18/52 {autumn days}

{Harper} I love Autumn colours, and this girl's smile.

{Finn}  Painting with autumn leaves and autumn colours, while singing this song by Holly Throsby.

In the autumn
All the leaves turn golden colours
Like a fire burning so bright
Like a satellite up in space, past the sky.
These are the seasons as I see them
They cannot see me
They don't have eyes!
These are the seasons as I see them
Autumn, winter, spring and summertime.

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

{a sick boy and an attentive nurse}

{Finn often sidles up to me and announces, "I have a brilliant idea!" Today's idea was to take clipboards and textas up to the park so that we could "draw what we see". What can I say? I think my teacher genes are rubbing off}

{this Friday I picked the kids up from school and headed straight for the lake to take some autumn photos of my pair. This is something I wouldn't attempt to do on my own this late in the day so I was lucky that my very talented and also very lovely friend Bec came along with her boys to help me capture a few seasonal moments with Finn & Harper. Thank you for your encouragement and support Bec. x} 

{and when you run out of tea {juice} just pour yourself a cup of almonds}

{Bec's gorgeous son didn't quite know what to make of Harper rumbling with him}

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{Harper} Hanging with the "big girls". Girls who Harper has been around since her birth, girls who have been in my mother's group/Finn's playgroup since Finn's birth, gorgeous and kind girls, girls who Harper looks up to and who include her in everyway possible.  


{Finn} Technically it's not a great photo but it's a moment that I am glad I captured. Finn showing tenderness with his youngest friend, Miles.
I am slowly learning that making gains skills-wise is important to me, but looking for the moments of connection between those I love is what this project is all about. It's far greater than any photograph that shows technique. Reading this blog post by the amazing Tim Coulson was a friendly reminder to look for love over anything else. The photos with love, cheekiness, connection and spirit are the photos I will look back on with fondness in years to come. 

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

{captivated by the ball run at Questacon}

{after attending the ANZAC parade in the city we returned home and made ANZAC biscuits. This book recommended by My Little Bookcase was a great way to talk about the realities of war and sacrifice and make a strong link to the real life experience of baking these traditional biscuits.}

{ANZAC day was a public holiday so we were blessed to have a mid-week family day. We finished off the day with a walk to the ridge in our suburb.
Sidenote: I love how lately Finn has taken to holding onto his Dad's pocket when they walk together. Hand-holding Finn style}

{when the kids refuse to pose for me, he always steps in. love this guy}

{listening to me call out this afternoon's fire emergency. he listens, then tells me whether it's a "big enough" emergency. If not, I have to come up with something grander. this goes on. all. day. long. I'm getting really good at creating really elaborate and dangerous situations that's for sure!}

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{Harper} We spent the majority of the week at my mum's house, which is conveniently right near the beach. Being a true country kid harper was not fazed about being in the water on a cooler Autumn day. She kept calling out to me "It is massive! It is so big!". The waves were tiny and were barely brushing her ankles but in her eyes the sea was enormous.


{Finn} Not a big water fan Finn assured me as I packed our bag ready to visit an outdoor water park that he didn't want to go in the water so I wouldn't need to pack his swimmers. So I didn't. Once we arrived Harper immediately jumped into the little wading pools and I began take a few photos of her while Finn rode his scooter. Several minutes passed and I looked out to towards the bike paths to check on Finn and I couldn't locate him. I turned around and directly behind me was Finn, completely naked.
Me:"Buddy, what are you doing?"
Finn:"I want to have a swim."
Me:"But you said you didn't want to go in the water so I didn't pack your swimmers."
Finn:"I can just go in like this."
Me:"Ummm, well if we were at home in our backyard yes you could, but I think you need some pants on at this busy pool"
Finn:"Oh"
Cue me quickly putting his undies back on.

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

{trying on soccer shorts in preparation for his first season of soccer}

{picking out soccer boots. Just quietly (and don't tell his Dad) but I think he is more excited that his boots have "spikes" over the anticipation of actually playing a game of soccer}

{harper the hugging monster}

{finn stood on the dry sand just watching. harper turned around, walked up to him, held his hand and lead him to the water. "It's ok Finny, the water isn't scary"}

{plenty of sand on the beach, but these two were just as happy digging in the dirt}