Let the sunshine in!

Ah, spring!  When the peals of laughter on the playgrounds abound and the children frolic after being unleashed from their cages after a long winter indoors.  And it was a long, long cold (very, very cold) winter.

I took these last night at one of the playgrounds near us.  The sun was still shining, albeit low in the sky (my favorite kind of sunshine!).  The kids had a quick dinner of pb&j and we headed out for some running around.  I was hoping it would tire them out immensely, and I was right for half of our brood.  The other one still did not want to go to sleep until 9:30.  What do I gotta do to get her tired out??

This is a very long tube slide that they LOVE. 

Teeter totter fun!

Love this one

Follow the leader

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I hope everyone was able to find a little sunshine this week.  What do you have to share? :D

 

This entry was written by Stacy, posted on May 15, 2008 at 12:01 am, filed under Kids, Photography, Theme Thursdays. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment.

34 Comments

  1. Christine said . . .

    Great photos! Look at fun on their faces on the teeter-totter!

    We had rain over the weekend but it finally cleared up on Tuesday.

    Here are some of my Sunshine photos >

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 12:11 am | Permalink
  2. Erinne said . . .

    Oh fantastic photos… Love the two of them together. Glad you had so much fun – and happy belated birthday to your beautiful girl!

    http://chaoticfamilypictures.blogspot.com/

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 12:41 am | Permalink
  3. Bonnie said . . .

    I love these photos. Kids in their favorite places always make for great photo ops !!

    Here’s my bit of SUNSHINE

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 12:45 am | Permalink
  4. Lara said . . .

    i agree that the shot of him standing alone is awesome. :)

    here is my sunny shot: http://laradavidphotos.blogspot.com/2008/05/sunny-day-sweeping-clouds-away.html

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 1:08 am | Permalink
  5. DanaB said . . .

    Stellar shots, such priceless captures. I just love the follow the leader, reminds me of my two hooligans a few years ago–never mind about that, she STILL shadows(bugs) her brother LOL!

    I LOVE sunshine and had such a hard time choosing shots to post for the theme–wonderful theme!

    http://ourwindowswideopen.wordpress.com/

    ~~

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 4:18 am | Permalink
  6. Julie said . . .

    Beautiful–both the photos and your kids. I adore the teeter-totter one; they look so pleased with themselves!

    Mine isn’t of J, but I had a little fun with the camera myself last night after he went to bed…

    http://www.andtherestishistory.com/2008/05/14/theme-thursday-sunshine/

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 4:41 am | Permalink
  7. Maggie said . . .

    Great shots…my favorite is definitely that second one – you can’t beat those expressions!

    http://andtheducksaid.blogspot.com/2008/05/theme-thursday-sunshine.html

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 4:47 am | Permalink
  8. MelodyA. said . . .

    I have sunshine everyday!

    http://thehipmommasjournal.squarespace.com/journal/2008/5/15/you-are-my-sunshine.html

    (My computer is wack this morning. I will have to view images later.)

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 5:19 am | Permalink
  9. Stacy said . . .

    Great shots Stacy! I interpreted the theme a little different this week.

    http://stacymaephotography.blogspot.com/2008/05/thursday-theme-sunshine.html

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 5:57 am | Permalink
  10. Dallas said . . .

    We haven’t had that much sunshine recently, but your shots are great. I love all the expression in the teeter totter shot.

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 5:59 am | Permalink
  11. HeadGaggler said . . .

    Those are great! Looks like tons of fun too.

    http://nelsongaggle.blogspot.com/2008/05/theme-thursday-sun.html

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 6:32 am | Permalink
  12. randi said . . .

    The teeter toter shot is great! We have rain this morning, but we need it! Tomorrow the sun will be out again!

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 6:48 am | Permalink
  13. Bunny said . . .

    I think the teeter-totter one may be my favorite. I just love the late day sun. It reminds me of the beach when you stay up late and stay outside until there is no more sun.
    I have some bright, sunshine-y photos this week! I’m also looking for some bloggy friend input to select some photos for a collection I’m going to present to a business that features local artists’ work for sale.
    http://motherbunny.blogspot.com/2008/05/sunshine.html

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 7:27 am | Permalink
  14. megan said . . .

    i love that teeter-totter shot — great action!

    here’s my glimpse of sun this week:
    http://www.mentalinventory.blogspot.com/

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 7:53 am | Permalink
  15. Jen said . . .

    I have to agree. The teeter totter one is my favorite too. I love it.

    Here’s my ray of sunshine:
    http://newgreenmama.blogspot.com/

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 8:22 am | Permalink
  16. dawnomite said . . .

    Oh, I love the teetertottering shot! Those faces!!

    http://dawnomite.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/thursdays-theme-sunshine/

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 8:27 am | Permalink
  17. phyllis said . . .

    those are beautiful sunny shots. we haven’t had a lot of photo ops around here so nothing from me…but i’m looking forward to seeing what everyone else has!

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 9:17 am | Permalink
  18. kim said . . .

    Great pics! I went a different way with this one this week….
    http://www.cancio.org/blog/?p=1151

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 9:28 am | Permalink
  19. carrie said . . .

    Yeah the Kai one is gorgeous! But the follow the leader one is my favorite – I really love “walking away” shots, I don’t know why…someday it is going to make me cry. (Then other days I just wish they would keep walking!! :-)

    Our sunshine is back here, too!

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 9:37 am | Permalink
  20. carrie said . . .

    Chaos link = http://barelycontrolledchaos.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/sunshine-theme-thursday/
    I’m not sure the one above is working. Sorry!

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 9:38 am | Permalink
  21. Amy Jo said . . .

    Looks like so much fun! I wish I could take my kids out at that time of day, but the baby insists on going to bed at 6! Here are my kids having some fun in the sun!

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 10:19 am | Permalink
  22. Christina said . . .

    Love that third photo of Kai, and “follow the leader!” If you figure out how to wear out Anya, pass along your tips – Nadia is almost always in bed at 8, but routinely awake until 10:00 or later. Crazy kid!

    Nothing from me today….it’s been nothing but rain all week and I’m not up for any creative interpretations this week. ;)

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 10:48 am | Permalink
  23. Rose said . . .

    What wonderful shots! And beautiful weather! yeah for Spring!

    I have tons of playground pictures but I was reminded of something else today. Heading to the playground now!

    Here’s mine http://piercebabyproject.blogspot.com/2008/05/you-are-my-sunshine.html

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 10:50 am | Permalink
  24. MelodyA. said . . .

    Kai doesn’t even have a jacket on in that last shot!

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 10:55 am | Permalink
  25. chickadee said . . .

    i’m glad you’re finally getting some sun there.

    http://afamiliarpath.blogspot.com/2008/05/sunshine-surprises.html

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 11:31 am | Permalink
  26. Jill said . . .

    Love your blog! Your photos are amazing. :) Come by and visit my blog sometime. Lots of fun going on there. ~Jill

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 12:30 pm | Permalink
  27. Maya said . . .

    I am so jealous of the sun in your photos!!! Can you please send some our way!!!

    http://laurentfiles.blogspot.com/2008/05/sunshine.html

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 1:27 pm | Permalink
  28. killlashandra said . . .

    I’m glad you were able to tire one of them out at least! :)

    I felt a little inspired by some sunshine today.

    http://www.killlashandra.org/wordpress/?p=394

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 3:14 pm | Permalink
  29. Jenn said . . .

    Amazing as always – I love the first one – she’s soo cute! Then the see saw one, that’s a memory to treasure forever – and to show them to remind them, they do love each other :)

    Here’s my spring – and off to visit all the other’s – sorry I am late, Zachary’s sick :(
    http://fingerstotoes.com/?p=19

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 8:22 pm | Permalink
  30. Nicki said . . .

    Beautful! I love the one of him standing alone!!! But they are really all great.

    Here’s my addition. I had full sun on Mother’s Day so decided to play around with silhouettes:
    http://www.steppingonlegos.com/photography/theme-thursday-sunshine/

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 8:35 pm | Permalink
  31. MamaGeek said . . .

    Those are fantastic shots Stacy, there’s nothing like the Golden Hour light!

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 9:23 pm | Permalink
  32. Nina said . . .

    Totally a newcomer in Blogland! I am having fun clicking on all of your pages and getting to see your awesome work!
    Here is my addition to your Sunshine theme.
    We finally get to welcome Spring in the northwoods. Yea!

    Posted May 15, 2008 at 9:40 pm | Permalink
  33. melody is slurping life said . . .

    Life totally kept me away from TT, but I wanted to comment that I LOVE YOUR SUNSHINE!

    Posted May 16, 2008 at 1:33 am | Permalink
  34. Mandy said . . .

    The seesaw photo is sooo fun! I’m a day late ( and a dollar short LOL) but here’s some sunshine for ya from the Wild Animal Park.

    http://2nd2theright.blogspot.com/2008/05/theme-thursday-sunshine.html

    Posted May 16, 2008 at 11:05 am | Permalink

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