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My kiddos captured once a week, every week in 2015

Joel has always loved drawing. He talks a lot lately about becoming an illustrator. I am constantly telling him how creative he is, and he puffs up his chest and knows its an important label. I don’t want him to ever question that, or be made to feel that creativity is an elusive gift. It’s his for the taking, and if someone ever asks if he’s creative I want him to pull his shoulders back and answer with a resounding and unashamed yes. 

Eden is coming into her own. I love watching her discover the things she’s good at, and the things she loves. Amie loves dance for the freedom of movement and expression – Eden loves it for it’s predictability and repetition. 

Amie and her happy place. It’s becoming harder to find things to keep her busy at home, now that she’s used to school days being so stimulating. We print a lot of colouring pages.

xx

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My kiddos captured once a week, every week in 2015

This boy. No words. It’s been a tough week. So much of parenting this boy has brought me to my knees in prayer. Wisdom, patience, grace. 

We heard the ice-cream truck jingle, and with high hopes she sat up on the front gate long after the sound had disappeared.

A little island adventure this week. I felt like a tourist in my own little town. 

xx

27/52 – half way, and a realisation

My kiddos captured once a week, every week in 2015

I found them today on the floor of the girls room. It was covered in Lego and toys that they were playing with and ‘setting up’. They were laughing and joking together and my heart exploded.

They even (kind of) obliged me with a shot of them together. 

Today I’m just over half way. Every week I’ve captured all three of them right where they’re at. Mostly ordinary moments here at home, that will become a record of memories. Photographs of Amie before she looses her baby teeth, of Eden as she lost and grew some more, of Joel as his face lost even more of it’s babyish looks and revealed more freckles. Memories gathered and collected, recorded for remembering and reminiscing.

Because it’s a significant year for their mama. Next year marks the first year in ten years of motherhood that I’ll not have babies at home. Each day all three will belong to a classroom, and a world outside my love and my attention and my care during their school day. It’s a dull ache that rises when I think about my days next year without Amie’s company – and the new season of motherhood I’ll step into. 
So as I see the year out, and appreciate my Amie-days in all their sweetness, I am so glad I am, and have taken the time to capture them, and record their conversations and questions and jokes and personalities. A sweet farewell to the part of my life I thought would last for ever; mothering my little tiny humans at home.  
And now seeing these captures with fresh new eyes for the second half of the year. 

#inspiremyjuly

xx

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My kiddos captured once a week, every week in 2015

His absolute favourite thing to do is hang out with dad. 
Saturdays are about hanging out in pj’s and raiding the games cupboard. With school holidays starting soon we’re getting in some good practice in relaxation.
And Coco always gets in on the action.

xx

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my kiddos captured once a week, every week in 2015

It might have been the ice-cream talking, but Joel repeated himself a couple of times when he said, “This has been a really good day. I really like this day”
Eden’s front tooth was literally hanging by a corner, but she refused to let us pull it, and stuck it out at us all week like a hillbilly. Gross. How she still manages to be so beautiful is beyond me. It finally fell out late last night. 
Classic Amie. That face.

xx

 

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my babies captured, once a week every week in 2015

It was back to school this week. We were excited, happy, nervous… mostly excited, and very missed by the biggest household pet (the other one still hasn’t arrived home yet, still hoping).

Joining up here, albeit a day late. 

xx

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my babies captured once a week, every week in 2015

We stayed in the city for Australia Day and watched all the excitement over the riverfront in Perth. Delicious late afternoon sunshine on his face.

The sunsets have been amazing. One night this week I saw the sky turning pink and ran out the door with my camera.
Two little sets of feet joined me on the sand – one plonked down, the other climbed to a higher vantage point and we watched the sky.
As beautiful as it was, I was more mesmerised with the changing light on their faces. 

xx

Week 5 of the 52 project can be found here. 

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my babies captured once a week, every week in 2015

We were lucky enough to have some one on one time with Joel this week while the girls were out with my mum. He soaked up every minute with us. We got an extra glimpse in to his world that we don’t get when his sisters are around.

I was tempted to zoom and crop this closer to show you the smattering of freckles across her nose. And that gap? A very wobbly front tooth. Oh Edee, stay this way for ever. 

Freshly bathed, washed haired mini clomps around before bed in the heels that she wears more than I do. 

xx

Linking up here – January, check!

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my babies captured once a week, every week in 2015

He named it Spike. It was the coolest, most scary cactus of them all. Spike now lives next to Joel’s bed, alongside the Darth Vader alarm clock. Eight year olds are the best. 

She caught me off-guard that day with a glimpse of her future self. We are tired, after long days and swimming lessons. 

Washing off the chlorine daily. Her skin doesn’t like it, and her eczema has flared up with the combination of that, and sunscreen. Next year I think we’ll try lessons down at the beach

This week, I didn’t get my camera out enough, and I thought there wouldn’t be a uniformity to the photos that I like to try to give. I don’t want them to match but I do want them to fit. Although these were all taken on different days, I love that the downward facing eyes of each has unintentionally bound these portraits all together. Joining Jodie and the others here. 

xx

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my babies captured once a week, every week in 2015

Our Christmas Eve tradition; new pyjamas and a stroll through a festively lit street

A new year project, joining Jodi here.

xx