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Another January has come to an end. The best month of the year because… no school, no schedule, the beach, warm weather, endless play, longer days and just more time for all the good stuff! The January photo project inspires me to start the year with eyes that look closer and a heart full of...

First day of grade 3 and grade 6. Anouk’s first year of primary. Ava’s last year of primary. Their first year in the same playground. Their last year in the same school until they cross over again in high school. This year Ava will get a kindy buddy to look after and she has a...

They always give her a lick or ten of their ice-cream.

She carries this table cloth to Pete and requests swinging, “winging? Winging?”. She gets bundled up in it and swung while she sings to the rhythm of the swings, “wiiing-ing, wiiing-ing”. Yay for strong dads and the fun of being little.

Ava. 11 years old. I started this project in the Summer before her first year of school and now it’s the Summer before her last year of primary school. I remind her that she’s in the last season of her childhood and she should hold on to every last bit of it! She agrees, but...

Her curls. They catch the light and bounce behind her head when she runs. As each one appears it’s like witnessing a flower bloom.

The picture we take on Pete’s birthday each year.