Coley was the second kiddo to redeem his Lunch-with-Mom coupon last week.
His only request was Mexican food (which unfortunately, doesn't translate into photos quite as lovely as Annie's picnic photos.)
He's just a bean & cheese burrito (with leaves sprouting out his ears) kind of a guy.
That's an iced-tea with extra lemon for me and a Shirley Temple for him.
And I surprised him with chocolate chip cake from Yummy Cakes.
And the focus is soft on that one, but I love it all the same.
And to answer a few questions:
1. I just set my camera ont he cement and used the self-timer in those shots of Annie and I.
2. I found the pink lunchbox Annie was using at a junk shop a few years back. (We got the kids new, cheap, retro, metal lunchboxes from Old Navy for Christmas.)
3. I usually pick up cupcakes from the Fred Meyer Bakery dept. - they're so good. (But the cake from Yummy Cakes is amazing!)
4. Hope I didn't miss anything.
I love this idea of having a special one on one lunch with each of the kids! And that they get to choose what they want for lunch! So cool!
Posted by: Sam F | March 16, 2011 at 11:57 AM
so adorable! what a speical time!
just curious.....I've been wanting a full frame camera for quite a while and was leaning towards the D700.....but I keep hearing about how great the D7000 is and I'm torn. If you were to just have 1 camera, which would you choose....a full frame or the other?
Thanks!
:)
Julie
Love your blog!
Posted by: Julie Long | March 16, 2011 at 12:23 PM
I want a special lunch with you!
Posted by: Kelli | March 16, 2011 at 01:20 PM
You should have a lunch date with Ross too:)
Posted by: Kristina | March 16, 2011 at 01:43 PM
Always wonderful Karen. May I ask, why did you shoot with the d700 this time, and the d7000 with Annie? Is there sometimes you know you will want the full frame, and sometimes you know you want the crop? I realize that may be a bigger question than I should pose in a blog comment :). Anyway, both sets of photos are wonderful, they are lucky kiddos:).
Posted by: Karen H | March 16, 2011 at 02:41 PM
We love seeing you in the photos...but wouldn't you like to be a fly on the wall and be there when the kids redeem their lunches with Dad.
Posted by: Judy Webb | March 16, 2011 at 03:08 PM
love the soft focus of the photo of you and c. and i adore the look of delight on his face in the cake photo. much what i bet face would look like if someone bought me a cake :)
Posted by: sarah | March 16, 2011 at 03:53 PM
I don't know, Karen. I think these are lovely. They're I love my mama lovely. Love his chocolate cupcake face. Pure anticipation!
Posted by: Lynn | March 16, 2011 at 04:10 PM
Your pictures look great. I am with Coley I choose mexican too. I am hoping to go out for a mexican dinner for my birthday this weekend. I love the soft focus shot. Just curious how you are editing these days. Are you only using Erin's Clean Color techniques? Have you been using any actions lately?
Posted by: Amy | March 16, 2011 at 05:37 PM
He looks so much like Ross in that last picture!! What a great gift to give your kids! Thanks for telling us about it. And now I'm hungry for Mexican food :)
Posted by: Crystal | March 16, 2011 at 05:53 PM
I love the way you guys make time for your family this way! More great shots!
Posted by: Stephanie C. | March 17, 2011 at 06:35 AM
Can I have a lunch date with you? ;-)
Posted by: Melanie | March 17, 2011 at 09:39 AM
My girls are now teens, and these lunch dates are memories of long ago...but we have evening Starbucks dates!
Posted by: cinback | March 17, 2011 at 01:28 PM
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