Beautiful works of art

One of the fun things I got to do in this awesome thing I call a job was photograph the beautiful pieces of art that the children at a local elementary school were auctioning off as a fundraiser. I was blown away by the talent of these kids, with a little help from their teachers! The kids were in grades k-5 and here are some of my favorite pieces!! They were all beautiful I wish I could post them all!!

Surprise!!

No I don't have a surprise :) but I was looking for something on-line today and came across this cool website called Surprise this site has gifts for everything. Chic baby, funny baby, always cold, loves to cook, hates to clean, traveling with kids, midlife crisis etc etc etc the list goes on and on! You can even have dinner delivered from Saks Fifth Avenue!!
So of course I had to share it with all of you! Here are a few of the fun things I found.

Every baby should have their own sushi set complete with chopsticks!


Who doesn't need a hot mom handbook!


A bucket of lollipops, yum!!

I miss having a collection of diaper bags, but have happily graduated to a collection of real handbags.

Meet Linda Sargent

A very talented local recording artist! You can find her music here
Beauty and talent she has it all, we hope to see big things for her in the future!!

A crazy week

Three kids, eight years and this was our first trip with any one of them to the ER so I think we are doing pretty good!
On Wednesday afternoon we let the kittens come out of the master bedroom where they have been living to adjust to us and our house and the chaos and to have a safe place from the chaos.
Anyway along with letting them out we also purchased them a 5+ foot high kitty condo to play on. They wanted nothing to do with the condo, but Ethan and Natalie thought it was awesome and were climbing all over it. Ethan got himself into a hanging crawl through that is about halfway up the condo and while I was putting Nati in a timeout for pulling his hair because she wanted a turn, Ethan tried to wiggle himself out head first rather than backing out the way he went in and the whole thing Ethan and all came tumbling down. We thought he was just scared and a little bruised but after further assessment decided that yes a trip to the ER was warranted. David took him in, where they spent 3 hours getting checked out, x-rays and a splint put on until the specialist could take a look at it the following day. He did make a new friend in the ER who was getting 6 stitches in his chin after a fall off his bike.
On thursday after another 3 hours at the hospital, more x-rays and lots of waiting Ethan was put in a hand to shoulder green cast! It was pretty scary for him and he did not like having the cast put on at all, but he was a trooper.
It was heartbreaking for me to have to watch my little guy go through this, I get teary just thinking about him laying on the table having to put his arm into a position that was so painful for him so that the cast could be put on. He had me up to 5 things from Target by the time we were out of there!
Last night was the first night since the kitties came home and the broken arm happened that anyone got a fairly decent nights sleep! So I am back to feeling a little more human today.

I have to apologize to my friends and clients who are waiting to hear from me, emails and calls are coming I promise!

Here is E right after getting home from getting his cast on. It took him a little while to figure out how to play trains with only his left hand, but he is a pro now :)

Meet Charlie and Lola

We have a couple new additions to our family! Charlie and Lola are just 8 weeks old and the sweetest little kittens. The kids adore them and they are adjusting well to their new surroundings! Emerald on the other hand, our 12 year old 25 pound lazy cat, is not too happy to have a couple of babies around and so far won't get within 5 feet of them. Not sure how he is going to react when he realizes there is not just one but 2 playful energetic kittens now to mess up his nap schedule! oh and yes they are named after the show, as some of you know Ethan learned how to speak with an English accent after watching that show and Claire and Ethan like to pretend play that they are Charlie and Lola so it was only fitting that we name the kittens that, well that and the kids did not think Luke and Leah were good names :)
They just came home last night!

More Miss B, and a busy B

Thing have been a little crazy around here and as we finish up May and come into June we have a lot of fun events coming up for Rebecca Helpling Photography, among them a wedding, a sweet 16 party, a fairytale event and even some portrait sessions!! I hope to be able to keep on top of the blog too but please be patient and check back often for updates and a fun contest coming in June!!
Here is one of the things I have been working on this week, a custom coffee table book for Miss B.
These are just 3 of the pages that will appear in her 20 page book, in the first one you can see how much she has grown this year, she first came for photos as a newborn, again at 4 months and now at a year.

Happy Birthday Miss B!!!

Today I had the pleasure of photographing little Miss B for the third time. I love spending time with her she is so sweet and watching her grow is so fun! She is celebrating her first birthday on sunday so when her mom contacted me to do this session I immediatly said we have to do some cake shots!! E and I thought that was a great idea, B not so much!! We had fun anyway and got some great shots!
P & E here is your sneak peek of your sweet baby girl! Happy Birthday B!! Can't wait to hear about your birthday party!!

New Props!!

I was out running some errands this morning and decided to run into Home Goods, fun store if you haven't been there, lots of cool stuff for your house! Anyway, I was looking for a chair for some sessions I have coming up and found an adorable wicker set. I really just wanted the cute loveseat but it all came together. My friend Shelby also happened to be in Home Goods this morning and talked me into buying the whole set, and I am so glad she did. I love it!! I took my poor kids out side this afternoon to play and in between riding bikes and ladybug hunting they were sweet enough to hang out on the new furniture so I could take a few shots just to see how it photographed.
Two of my kids thought this was a great idea, the third not so much {can you guess which one didn't like this idea}
Enjoy a few snaps of my babies and take comfort in knowing that even photographers prefer that other people photograph all their children together, because no matter how great a photographer one happens to be you are still just mom to your own children and you will get the funny faces and rolling eyes :)

Beauty

You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, she is beautiful because you love her. ~Author Unknown

This is stepping outside the box for me and definitely not for everyone! K worked really hard to get her figure back after the birth of twins, she is feeling beautiful and sexy and decided to do something a little different as a gift to her husband. We are working on something spectacular for him! K here is your sneak peek, your gallery will be ready soon!

Tiny Dancer

WOW! This child amazes me, I am one proud momma for sure! This 8 year old of mine did such a fantastic job last night in her dance studio's production of Pinocchio! Along with her regular ballet, tap and jazz dances with her class she also auditioned for and got the role of the "wishing star" and asked to be a "mama dancer" as well being on stage for a younger class to help them remember their steps!
This was an awesome performance by all the dancers and the studio really outdid themselves making this the best production yet!!
Here are a few of my sweet girl!