Giveaway wins!

I won two giveaways in the last few weeks!  The first was an 11 oz Lemon Pound Cake Candle from Village Candle.  The giveaway was hosted on this wonderful site Jessica Loves To Save Money that is full of freebies, money savings and giveaways.  Thanks Jessica and Village Candle!  I love the candle and it fills the house with a wonderful smell.

My second win was a $20 giftcard and free shipping for Plum Organics or Revolution Foods from EcoMom.

This giveaway was hosted by Me As A Mommy.  I decided to get Plum Organics Variety 6 Pack Fruit Purees for Gavin and Plum Organics Tots Organic Fruity Fingerfuls "I Heart Strawberries", Plum Organics Tots Organic Fruity Fingerfuls "I Heart Apples" and 4 Pack Variety of Organic Mashups for Leila. 

Gavin loved his first taste of his fruit puree.  He tried the Peach, Apricot & Banana flavor and LOVED it!  He sucked it easily out of the little tube and even held onto it himself.  He was kind of upset when it was gone!  We will be saving the rest for our out of town trip Memorial weekend since they are easy to pack up and easy to eat!

Leila tried the I Heart Apples first and soon wanted the I Heart Strawberries open too.  She didn't really want the grain bites but loved the dried fruit.  We ended up with a a pile of grain bites on the floor.  We then had her try one of the Mashups.  She tried the Grape flavor.  She downed that sucker like it was a cup of juice!  She asked for another as soon as it was gone but we said no since we had not had dinner yet. The next day she remembered they were there and asked for one again.  Needless to say her Mashups are gone. 

Thank you EcoMom and Me As A Mommy!  The kids really enjoyed their food!

12 Weeks To Better Photos - Lesson 4

You can find lesson 4 here http://sites.google.com/site/biowbiow002/04-Flash.pdf

I did challenge 2 for this weeks lesson.

Here are my pictures...

 

no flash

flash

And another take...

no flash

flash

12 Weeks To Better Photos - Lesson 3

You can find lesson 3 here http://sites.google.com/site/biowbiow002/03-Thecoloroflight.pdf
My take at lesson 3...

Again I had a hard time.  I took this weeks picture after 9pm on the kitchen floor.  I tried the cutsom white balance but the picture turned out orange and terrible.  I took the picture again with a flash (which is not recommended in this lesson) and the picture turned out better but still not like the lesson wanted.  I will be trying this lesson out again.

Here are my pictures...

Auto white balance

Tungsten white balance

Custom white balance

Custom white blanace with flash

Smiles!

I figured out how to get Leila to smile.  Who knew it was as simple as "don't look at mommy"?

12 Weeks To Better Photos - Lesson 2

You can find lesson 2 here http://sites.google.com/site/biowbiow002/02-ISOShutterSpeed.pdf

My take at lesson 2...
I had a really hard time with the shutter speed and correct lighting.  I tried pictures at the kitchen sink  but it was too dark even with all the lights on and light shining in through the window.  I also tried in the bathroom sink in the middle of the afternoon.  I then tried outside but the pictures were way too dark.  So, this is what I ended up with...

1/200 (lowest setting I could get in my situation)

1/1000

I did not complete the bonus activity since I was already having a hard time with the lighthing.

And here is my photo taken on 3 different M (manual) setting.