ILP rolling photo quarantine 2

Back at school today, year 2 and year 4...

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Just for reference, this was Ava's first day at Nursery, five years ago:

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And a year later, when she started Reception:

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Oh heck, let's do them all. Sept 2010, Ava starts Year 1, Lulu starts Nursery:

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Sept 2011, Ava in Y2, Lulu in Reception:

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Sept 2012, Ava in Y3, Lulu in Y1:

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Bah, slight fail above - 2010 photo is from Sept 2nd, when Ava started. Lulu didn't start until Sept 30th, hence lack of uniform. For completeness' sake, 30/9/10:

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(I bet most of these pictures are all somewhere upthread, seeing as this has been running since July '09! Sorry for the spam).

Lulu does the same expression in many of these pictures - exactly the same mouth five years ago and today.

I cant believe its been 5 years between those first two photos!

It's ladybug season in our neighborhood. We are checking out a ladybug that she caught and put on her arm, accidentally killing it in the process. She is becoming concerned with its lack of movement and I am trying to convince her that the ladybug is just hiding in her shell because she is a little shy.

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Don't worry folks, there have been many more ladybugs and she has gotten much better at catching them without causing fatal injuries.

It's ladybug season in our neighborhood. We are checking out a ladybug that she caught and put on her arm, accidentally killing it in the process. She is becoming concerned with its lack of movement and I am trying to convince her that the ladybug is just hiding in her shell because she is a little shy.

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Don't worry folks, there have been many more ladybugs and she has gotten much better at catching them without causing fatal injuries.

sorry about the double post O_o

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omg MJ the 2nd and 3rd photos! The tiny belle and sebastian shirt! I want to eat them up. SO CUTE. Not that they're not still amazing now but I want all these kids to stay little forever and they're not even mine dammit.

I know what you mean. I get quite the pang when I look at old photos. That little person has gone, never to return. And Lulu was a laff riot at 2. But it does (mostly) get better and better.

Summer in Arkansas all over those faces xxpost

so much cuteness in this thread, always makes me smile.
sylvie started playing soccer this week, check out her technique
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is that sylvie or soccer champ carli lloyd

does carli rock purple polka dot shorts too?!

pretty sure yes

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dad, are we going to the drum circle today?

i like that tiny dog perched on his arm, sniffing his cute little face

lmbo

babby bise is SO GODDAMN CUET jesus

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Had us a dance party for about an hour last night, just dancing to these two snappy little numbers on repeat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiO9_PJ0h8Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17o1OlroNSE

post party come down

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many xps - n/a that picture of Evie is classic.

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so big!

Ben's first school photo:

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oh damn, they get big, don't they?

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I posted this elsewhere on ILX but, sod it, it's one of my favourites of this year.

(After the sun went down, mucking about on the shore near the Royal Naval College, Greenwich)...

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(And this from a few minutes later, Instagrammed on the phone)...

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AWESOME!

They scrub up pretty well, my two

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untitled (3 of 27) by Brassica, on Flickr

Feels like yesterday he was just a little baby...

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untitled (7 of 27) by Brassica, on Flickr

Pocket square!

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Mr. October, the 4-year-old.

Gothic ice-cream incident...

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On the eve of her 7th birthday...

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Sparkler in the rain...

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This is a repost from the last WDYLL thread, but really belongs here: me and Ella, now 9 months

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sylvie and her best friend, isaac

love <3

ella is freaking adorable.

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a+

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both just gorgeous!

The girls in Liverpool...

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Han bringing out the flag before England-Fiji on Saturday

soccer pic
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awesome

xpost wow NV I missed that post -- that's so fantastic, proud dad etc!!

On the sports theme, Beatle has taken up ice skating. Here she is on the right with her BFF Sydney on the left:

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Ivy's pretty boring to photograph right now. She just sleeps in the NICU all day. Here's a good one though.

http://www.ivyheath.com/Early-Days/i-svP75sr/0/M/Photo%20Nov%2023%2C%2012%2049%2007%20PM-M.jpg

Beautiful little Ivy.

I say this with much love, but don't be surprised if one day, she feels the need to dress as a Dune character on Halloween.