I feel like the Summer days are slipping away as fast as their ice creams were melting in their hands this afternoon. I’m finishing my January photo-a-day project with this image of my girls in a moment of laughter at the park this afternoon, because when I close my eyes & picture them over the month… at the...

  This afternoon I finished up my day of work and walked to the pre-school & then the big school to collect both my girls and bring them home. They both looked exhausted. We walked home with the sun blaring down on us. They dragged their feet. We dragged our bags. Anouk complained that the...

Frist day back to school. Pre-school and Grade 2. They were excited & little nervous about finding out who the kids in their new classes would be. Thankfully the day went really well for both of them. Looking at this photo I am struck by how much they have both grown since Ava’s first day...

The last day of the school holidays. The last morning to sleep in.

After a day at the park, she asked if someone could pick her up & carry her to the car. She gets tired in the afternoons. Before we know it she will be too big to carry. Children are always out growing the things we carry them in…. like slings & baby carriers & strollers…...

Once she heard Grandma was coming over, she sat on the window sill watching & waiting & willing her to arrive.

  Pete’s birthday breakfast with family at a café on the beach.

Ava fills lots of her time with singing & creating & drawing & dreaming. She has a romantic heart. She gets lost in songs & stories. She is seven & still keeps asking if she will ever see a fairy & if she’ll ever fly. This school holidays she got truly lost in a book for...