day one hundred and thirty-three | 2011
Finally… I thought about my photo-a-day BEFORE the sun set (which seems to be about noon, these days!)… and as always – Xan was my ever-ready model!
day one hundred and thirty-two | 2011
Today's photo should be of our birthday boy, Russ… but, seems how he is 1000kms away, we will have to make do with the closest thing we have available – his clone, Xanthia!
day one hundred and thirty-one | 2011
a bit of a cop-out photo today… but also a bit of an insight into my world… I live here! (you can see all the labeled items over here – http://www.flickr.com/photos/73092885@N00/5714932735/in/photostream)
day one hundred and twenty-nine | 2011
I put together all my photo-a-days from 2010 and had it published into a book… they arrived from the USA today and they are awesome!!… just ask Darci!
day one hundred and twenty-eight | 2011
My beautiful daughters gave me a wonderful Mother's Day… starting with breakfast in bed and including lots of pressies. We also had a wonderful lunch in Bendigo with all the Mum's in our family (except my SIL, Kellie, who had to work – bummer!)
And how is this for the best Mothers Day pressie ever!! Zoe made this video for me staring all my favourites! LOL… just don't tell the husband!!
day one hundred and twenty-seven | 2011
Xan and Willow – round four in the U11 pennant team… 1 bye and 3 wins for the season so far! WooHoo!!
day one hundred and twenty-six | 2011
Friday afternoon. Xan and Willow invited me to a Mothers Day afternoon tea at their school… they served us tea, coffee and cakes and then sung us a couple of gorgeous songs… my favourite one was the one about Mum's being 'cute'… LOL!
day one hundred and twenty-five | 2011
Last night, at about 10pm, Willow came wandering into my room… she was a bit dazed and dopey and had obviously just woken up (after going to bed at 8:30pm)… I asked if she was ok and she said she just wanted a cuddle… I cleared a space on the bed (where i had been sorting clothes) and laid down wth her.
Willow is my baby, and at eight and a half years old, I can't imagine there are going to be many more peaceful cuddle times like this.
The photo was taken in my dark room, with only my bedside lamp for light, on my camera phone… the quaility is far from perfect… but the moment it captured – it doesn't get any more perfect than that.
day one hundred and twenty-three | 2011
No, it's not crazy-hair-day… Xan just wanted TEN hairbands in her hair, that's all!
day one hundred and twenty | 2011
I just wanted a nice photo… but Darci and Xan had other ideas… as usual!
day one hundred and nineteen | 2011
I am loving the light at the moment… and of course, I'm loving this girl – always!
day one hundred and eightteen | 2011
Darci had a big haircut this afternoon… and the sun was setting as we drove home, so we stopped to make the most of the gorgeous light to capture her new do!
day one hundred and sixteen | 2011
Squeezing the most out of the last few hours with dad ♥
day one hundred and thirteen | 2011
"Zoe, Darci… can you two squish up on the couch too, so I can get a photo"… there's always one, right?!
day one hundred and eleven | 2011
It's hockey season again… we don't get to many Thursday night training sessions (as they start too early for us to travel the hour to get there in time)… so we made the most of my pre-Easter weekend EKO and made the trek to this one.
day one hundred and nine | 2011
snuggled up on the couch with ice cream and a movie… school holidays don't get much better than this!
day one hundred and seven | 2011
The count-down to Easter is on!… please be nice to us Mr Bunny, and bring us lots of choccie eggs… there will be a big cuddle in it for you! ♥
day one hundred and five | 2011
So…you're the busy parents of six kids and you are staying in a very fancy hotel – on your own – for the first time in a looooong time… what are you going to do…
… jump on the bed, of course!!
day one hundred and four | 2011
school holidays… mean that she can sit there, staring at the tv until 11:30pm!… not sure how much she is actually taking in at this point – but I guess that's not the point. LOL!
day ninety-nine | 2011
Last night at home before he heads back to Sydney :(… thank goodness its only for a week this time – then he is back for the last week of the school holidays… seven sleeps and counting!
day ninety-eight | 2011
I am sure that there is, probably, a perfectly good reason why Willow was wearing this spider-girl mask around all afternoon… and why she went off to the movies tonight with it on… but I have no idea what that reason is – so don't ask me!!
day ninety-seven | 2011
Cleo was making herself quite at home on my daybed today… cheeky bugger!!
day ninety-four | 2011
My first weekday without daylight savings and my light disappeared way too soon!!… so, I decided to give some low-light work a go… it took a couple of attempts with some different lighting conditions but I finally got what i was after.
This photo was created in my dark hallway with a bedside lamp being held up and directed behind Xanthia, by my assistant, Willow… convert to b&w and add some texture – and voila! Love it!
day ninety-three | 2011
Xanthia and Willow sang the Relay-for-Lifers through their final laps today, with the St Mary's choir… Willow was finally able to join the choir after reaching the mandatory requirement of grade three!
I figured that, seems how I missed one day's photo (April 1st), that I could have two photo-a-days today… well, it was a busy day! – with Darci finishing her Relay-for-Life, Xan and Willow singing in the choir and then Zoe, participating in her school's open day by 'creating' in the art room while people wandered around and watched
day ninety-two | 2011
Darci is off doing the 'Relay for Life' tonight… and what does every relay-for-lifer need – a glow sword, of course!
day ninety | 2011
The things I put up with to get my photo-a-day…
Here are my beautiful girls, and loving sisters, Zoe and Darci…
Gorgeous, right?
…but this is what I had to put up with to get it!…
Well, you sure can't question my dedication to the project!
day eighty-eight | 2011
Well, it turns out this being infirm thing isn't as bad as I thought!… more pressies!! Just check out this cake made for me by Glen (and Zoey and Narnia!)… I am having a tough time keeping Xan's greedy little fingers off it!
day eighty-seven | 2011
Feeling very special today… a 'get well' hamper from the guys at work ♥
day eighty-four | 2011
Russ was giving Cleo a good brush… and I don't think she minded at all!!… though our backyard now resembles a snowfield! lol!
day eighty-three | 2011
Home… thank God!! Though my red-headed guard dog (and I'm not talking about my sooky looking companion in the background there!) is not letting me move from this spot!
The doctor gave him the hard word about keeping me still for at least 48 hours… and he is taking his job very seriously!