A is for... Charley Harper??

A few weeks ago, Lara at Kids in the Capital started a fun photography challenge, the ABC Challenge. The idea is simple... to take a picture that you're proud of that will fit into a particular category, one category for each letter:

Art
Books
Climbing
Discovery
Eating
Friends
Green
Hugging
Inside
Jumping
Kisses
Laughing
Mealtime
Night
Outside
Playing
Quiet
Riding
Swinging
Trees
Umbrella
Vehicles
Wet
Xcited (OH! Cheater!)
Yellow
Zoom

There's no prize or giveaway involved. It's just fun to see how other's interpret these same themes and to show off some of our own pictures. If you'd like more info, see the original post or the Flickr group that was set up for sharing pictures.

The pictures below are for the first category. They may not be an obvious choice for *A is for Art*, but I planned this little photo shoot with Andrew specifically get some pictures of him in this shirt. This LITTLE 0-6 MONTH shirt that he -at almost 16 months- is clearly growing out of. Clearly.

This shirt was one of the few new pieces I bought for him before he was born. As in bought-new-so-wasn't-a-hand-me-down. I bought it at Old Navy... and it wasn't even on sale! Shocking for me! But I just fell in love with the Charley Harper* print on the front. You may remember around Christmas '09, there was a whole line of Charley Harper products at Old Navy... shirts, board books, puzzles, a matching game, etc. I really should have bought one in each size they had... in each print, too. I love them that much.

ah, I just love this shirt!

It's so sad to have to pack up my favourite pieces of baby clothes! I just might have to obsessively search ebay for a larger size.

And so... A is for Art. In this case, the artwork of American Modernist, Charley Harper.

(Plus, I think they're pretty cute pictures of Andrew, scabbed chin and all. But I'm biased.)

*More Charley Harper images here.