30 Tiny Moments – Day 1
Inspired by Amanda Soule, Kerflop has started “30 Tiny Moments” – a project to capture the ‘right now’ of family life using photos of the ‘real’ little moments each day (for thirty days).
I thought Amanda Soule’s photos were terrific and decided Kerflop was on to a good thing. Seeing as I am doing blog365, why not, right?
I don’t like loud noises of any sort (well, maybe music), so I spend a lot of time hushing my children, telling them to, “SETTLE DOWN – BE QUIET – SIT DOWN!”
Tonight while making supper, they were horsing around in the kitchen. Rather, than stop the fun, I snapped a few pictures (while the grilled cheese burned). This is Day 1 of my “30 Tiny Moments“.
I really wish we had more than one nine hours of daylight! By the time I decided to participate it was dark and the picture is not great.
I am going to put my “30 Tiny Moments” here. You can play too (I dare you)! Tag your photos (in flickr) with “30tinymoments†(no quotation marks … all lower case) and then we can all enjoy them here.
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35 Comments
glittersmama · January 29, 2008 at 8:47 pm
What’s on Georgia’s sweet little face? I’m hoping it’s food and not battle wounds.
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MommyKnows · January 29, 2008 at 8:50 pm
@ glittersmama – lipstick!
jw4mkc · January 29, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Okay..I guess I am not real bright tonight. I signed up for Flickr & did a pic – what a great idea – and tagged it, but it won’t link.. I tagged it right, too – look and see if you can tell me what i did wrong..
http://flickr.com/photos/23315093@N03/2229356297/
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lace · January 29, 2008 at 9:16 pm
I think it is a great picture. I love those type of pictures. Spur of the moment and right in the midst of fun.
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Deb · January 29, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Hmm, what a great idea. I just may have to play along. My photography doesn’t even compare with your (and the others’) fantastic shots, but oh well, this way i get more practice! :)
Noreen · January 29, 2008 at 9:40 pm
great idea, my girls love having their pics taken
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Michelle · January 29, 2008 at 9:40 pm
That is a good idea. I need more time!! and to find the damn camera.
angi_marie26 · January 29, 2008 at 10:01 pm
What an AWESOME idea!! Now I need to check out flicker. I’m a “hush” “you’re too loud” “can you make that noise in another room” mama too, lol. I think my youngest’s first words will be “SHUSH!!”
MommyKnows · January 29, 2008 at 10:06 pm
@ jw4mkc – You did it right, it might take flickr awhile to get it all sorted.
@ lace – Thanks, they were getting pretty wild!
@ deb – It think you take great pictures! Your girls are REALLY cute, make sure to join us!
@ noreen – So you’ll join us then?
@ michelle – Yes, finding the camera is a must, before you start!
@ angi – marie – I hope you do sign up with flickr and join us. It’ll be fun …
Jaime Stephens · January 29, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Well I’ll give it a shot.. like I need any reason to take more photos! What you’ll need to do after this 30 tiny moments project is to host a contest for free photofinishing!
Here’s my pic I uploaded. Tala today. We got a fairly major snowfall today and her finger’s were freezing cold as she wouldn’t keep her mittens on!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12483531@N04/2230330604/
bree · January 29, 2008 at 10:37 pm
this is a sweet idea! I will play! whats one more thing for me to keep track of..hahaha
MommyKnows · January 29, 2008 at 11:29 pm
@ Jaime – Yeah, glad you’re onboard.
@ Bree – Good, good, good!
Yan · January 30, 2008 at 12:22 am
What a great idea, I will definitely give it a try :P
Amanda · January 30, 2008 at 3:39 am
What a sweet idea. We all need to cherish some of the small moments more – and why not capture the everyday events in pictures. I will have to join everyone and keep my camera handy! Thanks for letting us know about this.
Jamie · January 30, 2008 at 6:46 am
Well. Now I’m starting to feel intrigued by this daily moments thing… Hmmm…
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Kristian · January 30, 2008 at 6:59 am
What a sweet pic of your girls. Looking forward to meeting the “ice freme” girl! Is her head ok?
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Kait · January 30, 2008 at 7:19 am
What a cool idea. I don’t take nearly enough pictures of my kids.
Naomi · January 30, 2008 at 8:16 am
did you enter my bloggy carnival giveaway yet? georgia needs new makeup!
Colleen · January 30, 2008 at 8:28 am
Sometimes burning the grilled cheese and ignoring a little noise to enjoy the moment is totally worth it!!!
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Julie · January 30, 2008 at 8:31 am
Great idea – I’m going to try it!
Andrea · January 30, 2008 at 8:36 am
I’ve definitely taken worse pictures than that…my camera isn’t the greatest though – I still think it’s a great picture…oh, and I burn my grilled cheese sandwhiches almost every time! Seriously…they COOK too fast!!!
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Safire · January 30, 2008 at 8:37 am
Looks like they are having a lot of fun! I would join but gestating twins is harder than I thought and I basically am parked on the couch until spring. Hmmm…might be fun to remember it. I’ll think about joining. :)
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JewelsHud · January 30, 2008 at 9:00 am
It is so funny that you have started doing this – one of my “goals’ since my son was born was to try to take picture a day and then keep it with a journal posting on my computer. I haven’t been perfect but the effort has been fun and brought about a ton of memories!
Penny · January 30, 2008 at 11:39 am
They’re sooo cute!
Mom On The Run · January 30, 2008 at 11:53 am
That’s a fantastic idea! I think I’ll participate too – there are so many precious moments in our childrens’ lives that deserve to be caught in pics.
PS – I’dlike to enter the sling contest. Here’s the link to my post: http://www.justjanice.ca/cosmogrrl/?p=1105
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katie bowen · January 30, 2008 at 12:38 pm
wow…i’m sure you WILL take some amazing pictures! will u let us know how u learned this skill??!! they are all do good…someday i hope to be as good a “blogartist” as you! maybe that skill comes with the third or fourth kid!
Heather · January 30, 2008 at 1:08 pm
30 Tiny Moments sounds fun!
Susy-Q · January 30, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Okay, I’m in. It might take me a few days to sort out the flickr thingy so it might end up being the “25 tiny moments” for me!
Just as an aside, a group of women and I on another forum decided to play the “a day in the life” photo exercise. It involved taking pictures all day to show what a typical day is like. It was great fun and hilarious.
Cindi Hoppes · January 30, 2008 at 2:06 pm
First of all, your girls are gorgeous. They really look like they were enjoying themselves. At least, they were in the kitchen wanting to be by you! I like your ideas of the photos. I am terrible, and so is my husband, about using a camera. Good luck with your project…..Cindi
Lisa · January 30, 2008 at 5:08 pm
They look like they are having a great time!!
Heidi C, · January 30, 2008 at 6:16 pm
This sounds so fun. We all need to take more pictures to capture our memories. So here’s my shot from breakfast this morning.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23412422@N08/?saved=1
kerflop · January 31, 2008 at 11:28 am
I’ve created a group for our 30 Tiny Moments project! Please join here and submit your photos! (Apologies if you get this notice more than once, I’m just trying to locate everybody!)
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Tasha · January 31, 2008 at 11:30 am
That’s awesome. What a great idea. We were much better at taking picutres when my duaghter was first born but now she is almost 9 months and we constantly forget the camera.
Monique · January 31, 2008 at 8:41 pm
I often burn the grilled cheese while taking a moment to enjoy my girls too.
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