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You are here: Home | Family | Quarterly Top 5 #1

March 29, 2011 By Sarah Halstead

Quarterly Top 5 #1

Filed Under: Family, Giveaways, Photography Tagged With: quarterly top 5

 

Welcome to the 1st Quarterly Top 5. We are so glad you are joining in. The guidelines are simple.

  • Look through all the photos you’ve taken of your children (and/or pets) in January, February and/or March 2011
  • Choose 5 and post them on your blog or flickr account now through Wednesday, April 6th.
  • Make sure you add our banner to your post to qualify for the prizes.

Gosh it was sooo hard to pick just 5 photos. Oh my goodness. I know you all have seen these before, but I just love them.

Make sure you add our banner to your post to qualify for the awesome giveaways. To make this post short you can read all the rules and see the prizes by clicking here.

Below is the banner and code for you to grab. Thanks!
NapTime MomTog

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Be sure to “like” all three blogs – Click it Up a Notch, Amber’s Articles, and Naptime Momtog on Facebook as we will each be featuring some of the entries that we love!!

You have until April 6th to link up your photos below.

The hats you see the boys wearing are from my lovely sponsor Sew Sweet. Make sure you check out her shop.

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  1. kewkew says

    April 7, 2011 at 8:06 pm

    Oh my, I loved this idea when I found it a few days ago. Unfortunately I remembered the information wrong and thought it ended on the 8th. I would like to share my photos with anyone who would like to see them. Here is the link http://totsandme.blogspot.com/2011/04/quarterly-top-5-1.html I love all your photos, but I have to say my favorite is the third. I love sibling shots.
  2. Adeena says

    April 2, 2011 at 11:41 am

    Oh, I LOVE the second and third ones! :D Hmmm... I might have to join in on this. ;)
  3. Lisa says

    April 1, 2011 at 5:08 pm

    All the photos are great, but I really love the "Big brother/little brother" one!
  4. RaD says

    April 1, 2011 at 1:30 am

    Wow! I can see why those are your favs. I especially love the one with the bubble. It's so incredibly cute. And those smiling faces when your two little boys are looking at each other... priceless. Thanks for coming by my blog! I've seen your comments on other 365's but never realized you host your own too. I might just link up this week with you too. Thank you for the invite!
  5. Nicolasa says

    March 31, 2011 at 7:28 pm

    These are adorable! I think the last two are my favorites!
  6. Kimberly says

    March 31, 2011 at 5:33 pm

    Great photos! All of them! I love the second one with the bubble!
  7. kassie says

    March 31, 2011 at 12:30 pm

    I love the third and fourth one!! great idea.
  8. casey says

    March 31, 2011 at 9:24 am

    I think you made GREAT choices for your top 5!! These are freaking adorable!! I am def. planning on linking up in the next day or two!!
  9. Marci says

    March 31, 2011 at 8:04 am

    These are alllll adorable-seriously. I LOVE that 2nd one with the spit bubble..and how I can see YOU in it-how cool! And that 3rd one with Dustyn and Carsyn looking at each other, makes my freakin' heart melt. Love those cute hats, always have..next Winter Seraphina is definitely getting one of those! I want to participate in this but it's going to be so hard to look through allll the pics and narrow it down, hopefully Seraphina will take a loooong nap today to allow me to do that lol
  10. Michelle says

    March 30, 2011 at 11:09 pm

    I LOVE the one with both boys together =) But I also love Carsyn in the brown bear hat. I think I need that hat!
  11. allison says

    March 30, 2011 at 11:01 pm

    I love their hats!! Soo cute, why can't grown ups look that cute in hats like theirs??
  12. Buckeroomama says

    March 30, 2011 at 7:24 pm

    Oh, I love the ones of the boys in their hats! =)
  13. Summer says

    March 30, 2011 at 1:13 pm

    cuties! Love how Carsyn is look at his older brother. So sweet.
  14. Tara says

    March 30, 2011 at 10:56 am

    So cute, I love them all!!
  15. Selena says

    March 30, 2011 at 10:43 am

    I just love the bubble one! and the one with the boys wearing those hats are super cute!!!!
  16. Ashley Sisk says

    March 30, 2011 at 9:44 am

    So so cute!
  17. Tammy says

    March 30, 2011 at 9:31 am

    Thank you for hosting this!! Such fun!! Your pictures are amazing. I sure hope you printed them all out to show off.. simply gorgeous!
  18. Amber says

    March 30, 2011 at 8:04 am

    It is so hard to choose 5 when you have so many photos of your kids, but you did a great job. I do just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, the one of Carsyn with the bubble. It is such a sweet moment.
  19. Dina @ 4 Lettre Words says

    March 30, 2011 at 7:53 am

    Great choices, Sarah! LOVE the 3rd shot.
  20. Jessica says

    March 30, 2011 at 7:28 am

    Oh my gosh, I love the bubble shot, your photos always amaze me.
  21. Michelle Kennedy says

    March 30, 2011 at 7:06 am

    I love the first one! And the one where they're looking at each other is so sweet :)
  22. Janell H. says

    March 30, 2011 at 3:35 am

    great pics as always. Love the reflection in the bubbles! so cool.
  23. Courtney says

    March 30, 2011 at 1:48 am

    That one with the bubbles is fabulous! I love how you can see your reflection in it! I also love the one of your two boys together! You can just see their love for each other :O)
  24. Courtney says

    March 30, 2011 at 1:20 am

    Sarah, I clicked on Fairy Tale's button which was linked to your blog but didn't work. Just wanted to give you a heads up so you could fix your button :O)
  25. Branson says

    March 30, 2011 at 1:15 am

    #3 always makes me melt! :) great choices!
  26. Courtney K. says

    March 30, 2011 at 12:13 am

    How to even choose a favorite?! I adore the first and second one! :) But they are all fabulous!
  27. Valeria says

    March 29, 2011 at 11:42 pm

    Great choice. I love, love the second one (I can see you!!!). Very cool

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