School has gone back, but they still have their weekends to play. I hope they dream and play until the very last moment of their childhood… and even when childhood runs it’s course, I hope that dreaming & playing are still part of who they are.
School has gone back, but they still have their weekends to play. I hope they dream and play until the very last moment of their childhood… and even when childhood runs it’s course, I hope that dreaming & playing are still part of who they are.
Warm Sunday morning. Messy hair. Matching night gowns. Eating muesli with sleepy faces. Two days back at school has made them tired. Going back to school is hard after weeks of leisurely Summer holidays where time is not a factor and we can wake up without an alarm. I have photo’s of them eating their...
First day of grade 1 and grade 4. When they were little and at home with me every day, with some sadness I would think about how one day they would both grow up and go to school. I couldn’t imagine it, but I knew it was in our future. In the same way I...
Sisters. Friends. Playmates. Ages 6.8 and 9.1 On their last day of Summer school holidays.
Today they were dolphin rescuers. They found two long wrapping paper cardboard rolls in our recycling pile and added an old baby blanket to create a stretcher for rescuing dolphins on. They have always been good at creating play. If there is anything they need for their game but don’t have, they just make it. This...
Pete’s birthday. We were on the road for 7 hours, finishing our drive back to Sydney. We stopped home briefly before heading back out to Pete’s parents place for dinner. I tried to take a portrait of Pete & the girls… one where they were all looking at the camera and smiling. This is what I got.
She collects things. Her pockets are often filled with treasures. Stones, leaves, petals and sticks. Going for a walk with Anouk will generally mean being handed any number of items she’d like you to carry home for her. Anouk: “Hey mum, don’t you think this branch looks like a cactus?” me: “Yes it does” Anouk: “That’s why...
It’s not the most perfect photo I took that day, but it’s the one that takes me back to a moment. Them rushing by me, headed straight for the ocean. Abundant joy in simple things. Their awesome swimwear is from http://www.babesintheshade.com.au/
“mum if I set the alarm for early tomorrow, will you wake up and walk to the beach with me to watch the sunrise?” There were so many responses running through my mind… But I’m not a morning person… but 5am is so early… but we are on holidays… but sleep is good… but I’ve seen...
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