Ah, me boys

Photo of the day: the boys in Souris

26 July 2017 Ah, me boys

We’ve just returned from our annual vacation in Prince Edward Island, and I have a *cough* few photos to share. This might be my new favourite photo of the boys, taken in Souris. I might have thought, years ago, that vacationing with teenagers would have been a very different experience. We’ve just spent the most […]

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Photo of the day: First and Last Day of School 2016-2017

28 June 2017 Ah, me boys

Our annual first-and-last day of school photo is getting harder to execute – one boy finished school two days ago, and one biked off with his friends before the other was even out of school. But we still managed! We are getting quite the collection. Beloved was joking that in a few years, we’ll have […]

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Remember that time she ordered Kool-Aid from the Internet to dye her son’s hair?

20 May 2017 Mothering without a licence

Today’s entry on the (never-ending) list of things I never expected to do as a parent: ordering Kool-Aid packets off the Internet so I could dye my son’s hair. It never gets old, this parenting thing! It’s not that I didn’t want Tristan to colour his hair, or even that I didn’t want to pay […]

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Photos of the day: Newborn kittens!

17 April 2017 Ah, me boys

My big-hearted friends are fostering a mama cat and her brand new litter of kittens, and they were kind enough to let the boys and I come over for a visit. You didn’t think I’d leave my camera behind, did you? This is Abby. I love this photo because her expression says everything I felt […]

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A new project: Story of the Day

2 April 2017 Lucas

Back in 2008, I heard a story on the CBC radio program Spark about Jamie Livingston, who took over 6,000 Polaroid photos – one each day for 18 years. That story inspired me to start my own “photo a day” project in 2009, which lead in time to my photography business and so much more. […]

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Photo of the day: Sunday art project

16 January 2017 Lucas

Nothing makes Lucas happier than creative work – drawing, painting, building. And nothing makes me happier than bright colours and interesting photo opportunities. That’s a win-win, wouldn’t you agree?

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Seven years of Christmas tree quests

14 December 2016 Ah, me boys

The year we moved to Manotick was the year we swapped our almost 20 year old artificial tree for a (formerly) live one. Though I had never had a “real” tree, we have come to love our annual Christmas tree quest and I could not imagine ever going back to an artificial tree. Conveniently, 2010 […]

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Photo of the day: Decorating the tree

11 December 2016 Ah, me boys

Things you see in this photo: * three boys decorating a Christmas tree * two boys who are nearly as tall as the tree itself * my boys are still wearing pajamas even though this is late afternoon (lazy Sunday FTW!) * a nearly triangular tree that is far wider than we expected * that […]

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Photos of the day: Christmas tree quest 2016

4 December 2016 Ah, me boys

We are a family that loves routine, and the highest elevation of a routine becomes tradition. There’s few traditions more sacred to our family than the annual trip out to Thomas Tree Farm to get a Christmas tree – and the photographing of said trip! This year, Lucas got to make the first couple of […]

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Photos of the day: Piano in the Park at Watson’s Mill

25 September 2016 Lucas

I had heard about Pianos in the Park, but didn’t realize until this week that they had installed a piano right around the corner from us at our favourite place. The Ottawa version of Pianos in the Park (apparently it’s an international movement) is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing pianos to local parks. They’ve […]

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