Good Pictures, According To Me

This first one is just for funsies, because it is SO rare to catch Eli actually smiling in a photograph. I hold fast to the hope that someday, all of the pictures he takes will have this, his actual smile, in them. We must have 500 or so photos of his "Picture Face", which gives one impression that he has been constipated for several years and becomes increasingly miserable with each passing second.

Joel and I have an ongoing conflict as to what makes a good picture. When looking over his latest pictures, I'll point out the ones I especially like and he tells me why they aren't Good. Maybe it is a manifestation of my ignorance of the Art of Photography, but for me what makes a picture Good is that I like it.
Simple, right?
If it's a nature shot, it has to evoke some sort of emotion for me to declare it "Good".
If it's a portrait - does it capture a part of the personality of it's subject?
If so, then I declare it "Good".
Don't trouble me with tales of faulty framing, or how the lighting could have been better. I'm a busy Mom, and I don't have time for such things.
Here are three more pictures that I think are . . .

Good.

Aren't they?