I’m excited to be gearing up for my third year shooting for our local MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group for their spring fundraiser! For the past two years, we’ve done this ninja style, borrowing an incredibly gracious family’s backyard (all right, we took over their entire house, I admit it), and I spent 2-3 days rolling around in the dirt taking pictures of all kinds of cute children. It’s been a ton of fun, but we were all ready for a little something different this year. This year, we’re stepping back a little bit, but really focusing in on just our (beautiful) children.
The theme: Simplicity. We’re setting up a very simple “room” and just having fun! We expect our kids to show up happy, silly, goofy, and laughing. If she wants to bring a favorite toy (exhibit A: my husband’s “Pooh Bear” from when he was a child–his mother saved it for us), or the rain boots he won’t ever take off, that’s awesome. The dates are March 5 & 6.
Of course, when I think of children and cherished objects, I think of my five year old and her pink blankie. This hasn’t always been her go to blankie–when she was a baby we had a small one with ladybugs and her name on it, and another that had castles and fairies, but as she grew, she decided she needed a bigger one. I think the important part of the combination is her thumb, anyway.
I do recommend that you go a step or two beyond what I did with my girl–seeing as how I didn’t brush her hair or wash the red marker off of her index finger (the index finger right under her nose). Oops.
If you are a local mom and want to support our MOPS group and get some beauteous pictures of your children (you do not have to be a MOPS member), you can sign up to be part of this event on the MOPS of New Hope website (don’t ask me for coupons or times or anything, because I don’t know). All of the coupon sales benefit MOPS of New Hope, and so does a portion of the proceeds from print sales.
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by robin cornett
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