Miss two loves hanging out in the bath. She stays in there after the water has turned cold, swimming around, pouring & drinking the water every time she thinks I am not looking. Curious about why she insists on drinking the water, despite my constant pleading for her not to, I recently asked her, “Anouk...
She asks if she can take pictures with my camera. I almost say no. I always say yes. She holds it correctly. She leaves finger prints on my lens. Anouk usually photographs objects. Ava photographs people. If I ask them what flavour ice cream they want, Anouk will say chocolate. Ava can never decide. I...
He was five when his little sister was born & he would say, “she’s a beautiful girl in the beautiful world”. I’m told that they were fighting in the car on the way to the photo session (because that’s what an 11 year old brother & 6 year old sister do)…. but they also...
First today I want to say thank you to all of you who visit this blog & for those of you who have ‘liked’ or have left comments or sent me lovely messages or joined our facebook page. Thank you for your encouragement to keep sharing in this space. Please let me know in the...
Mid winter on July 24th I became suddenly unwell. It took the next five weeks for me to know the reasons why. The end of winter this year was supposed to be exciting because we were moving house back to the neighbourhood & community we loved & lived in when we were first married. Instead of exciting,...
Sharing this simple idea for a personal fathers day gift to give daddy’s from your little ones. For a couple of years in a row I made Pete these keepsakes. A cut out of his hand & our children’s hands. The first year was his & Ava’s hand, the following year I gave him one...
It can be nice to have treasures in a box… Treasures that sparkle & you can hold in your hands… Something that catches your eye… Something pretty that promises to make you happy if the treasure is your own… But amongst the things I hope my girls will grow to know, I hope they learn...
Ava ran in the door from preschool recently, waving a party invitation in her hand. She was very excited she had been invited to a ‘super hero’ party for Jayden from her preschool class. After the excitement died down she eventually said… “mum?… what’s a super hero?”. I reminded her that she actually did used...
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love those toes – beautiful photos capturing your life xx
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