March Madness

A few random shots from March that I liked and didn't post...

Cherry Blossom Festival 2008

Yesterday we took Carrie to see the world renowned National Cherry Blossom Festival. It was her first time on a Metro and it was PACKED, and then there were hundreds of thousands of people in DC for the opening of the festival, a kite flying tournament, soccer competitions, rugby games, and a marthon. I've never seen so many people there at one time. The blossoms were in full bloom and looked gorgeous. Calvin missed the whole thing, sleeping in his stroller, but the rest of us had a great time. It was really the perfect year to go.

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Barbie EXTREME

So I mentioned on my Easter post that Lindsey, Ariana, and Carrie spent the weekend playing EXTREME Barbie and they even made a little video of their Barbie mutilation efforts. The girls filmed, edited, and posted the video on YouTube. It turned out surprisingly adorable. I have the best nieces and sister. Good job girls!

Check it out:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=73Szhl5jLg4

Spring Photo Shoot

A couple of weeks ago we took Calvin to Kiddie Kandids to get professional photos for Spring (We couldn't post them before now because they were Easter gifts, and sneaky grandparents would have downloaded them early). Overall it was a bad experience, but we ended up with a couple of good shots. The photographer was horrible. She was rude, dumb, and unprofessional. She kept yanking Calvin's arms to position him, banging on the wooden platform to try and get his attention but it scared him instead, she would sit DOWN on the ground and make noises, and then get mad at him for not looking UP at the camera, and every time he smiled, she didn't take the picture. I'm not sure what she was waiting for on shots, but after 45 minutes of her Calvin had had enough. She was a nightmare.

Luckily for them, they had a good sales girl. She showed me different borders and different options for printing out the few good shots. I guess in the end as long as they make their sale, they don't care that their employees are dreadful. Maybe I'm the sucker since I ended up buying a $120 picture package just so I could have the CD containing 6 digital images. Apparently you can't buy JUST the CD. God bless capitalism. I always appreciate paying a premium for the worst possible service. In the end though, it was about getting some fun shots of Calvin to capture this age, and I think we succeeded in that.