We had a short rain shower today – standard fare for an Ohio summer – and Anthony wanted to go out in it to play. At first he ran around with childlike abandon, and I snapped some shots with my Nikkor 85mm f/1.4, but for some reason every one was horribly out of focus. I didn't notice anything wrong at the time, but anyway, I wanted to get closer without getting wet, so I switched to my Nikkor 70-200mm.

In the short minute that it took for me to get the lens and switch, Anthony's mood went from arms-swinging-around-dancing-like-a-kid play [...]

While I was busy with Lightroom things the other day, my sister and mom took Anthony and Josh out to a big public playground in Stow...

Anthony's Aunt Natalie (my brother's Alan's wife) was in town, and stopped by with her mom for a visit. After a while, everyone went out to the sand pile to chat and play, and I ran for my camera...

Bubbles are always a hit, because kids love bubbles. Any time.

At the moment, I'm sitting out by the sandpile at my folks' place where Anthony and his cousin Josh like to play, with my laptop working on some new Lightroom tools while the kids play. How silly of me not to have brought my camera, because there are so many adorable scenes as the kids – 2 years old and five years old – play together.

Just now, Josh was holding a big plastic baseball bat taller than he was, running in circles after Anthony, who carried a big red ball. It started as Anthony trying to get away from [...]
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Now that we're a Grandma and Grandpa's house in Ohio, Anthony is enjoying the double fun of lots of toys and playing with his two-year-old cousin Josh.