Busy Busy Brasilliant. What is She Doing?

Brasilliant delegating.

Brasilliant celebrating.

Brasilliant roasting.

Brasilliant's baby toddler toasting.

Brasilliant playgrouping.

Brasilliant smooching.

If I were trying to replicate the Busy Animal books in earnest, I'd have a photo of me sleeping (and or looking a little bit dead). But I don't. So, smooches will just have to do.

Summer

Still a little cool for June (not that I'm complaining), but I see many days in the park ahead.

And We Shall Call Him Mischief

Little is now more mobile, but more importantly, more curious. He's in and on and under anything within his path. At the end of the day, it looks like a mini tornado touched down in our dining room and living room (as evidenced by last night's photo). I'm not complaining (much), his mischievousness makes him increasingly more fun. 

Today he figured out how to pull fun stuff out of my fabric and notions stash. He tried ripping and chewing the lace, but (unlike the newspaper) it just wouldn't budge. He quickly lost interest and moved on to his next target.

 


















He's particularly fond of the drawer pulls on the chest that serves as his changing table. They make a fabulous noise when pulled and dropped and apparently taste pretty good too. 

He also found a new morning time friend -- his shadow.

And all of his tasks are accomplished with an endless supply of determination.

Great Camera Debate

I've been pondering DSLR cameras for a while, but started seriously doing some research after playing around with one on a recent visit to my parents' house. I then realized that while my point and shoot takes lovely photos, I'm really missing out. I also feel that it's not completely unreasonable for me to look into shifting into better quality photos, given that I took photography in college and really enjoyed walking around with my camera in hand -- and since I now have such a fun subject, I've really been itching to start up again. 

After doing initial research, I narrowed it down to two companies, Canon and Nikon, which are pretty much the leaders in the DSLR business. Since I already own a Canon SLR, I decided that I'd just run with it and stick to what I know. I didn't bother looking at Nikon, because it was a lot easier to compare models within one family than look at the multitude of options that arise when you open the playing field. Until a week ago, I'd settled on the Canon T2i. It's on the higher end of entry-level cameras and was pretty much going to max out my budget, but I decided that maybe I should invest in a body that I could grow into and invest in a nice lens at a (much) later date.

However, I went over to our friends' house and got to play around a bit with his new Nikon. I really liked the feel and it prompted me into expanding my research. After doing a bit more digging, I learned that you're pretty much a "Canon" or a "Nikon" kind of person, so I didn't take this search lightly knowing that it would likely set my camera preference for the foreseeable future. A million camera forums later, I came to realize that unless I'm going to really start to do specialized professional photography, a good entry-level DSLR body will do, but it's the lens that matters. With the Nikon that I'm looking at, I'll save about $200-250 on the body and kit lens, which means that I can really learn how to use the camera and invest in a good lens right away.


I went to a couple of camera shops in town and played around with both. I think my mind is set, the Nikon is my camera of choice.