Mark Jr. started 3rd grade today.

September 4th, 2007

He was not quite as excited as Johnathan to start school. Mark Jr. understands that means homework is just around the corner. Johnathan hasn’t quite got the concept of homework yet. He wants to do it because his brother is doing it. Soon I’m sure he will “enjoy” it as much as Mark Jr.

Mark Jr. has a few kids in his class from last year. Luckily they are the kids he either liked or got along with. None of the annoying kids that we didn’t care for too much.

Its also Mark Jr.’s 1st time wearing glasses regularly. We got him glasses during the summer but he only put them on once in a while to get used to them. He is to wear them to read the blackboard mostly. He said nobody has even noticed he has them.

Johnathan’s 1st day of Kindergarten

September 4th, 2007

Johnathan started his 1st day of Kindergarten today. He was extremely excited. Mostly it was all about getting on the bus. He really didn’t care much about the school, he just wanted to get on the bus. Just like we did for Mark Jr. we took pictures of them getting on the bus. Then we RACED to the school so we can get pictures of them coming off the bus. Since both Mark Jr. and Johnathan are riding the same bus in the morning, they got off and proceeded to walk into the school. I started taking some pics. Well Mark Jr. saw some friends from last year and completely left his brother in the hallway. Johnathan had no idea what to do. He had only been in the school quickly while I dropped Mark Jr. off (sometimes) the previous year. Now he was on his own. There was SUPPOSED to be teachers there watching for the kids that didn’t know where to go. Well they were all with other kids. So my little Johnathan was wandering around. After we realized no one was coming, we went in and got someone to take him to his classroom. We didn’t want to interfere since we weren’t going to be there the next day to help him. We wanted him to do it the way they wanted it done.

My 1st attempt at macro photography

August 29th, 2007

My buddy David convinced me to buy extension tubes to try out macro photography since its much cheaper than getting dedicated macro lenses. So here is my 1st attempt at macro photography.

A silk flower Daisy 1 Daisy 3 Japanese Red Maple leaves Just some rocks in my flower bed

Mark Jr. riding his scooter

August 29th, 2007

Mark Jr. wanted to ride his scooter. I was outside with my camera already so I took some shots of him.

Scooter 1 Scooter 2 Scooter 3 Scooter 6 Scooter 8 Scooter 10

Photos from Mark Jr.’s flag football game

June 2nd, 2007

I took my camera to the game to take photos.  We were 0-6 at this point so I didn’t see the point in not shooting some photos.  We ended the season losing every single game.  We went 0-8!  I am not coaching anymore.  I don’t know if it was me or them, but just to be sure I’m gonna asst-coach next time!

The team getting the play  Trying to get our flagHe made the catch! Just before getting the flag About to run down the sidelineAnother great catch! Look at the determination on his face Another huddle

Thompson Park Fireworks July 4, 2003

July 4th, 2003

Here are some old fireworks photos I took at Thompson Park in Jamesburg, NJ on July 4, 2003.

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