Splish Splash | Northwest Arkansas Children's Photographer

Summer and its heat is going strong here in Arkansas. This means all things summer like lake trips, BBQs, pools, firecrackers, and slip n slides. One day my partner in crime, aka my sister, called and tried to convince me to go to a local waterpark with all the kiddos. I really wasn't feeling it that day. You must understand- there are SEVEN kids between the two of us. Well, Blaze isn't always at my house, but even when he isn't, there still are six kids for my sister and I to try and manage. Blaze is the oldest by five years, but the other little tykes are all under six. The youngest is my little Aryah at eight months. So, yeah, I just wasn't in the 'let's go to a huge public place of water with our massive number of kids' mood. So, I talked her into making a carnival of sorts in my backyard. We had grand plans of face painting, relay races, crafts, a little Wii, and then some fun on a new slip n slide. Well, we ended up doing the crafts and the wii. The slip n slide, however, was the big hit of the day. We took some snappies of the kids playing and we had a good time. A few days later I was looking back through the photos and realized what a great opportunity the slip n slide could be to get some really fun action shots to document the kids' summer. So I invited everyone back over to my house and Autumn and I moved the slide to a prettier location. :)

Here are a few of my favorites from that day.

First up, my niece and nephews.



These are two of the only times that she would slide on her stomach.  Normally she likes to slide on her knees like some sort of dancer in a musical.  It's pretty funny.





Bwahahah!! This one cracks me up! I happened to snap the shutter right when Autumn got him with the water hose. I guess it was cold.



He's good, though. :) See?



He's hardcore.



And now some of my girls.

Poor Paeton. She fell on her bum during one of her first turns and didn't want much to do with the slide after that.



She is so silly.





I didn't get any of the baby. Bad mommy. She is officially eight months in half an hour, so I need to just take some 8 month photos tomorrow for a future post. :)