photo-a-day | day two hundred and forty-two

August 30, 2010

My stunning Zoe…

August 30_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and forty-one

August 29, 2010

…continuing on with my 'Spunky Bingley Girls' theme… its my gorgeous Darci!

August 29_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and forty

August 28, 2010

Seriously… how cute do I make 'em?!!

August 28_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and thirty-nine

August 27, 2010

How beautiful is my Willow?!!

August 27_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and thirty-eight

August 26, 2010

I get home from work and the house is really quiet… where is
everyone?… wait… what's that squealing i can hear?… it's coming
from the back yard!!… what could that be??

August 26_2010
Hmmm… how many kids do I have, again??

photo-a-day | day two hundred and thirty-seven

August 25, 2010

Aren't sister just grand?!!

(taken with my beautiful new lens – 24-70 f/2.8L ♥♥♥)


August 25_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and thirty-six

August 24, 2010

Willow was regaling me with stories about school… notice the nice
summer dress she is wearing? Do you think I might have the heater turned
up a bit high?

August 24_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and thirty-five

August 23, 2010

Darci's room… she is sound asleep under there, somewhere!…

August 23_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and thirty-four

August 22, 2010

Two hats are better than one…

August 22_2010

fun with the cousins…

My brother came for a visit today, with my gorgeous nieces and spunky nephew…

Cousins

photo-a-day | day two hundred and thirty-three

August 21, 2010

Jaimi voted for the first time today! WooHoo!

August 21_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and thirty-two

Half time pep talk!…

August 20_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and thirty-one

Zeus gettin' a little lovin' from Darci…

August 19_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and thirty

August 18, 2010

Darci is off to 'Laser Tag' with all the girls in year 9 today… do you think she is ready?

August 18_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and twenty-nine

August 17, 2010

Willow with one of our new family members, Snowy

August 17_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and twenty-eight

August 16, 2010

they were meant to be going to sleep…

August 16_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and twenty-seven

Darci went shopping in Melbourne with her best friend Isabella this weekend… and came home with a Hamburger Telephone and an Abbey Road t-shirt… strange girl!

August 15_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and twenty-six

August 14, 2010

beautiful…

August 14_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and twenty-five

August 13, 2010

Reader time…

August 13_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and twenty-four

August 12, 2010

I was inspired, today, by the finalists and winner of the Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize 2010… so here is my b&w, grainy capture of my family.. as they are… and I do ♥ them so…

August 12_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and twenty-three

August 11, 2010

We have a house guest today… Maddi is staying for the night… on a school night… and now Darci is all hyped up!

August 11_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and twenty-two

August 10, 2010

Just my beautiful fur-babies, Zeus and Cleo…

August 10_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and twenty-one

Just a bit of after-school Lego fun…

August 09_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and twenty

August 8, 2010

Some mother's do have 'em!!

August 08_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and nineteen

All dressed up… and off to a work do.

August 07_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and eighteen

Each morning, I leave for the gym about 5 minutes before the girls leave
the house for the bus… today when I came home from the gym, this was
waiting for me on the kitchen bench… ♥♥♥

August 06_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and seventeen

Darci plays, Zoe watches… and peace reigns.

August 05_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and sixteen

August 4, 2010

Xan's class had a 'Healthy Food Expo' today… all the kids took in ingredients and put together some healthy snacks to serve the parents… Xanthia and her group made a french onion dip with vegetable dippers… she was so proud, and it tasted delicious!

August 04_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and fifteen

August 3, 2010

Ok… so the Rubik's Cube is over 25 years old… and I was there for
the first round of the craze… but today was the first time I EVER
solved it!! So exciting!!

Hey… don't judge me! I'm NOT a nerd!

August 03_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and fourteen

Are there any words???

(Darci ran and got her beanie… apparently I can't take a photo of her without it now!! oh joy.)


August 02_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and thirteen

Just walkin' down the hall can be hard work when your little sisters are around!

August 01_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and twelve

Xan and Willow were watching a movie in our room… but a morning of
hockey and then a U11 hockey function was all too much for Willow…
zzzzzzzzz

July 31_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and eleven

Just a bit of puppy love ♥

July 30_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and ten

July 29, 2010

Gosh it's hard to get a good photo sometimes… see what I have to put up with!!

July 29_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and nine

July 28, 2010

Darci… playing some shoot 'em up war game that Russ bought, for them to play against each other… but he is away… and Darci is addicted!

She gets her homework and chores done in record time so she can have some computer time! I love the motivation!

July 28_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and eight

July 27, 2010

Zoe, just doing her homework… or Facebooking… I can never tell! lol!

July 27_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and seven

July 26, 2010

Look at my baby… it's she just adorable?

July 26_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and six

July 25, 2010

Cleo and I having some tug-of-war fun… the teeth she has left aren't in the best condition, so I take it easy on her!

July 25_2010 

(photo by Xanthia)

photo-a-day | day two hundred and five

Darci… all dressed up for Maddie's 15th birthday… it was a Fairy
Party, of course!!

July 24_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and four

July 24, 2010

Two perfectly good lounge chairs… and she has to sit on the arms of
both!!

July 23_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and three

July 22, 2010

But it's sooooo hard!

July 22_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and two

July 21, 2010

GROUP HUG!!!

July 21_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred and one

July 20, 2010

My gorgeous Xanthia…

July 20_2010

photo-a-day | day two hundred

Day 200!! WooHoo!!

My beautiful Zoe…

July 19_2010

photo-a-day | day one hundred and ninety-nine

July 18, 2010

Xanthia having fun dragging Willow (and Lily hidden back there) up and down the hall on her doona…

July 18_2010

photo-a-day | day one hundred and ninety-eight

July 17, 2010

Willow was named Captain of her and Xan's hockey team for today's game… she lead her team onto the field and tossed the sick for the first ball… she was so proud… and so was I.

July 17_2010

photo-a-day | day one hundred and ninety-seven

We traveled to Cheltenham East tonight for Darci's hockey game… I wasn't sure how long it would take to get there so we left early and arrived about an hour before her game was to start… never fear – in the clubroom we found an old-style arcade game with PacMan on it!! FUN!!

July 16_2010

photo-a-day | day one hundred and ninety-six

July 15, 2010

At Jaimi's request – she is my photo of the day!

July 15_2010

photo-a-day | day one hundred and ninety-five

July 14, 2010

Bathtime = Playtime around here!

July 14_2010

photo-a-day | day one hundred and ninety-four

July 13, 2010

Don't ask me what possesses her to do such things… I really have no idea!

July 13_2010