52/52 {last one}

 

{Harper}  While I do love all the action/in the moment shots I got of Harper this year, it is always the traditional portraits that stand out for me.

 {Finn} Reading out his cracker joke on Christmas day.
 

{The B-sides}

{icing the gingerbread house - $5.99 at ALDI - winner!}

{tasting the icing sugar, or as Harper told me "I'm just taking it off her face 'cause she can't see"}

{new pjs on Christmas eve- a family tradition}

{Christmas morning}

{they FINALLY got to crack open the gingerbread house}

{off to the movies to see 'Cloudy with a chance of meatballs 2, with their first container of cinema bought popcorn}

That's it, another year and another photography project comes to a close. I'm really thankful that I documented 2013. This year is the end of a very significant period in my life; my last year of being a full time stay at home mum. Next year big changes occur; Preschool for Harper, Kindergarten for Finn and returning to teaching part-time and returning to uni for me.
Moments big and small that were captured in 2013 will be different next year. I accept that I wont be able to document them in ways that I have in past years too. But boy and I grateful for the time I had over the past six years to focus, capture and tuck away these images for future days.

2013 was a good year for us. I've bundled up a snapshot of our year, from start to finish, that you can find here.
Happy New Year friends!

51/52

{Harper}  You're not a true Aussie kid unless you know how to strip the flesh from a mango seed.

 {Finn} Busting a move at his end of year school disco. After a very busy day of school I didn't think he would have any energy left to dance. I was mistaken. This little vid was taken towards the end of the disco when he was slowing down a bit. His first question when we left school "When will the next disco be?"
 

{The B-sides}

{playing with gingerbread playdough with her little mate Evie}

{wiping her vegemite face}

{happy birthday to me! awesome cake made by lachie}

{early morning gingerbread cookie baking}

{collecting raindrops}

{a mid bike ride ice cream treat}

 

49/52 {oh christmas tree, oh christmas tree}

{Harper} Being the tactile girl that she is, Harper spends a lot of her time touching the decorations on our tree.

 {Finn} According to Finn, it's not a real Christmas tree until the lights are on.
 

{The B-sides}

{cuddling up to one of her birthday presents. I chose her solely on her cute name - 'Paprika Mae'}

{snow peas are growing in abundance and Finn and Harper are the chief pea pickers...and eaters}

{searching, searching, searching}

{play matters}

{Harper received a set of face paints for her birthday and her first subject was Finn. He was a little apprehensive about all of this, can you tell?}

{character Finn requested= a robber. the yellow bit on his chin is a gold tooth. The robber fascination has come from his LEGO city creations. I'm not overly thrilled with this new interest, especially when Finn proclaimed when we were driving in the car "So mum, when I grow up I want to be either a policeman....or a robber" Hoping you sway towards the good side of that spectrum buddy.}

{switching roles}

{a fairy princess of coarse!}

{round two. Captain Barnacles from the Octonauts}

{summer is here}

Documenting Delight: day three hundred and two {left over gingerbread house}

Documenting Delight: day three hundred and sixty {happiness on christmas day}

{testing out harper's new wooden cake}

{can you feel the excitement?}

{happy finn. I don't think there is anything better than experiencing christmas with children.....well apart from experiencing it AS a child that is ;) ) 

{present smash hit: one fireman sam helment that plays the theme song over and over and over.....}

{delicious christmas lunch}

{so who can read the cracker joke for me?}

{what do you do when it is too cold and wet to burn off your christmas lunch with backyard cricket? you raid the dress up box and dance to karaoke as a family of coarse!}