ILP rolling photo quarantine 2

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Probable repeat. Love of my life.

so great

Can't tell you how much the girls love the Pleasant Plains gif up there.

If I waited another week I'd had the Ava'n'Lulu-go-to-school together picture... but I can't wait, so here's the girls at Tate Modern back in August...

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Lovely! Where is that?

Trent Park (walkable from Cockfosters tube if you ever venture this far north)

Ah right. I thought for a moment you were in our neighbourhood, cos Upper Norwood Rec looks a lot like this.

I love the word Cockfosters. Those are some cute boys and galoshes!

Ben:
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beautiful

Meg, I am completely floored by how big Archie is now. Look at that lil infant at the top of the thread. wow.

finally caught her smiling on camera:

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Squoogy legs <3 <3

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Ben and Veronica

http://www.flickr.com/photos/princessparkle/5028733302/

gah

at home, playing with our horrible, evil kitten.

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Shakey - Go to the photo page, click on "Share this" Then grab the HTML/BB code. If you grab the BB Code, you can paste it right into the "Add a Post" dialog. If you grab the HTML, paste it in, and then hit the "Convert Simple HTML to BBcode" button. I do the HTML option, so I don't get a bunch of extra links showing up for every picture.

Seth last week, 1yr and 1 month old now!

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awww lil man

Lovely. That 17/2.8 is quite a nifty portrait lens on the Oly PEN, isn't it?

So, they're now both at school... Lulu in Nursery, Ava in Year 1. Ava looks like she's worried lil sis is going to cramp her style on the morning walk. I took today off and, for three hours this morning, we were free of kids. Incredible.

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Yes, it's a great little camera, I love it. Really good video on it too.

Michael, wasn't there some story about when Ava started school she was fine but Lulu was screaming to go back and get her?

I'm so torn between not wanting my kids to ever change/grow up and rampant curiosity about what they'll be like at Ned's kids' ages.

Sunny: yes, Lulu couldn't bear leaving Ava behind at school back in the Nursery days. I think Pam is relishing the new-found freedom of being childless 8:40-11:40am; this morning she chaired a PTA meeting and planned the Xmas Fair.

And I know exactly what you mean about being torn between wanting them to be this way forever but also being excited about what comes next.

Ava has some v Steadymike eyebrow action going on there.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/5039382042_d296633f93.jpgNew desk by steviet, on Flickr

Goodness, she's a little girl now. And they look like pretty neat and considered circles and curves for 17 months! As recently as this spring, Lulu's version of drawing was still mostly trying to fuse writing implement and paper into a single compound through sheer pressure and frictional heat.

hey Stevie what's that erasable drawing board called? i'd love to get one.

Those are called Magna-doodles. However, I found this thing on Amazon called a Boogie Board that is way more awesome.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/cr/B002ZE4TDI/ref=aw_d_cr_electronics?qid=1286298216&sr=8-1

This is the thing we have - though I think we have the travel size version:
http://www.elc.co.uk/Super-Scribbler/118161,default,pd.html

Ah here it is:
http://www.elc.co.uk/Scribble-Go/118874,default,pd.html

thanks dudes!

Alice, growing up before my eyes:
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i got the super scribbler - it is a hit

the boogie board looks neat but man, the idea of a stylus that's not attached is like like IXNAY

beautiful shot of alice

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Wow, how Alice has grown!

We're getting ready:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJnCM2AN0sE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1xfD4gautY

nick evvie is just the cuetest

i know, right?

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'sup

oh man - he's adorable!

yeah it's crazy how some snapshots give you this weird little insight into how they're going to look when they get older.

from the same trip i took this one, which i think is terrific - and there's a weird blurring effect - but you don't see the future-self there, just sweet enjoyment of the present:

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oh man she's got the deadpan down cold