Personal blog of photographer, father, and technology geek Steve Jackle.
When I was growing up, my grandmother and grandfather would tell stories about my father and my uncles when they were younger. If the behavior was a little mischievous, my grandfather would say “boys will be boys.” In my house, I am out numbered 3 to 1 so it is “girls will be girls” here. ...
One thing that I love about photographing my children is the ability to capture the various aspects of their personality with a head shot . Not just the “forced grin” shots for their mom and grandmother. My kids like all of us have our ups and downs and I love to show their complexities. Here...
It was Saturday night and my wife was out secretly shopping for Christmas. We accomplished the bath night duties and it was time for kids to play. They decided to have a little themed restaurant fun. Armed with a hand-written menu, some play money, staff name tags, Wisconsin Badger hats, and kitchen supplies, the girls...
We had our first STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) expo this past week which is a two hour event showcasing the STEM learning program at Hilburn Elementary school. Sophie presented information regarding the engineering design process in her 4th grade class session. Savannah worked with her classmates to design and build a house. Her kindergarten...
Be sure to check out these previous Halloween 2011 posts. A Witch A Funky Dancing Princess A Vampire See you soon!
As you can probably can imagine, growing up with the last name of Jackle was not always easy especially in the fall when Halloween was approaching. If I had a dollar for every time someone called me Jackle-lantern, I would be a rich man. There were other names derived from Jackle too but we will...
Today, was the first day were both of our kids are on the regular school schedule. Last week, Savannah went in for one day for her kindergarten assessment. Last night, we found out her class assignment at the Hilburn open house. Today, they officially headed to school together hand-in-hand and happy. The Jackle Parent...
As you saw from my last post, my oldest daughter Sophie started the 4th grade yesterday. Today, our youngest daughter Savannah started Kindergarten. I understand why it is hard on the parents especially their mothers when their last child starts school for the first time. Apparently, Savannah did also. She told my wife Jackie “Don’t...
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