new lens

Last week I got a new lens, and I've been having a lot of fun with it. It's a prime lens (so it can't zoom in and out) but the largest aperture it can have is 1.8 as compared to the 4.0 I'm used to (meaning it can open up more and let more light in, thus allowing me to use faster shutter speeds, thereby allowing for indoor photography in the lighting dungeon that is my house) so it's very exciting.

Here are some of the pictures I've taken over the last week:

One sleepy baby. Eli has started rubbing his eyes with the back of his hand when he's really tired. It's cute, except for when it knocks his soother out.

I love this shot of Pippin! He was stretching and showing off for the camera, and I happened to take this photo at just the right time.

Beautiful, beautiful girl! I mostly have sleeping photos of Terrah, as it's all she does! It was like that with Elijah too; it took so long to get a photo with his eyes open.

All I can think of when I see this photo is that song where the only words are, "Da da da..." OH! Or maybe the song that goes, "I'm just mad about saffron..."

Proof that Elijah has been focusing on his hands a lot lately.

What do you mean, there's no such thing as cooties? And even if there isn't, she's still wearing pink. And she's touching me.

Eli getting some tips on being a cousin to a dainty girl rather than a rough-and-tumble boy.

He's got the weight of the world on his shoulders. Until he falls over, that is.

Anyway, I'm loving the lens because I can blur out the background more easily with it. Fun times.

Another thing that I've been up to lately is I wrote a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days. I'm having a lot of fun trying to get it done, and it's helped me be more task-oriented (even if they're little tasks!) I'm such a list person, and I find it fun to check things off on my list, even if it's something as small as going on a picnic. So here's the link to my list, check it out! And if you decide to make a list too, let me know. I'll keep tabs and encourage when needed.

The cool thing about the website is that you can go see other peoples' lists to get ideas. I had a fun time reading the funny things that people write on their lists. Here were some of my favourites:

Pick up Matildas poop with out complaining

Practice my multiplication every monday for 2 months

Play wii fit at least once a month (not very ambitious, huh?)

Read 50 english books not including Archie comic books (LOVE IT!)

Get my Facebook Scrabble win/loss ratio back to 3:1 (meaning find more sucky players to play against)(I didn't write that in brackets, the person wrote that...hahaha)

Go on 8 hikes. (Hike is defined as a 2 hour nature walk involving sweating and gasping for breath at least once.)(same as above, totally not my brackets!)

Try 3 new drugs (hmm...use much? To think this is on someone's goal list...)

One thing I thought was interesting was how 90% of the people who made lists appeared to be female. I wonder why that is.

Anyway, I've got to run, we were supposed to start our movie 1/2 an hour ago. Oops! Sorry Matt.