a moment in time {see it snap it love it}

When you have a small child

you become acutely aware of firsts,

of special moments in time

which can never happen again.

First smile,

first steps,

first words.

And once they have happened,

as quickly as that,

they can never happen for the first time ever again.

This photo is of a special first.

My beautiful boy had his first dip in a paddling pool.

He adored it.

He ran around,

bouncing off the sides,

then falling over,

and laughing about it

with big belly laughs.

He splashed.

He poured.

He grinned so much

and we couldn't help but grin right back at him

having the absolute time of his life.

And the beauty of the camera is

that I caught that moment in time;

that first dip in the paddling pool.

I can't wait to see the moments in time that you all link up this week.

Last week's 'Fun' pictures were gorgeous.

There were lots of different takes on the theme

and more importantly

lots of beautiful pictures of cute children having a blast.

But I finally settled on a winning 'Fun' photo

mainly because I think I would have had fun too.

So Laura at The Life and Times of The Working Mum

gets to show off the winners badge if she chooses:

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And she has picked the next challenge,

which is 'Summer'.

Fingers crossed we'll get some good weather this week coming week
so that we can all get out with our cameras.
And you have an extra day for this challenge,
as I'm off on my holidays this weekend and won't be around on Tuesday to set up the linky.
So next week I'll see you on Wednesday for the new linky.

Link up your 'Moment In Time' pictures at the bottom.

Don't forget to grab the badge or link back so that your readers can find more photos.

If you tweet your link to @dear_beautiful_ then I'll do my best to retweet it for you.

And try and get around to some of the other photos and give them a comment,

we all love a comment and some blog love after all.

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Finally, 

it's cheeky I know.

But there is only a week left to vote in the Mad Blog Awards

and I've been nominated in the photography category

and I would love your vote if you love my pictures and this linky.