Jim Hughes

Ben and Madi came for some Nana/Papa time Saturday afternoon. I haven’t had a good chance to shoot much with Ben in a while, so I focused on following him around and clicking off shots. He’s a busy boy, so that was quite a job.

Seems like almost every time Ben comes over, he wants some popcorn. The boy just loves popcorn and watching Veggie Tales or Spidey.

Popcorn! (© Jim Hughes 2010)

And here’s a fun shot without the popcorn, but with some great light while he’s really focused on the TV.

Serious! (© Jim Hughes 2010)

Then we spent some outside time, first checking out the trees, and then just some good old fashioned running around.

Checking out his favorite tree (© Jim Hughes 2010)

Loves to run! (© Jim Hughes 2010)

Since it got too chilly for Papa pretty quick, we were soon back inside for a little sit at the table and work with the new blocks Nana had bought. For some reason, it even required the computer to figure out how the blocks were supposed to go together!

Now what's this supposed to spell? (© Jim Hughes 2010)

And of course, sometimes you just have to go crazy, as seen in our last shot for today. Seems that he had a handful of straws and then…well you can just imagine! I think he had a good time!

Going crazy! (© Jim Hughes 2010)

It was cold in Houston last week, so when the Fam came over for chili Friday night, Madi was all bundled up — and just needed some pictures taken.

Mark and Madi

Turns out she’d gotten a couple of shots that afternoon, so initially she was playing a little shy. But that can have it’s own charm.

I'm hiding here...

But then Aunt Sara started working to warm things up, and guess what? Madi’s famous smile showed up, along with her recently emerged upper teeth!

New Teeth!

Once she warmed up, she and Sara got really engaged in looking at something. I don’t remember what it was, but I just loved the expression Madi had when I shot this one.  Cute kid that makes my photos look really good!

Focused!