Ava fell in love with dolphins last Summer when she discovered the story of Winter & Hope, the dolphins who were both rescued & rehabilitated at Clear Water Marine Aquarium. She found their stories inspirational. Through out last year she watched documentaries on Winter & Hope. She watched the two Dolphin Tale movies inspired by their story. She spent...

  When Ava sets her mind to learning something, she doesn’t give up until she can do it. On New Years day she perfected landing on her feet out of a flip on the trampoline. All she needed was a few tips from her dad & her willingness to try it over & over. Now...

I was proud of these girls today. They completed a 3 hour moderate to difficult trail through the bush without complaining about being tired once. They walked, they climbed and they investigated. At one point Anouk told me she had seen the place where we were in a dream. With just half an hour of the trek to...

Her and I took a long walk before dinner. We held hands & she talked about dolphins most of the way. We sat for a little while & I wondered if she has any idea that when I look at her I see pure sunshine.

Bike riding is one of Ava’s favourite things to do. On some special mornings she likes to wake up before sunrise & go for a 7k ride with her dad before school. Anouk hasn’t quite found her love for bike riding yet.  She gets stuck on things because of her training wheels. Today we were...

They resolve most of their conflicts with paper, scissors, rock. Who gets the biggest piece? … Who gets the first turn? … Paper, Scissors, Rock, decides.

This project is about documenting who my children are and the milestones, stages & phases of their lives in the month of January each year. While they did do some baking with their dad, build a cubby house and play a game of spys because it rained all day, no moment from today could really be...

Ava likes the colour pink. Anouk likes the colour yellow. For Christmas we gave them their first cameras in those colours. They were thrilled. Ava snapped 30 polaroids on the first day, while Anouk’s film remained unopened & unused for days because she wanted to save it. Ava is more of a spender. Anouk is more...

Her smile with her two front teeth missing had to feature in my project this year. At first I get sad when their baby teeth fall out. Then I fall in love with their gappy smiles. I know it’s all part of the process of letting go & allowing the changes to happen. Often what lies ahead...

We lived without a television for a few years. No one in the family missed it. They filled in the time with play & creativity. Last year though I started to reminisce about some of my favourite childhood tv shows & as Ava had reached primary school I decided it could be nice for her...