Jeeze guys. That took me about 12 min to dig out the tripod, find the timer function on the digital camera, figure out now to use it porperly, focus on a blank wall.
the main factor is having a free moment to myself during the daylight hours with out some portion of the "honey doo" list being reminded to me or trying to work to a constant chant of "Dad, watch this. Dad can I help? Dad what does this button do? Dad can I take a few pictures? Dad I can see my reflection in the big round part on the front ~click~".