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A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013

{inspired by Jodi}

{Harper} Eyelashes that almost touch her eyebrows.

{Finn} Sending my first-born off to Pre-school. He was happy, confident and ready for new adventures.

 

The B-sides (because two photos seems a little minimalist for me…)

{an early morning backyard find}

{"I brushed my curls Mum"}

{Collecting produce from our garden. So very satisfying}

{a new book tradition begins. Finn & Harper were both gifted a school themed book the day before they began Preschool and Playschool. At the beginning of each school year I plan to record a message to them inside each book}

{Ten minutes until the first day starts. Waiting patiently, with a touch of nerves.}

{Connecting with one of the school displays}

{Finn was quick to engage with the table activities. Little sis joined in too. Of coarse.}

{Harper's turn. Starting Playschool. I believe she was clicking her fingers here and saying "hurry up Mum". After seeing her big brother go through two years at the same Playschool she was BEYOND ready to start}

{ice-cream is always better with sprinkles}

{Two full days of Pre-school equals one very tired boy}

{after a week where a great deal of energy and attention was directed towards Finn, Harper was due some quality one on one Mumma time. By chance, the night before I found out that 'Aladdin' was screening at our local cinema. So with every Princess item from the dress up box on, we headed off for Harper's first movie experience. Harper's verdict "It was good. It was a bit sad, a bit funny and also a bit scary"}

{my girl}

 

Documenting Delight: day three hundred and fifty five {last day of playschool for mr finn}

While I was a little emotional about this phase in Finn’s life coming to a close, Finn, well, wasn’t….

Me: Finn, did you know today is your very last day at Playschool?

Finn: Yeah, I know but its ok, next I will be a Pre-schooler.

He is ready for the next stage, that’s for sure.

 

{starting the playschool day with puzzles}



Documenting Delight: day three hundred and forty five {playschool christmas party}

{siblings, chilling out together}

{a gift given to us by finn at the party. adorable or what?}

{six buddies together:edmund, finn, lily, harper, zoe & eli. i am still in complete shock that we managed to get six children in one spot, still and kinda looking at the camera. a rare, rare moment!}

Documenting Delight: day two hundred and fifty seven {school pick up}

{Mum, I can see Finn!}

Documenting Delight: day one hundred and seventy two {finn @ playschool}

Documenting Delight: Day seventy five {parent helper day}

Today I was rostered on as a parent helper at Finn’s Playschool. I took inspiration from fellow Documenting Delighter, Tricia (check out her blog here. This lady has serious talent.) and took my camera along to document my little guy in his learning environment. Of coarse Harper came along too and joined in with all the play and craft activities, just like she was one of the regular students. It’s killing her that she still has 10 months to go until she can attend Playschool.

After Finn’s rocky year at Playschool last year I had many stop- me- in- my- tracks- proud -Mummy -moments while watching my lovely boy today. He oozed confidence and looked fully engaged at every stage throughout the day. Can't ask for more than that.

{Exploring colours on the light table}

{Harper made sure she didn't miss out on any of  the activities}

{Mixing colours to make the colour of the week - green}

{One of the highlights of Finn's day - lunch}