Wynn's in print!

Teachers, be watching for the TREND catalog to arrive in your mailbox around the 4th of July...

Wynn's on the inside front cover...

And the page 4-5 spread!

Her first modeling gig

The educational products publisher I work for prints a new catalog twice a year, and we like to keep the presentation fresh each time by adding new products, changing the organization of products, showing examples of how our materials are used in the classroom, and using fresh pictures of kids using our goods.

A couple weeks ago our creative team asked me if Wynn would be interested in posing for photos for this summer's catalog. Well, from watching the videos posted here in the past few months, you can definitely tell she's got the taste of the show business bug...

Getting set up in our library, doing color and lighting checks. I wanted Wynn to experience the long stretches of not much happening in between short bursts of picture-taking. She was a great sport about it - stayed where she needed to stay, and took direction very well.

And here she is posing with my coworker Yolanda. They're playing teacher-and-student. We got great poses and product interaction from both of them.

The catalog will be arriving in teachers' mailboxes in early July - I haven't seen the final layouts and cover yet, so it'll be a surprise to see where Wynn shows up!

If You Give a Tot a Camera ...

We went on a little weekend getaway to Duluth. Wynn, who is drawn to all gizmos with buttons to push, took some pictures of our trip for everyone to see. Here they are -

Still Life with Sandal on Hotel Carpeting

Deck with Parking Lot: First in a Series

Mom's Suitcase

Growling with the Grizzly Bear

(Okay, I took the last one.)

Definitely Baba's Girl

Wynn and I have been going out to the airport to do some airplane-watching recently.

Much to my relief, the railings along the parking deck are at just the right height for safety, while still allowing someone a great view.

She genuinely enjoys watching takeoffs and landings, and tells me to "catch it! catch it!" with my camera. On the way home, she'll flip through the photos on the camera's screen with pride as if she'd taken them herself.

She also likes riding on the underground trains there, too. "Like Tokyo!" she says.

She rode around on my back when we went out on Labor Day this week, appearing like this. She certainly charmed all the flight crews and security on our little adventure.

Next month, another family trip! Wynn now knows her way around the airport, and even which airplane we'll be going to Seattle on.

No, really, she does. "It's the long one!" Which is right, the 757-300...

Could I *be* more proud of this smart little one? --Scott