PROJECT 366: WEEK 1

I am excited to begin my blog with my Project 366.  I attempted a 365 project last year and in looking at Flickr today I see that I only posted 81 days to my Project 365 photostream.  I know I took way more than 81 days of photos last year and probably took photos on most days of the year since it was my first year of having an HTC Droid Incredible and the camera on that phone is quite easy to use and took pretty good photos. The problem I had was in posting the photos to Flickr and keeping track of it all.  Sooooo… that brings me to THIS year and THIS blog.  I will be using this blog to share my Project 366 and to keep me on track by having a place to post my photos each week.  And now on to week 1….

Project 366:  Day 1 (1/366) – Dinosaurs & The Kids - This photo was taken on January 1st – New Year’s Day at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.  We were there to see the last day of The World’s Largest Dinosaurs Exhibit.  The kids were thrilled and want to go back because the place is so large they did not get to see everything they wanted.

Project 366: Day 2 (2/366) – Potrait of Me – This one is cheating.  I did not take this photo, my youngest daughter took it of me.  It’s not the best shot of me but I figured that I needed to get a photo of myself on this blog and I needed a photo for Day 2 – okay I already missed a day – oh well, I forgot that I wanted to do a Project 366 until Day 3 so I had to fudge this one.  Please forgive me.  I promise to do better.

Project 366: Day 3 (3/366) – Shrek Party – This photo was the first one I took for the project.  I saw that my youngest daughter was playing with these toys and found it interesting the way she arranged them as if they were talking to one another like at a cocktail party.  That’s why I named this one the Shrek party. 

Project 366: Day 4 (4/366) – Playmobil Advent calendar close-up – This photo is from an advent calendar that I bought for my daughter about 6 years ago.  This is probably the first year that my kids actually used the calendar the way it is supposed to be used by opening one box a day.  In the past, they would open more than one box or just play with them and not even do the boxes.  The kids actually were excited each morning to open the box up to see what item was inside and they were very good in taking turns.  I saw that the stores had a Lego Star Wars Advent calendar this year and almost picked that one up for next year but it was sold out by the time I decided to get it.  I did check out the Playmobil website and noticed they had a couple of different versions of their advent calendars and I want them all.  I am love Christmas decorations.

Project 366: Day 5 (5/366) – The Doggie “Nose” -  I took this photo of my dog who is a pure bred Yellow Labrador Retriever.  I like taking photos of her but for some reason she always puts her ears back when I try to take a photo.  I try to tell her to “act natural” but that is not a command that she understands yet. 

Project 366:  Day 6 (6/366) – Mmmm Pretty Doughnut -  My husband surprised me with a Starbucks Birthday Cake Mini Doughnut and it wasn’t even my birthday!  It was Yummy and oh, so pretty!  I just looked it up on the Starbucks website and it’s only 130 calories.  I took a close-up of the doughtnut because I was trying out the macro settings on my new camera – Panasonic Lumix ZS8.  It’s not a DSLR but it will have to do until I can get my hands on one of those.

Project 366: Day 7 (7/366) – Annual Family Christmas Tree photo – Each year either the weekend we take the tree down or close to it, I insist that my family get together in front of the tree so I can take our annual photo.  I break out the tripod and set the self-timer and take as many photos as the kids ( & hubby) can tolerate.  We have been taking photos like this since 1995 ( only a few years since we started dating)!  Only in ‘96 did we take the photo of the tree but without me and my future hubby.  This is one of our traditions and we all enjoy looking at the scrapbooks of Family Christmas Tree photos to see how much everyone has changed and/or grown and how the tree is decorated each year.