This is the latest shots of my 5 year old daughter, Maria. She was very cooperative with our session and she did good. Well, she was happy with her new boots and dress…he-he. ...

We just had a parent and teacher conference about my daughter Maria. There are many questions that have been answered and are clear in my mind now. Two weeks after Maria started school she began to bring books home to read every night. So I asked the teacher about it. She told me that Maria has a reading group class. Every day she has to go out from her classroom to join the reading group for 30 minutes. She said my daughter is showing an extraordinary ability in her reading at school. This is the teacher’s first encounter with a student that is this advanced in reading fluency. She said ...

My children and I didn’t go out this weekend, but I still took some photos of them. This is the first time I have ironed and straightened their hair. The set up didn’t look good because it was sunny and there was not enough shade. Shooting with too much sunlight or direct sunlight can lead to images that have high contrast and colors may be over saturated. I wanted to use some of my props to naturalize the skin tone, but it wasn’t easy for me to manage. My children are young and they can’t hold still yet. I am not an expert in photography and an extra hand is really needed. ...

Bianca sings a lot of songs. And I try to record her when I can. The first video didn’t turn out so good, so I made another video of her. This time, she is a little bit shy and has lost her interest to sing again. She doesn’t like to repeat what she has already been asked to do. Anyway, she is still cute in this video. Watch for it! ...

When it comes to flowers, tulips are my favorites by far. I find them amazing with all those beautiful colors. They can be red, orange, yellow, purple, and a beautiful mixture of colors. This week my husband and I started cultivating the soil in-front of our house and under the tree. The soil is a clay, and it is really dry and hard to dig. As we kept digging we found plenty of rocks too. We definitely need more dirt for replacement and to make the soil better. As a general guide, planting tulip could be in September or October when it is colder. The weather in our place is not that cold yet,...