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when not taking photos, ada can be found drawing on her brother. he continues to smile.

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taken by ada. she is developing a love affair with the lens.

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ok, i told her to do it, but you know if she were older she would be doing it herself!

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so cold! sweater and a vest in june makes us sad clowns. well, everyone except max, nothing can break his smile

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computer left unattended attracts much attention

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blissfully happy and stubbornly miserable, also known as 6 months and 3 years

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i was out walking tonight with my friend nicole and we both agreed that this set of houses reminded us of when we were kids, all we needed was the sound of a sprinkler off in the distance.

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they are supposed to be asleep but the curiosity of what mom is doing in the front yard is much too strong

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Cohen and his preschool teacher Miss Selina at his preschool graduation. Cohen is pretty sweet on Miss Selina and loved this photo. He thinks we should print a copy and give it to her on the last day of school with some flowers, so she won't have to miss him too much!

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yee haw cowgirl, where's the fire?

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cohen is starting to develop an interest in writing his letters and as a result we now have signs all over the house, including this closed sign on the front door (yes, the back does say open), ada on the other hand is taking an interest in fashion, we call this look, stripes.

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argh matey, where's my parrot?

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there has been so much rain lately and then yesterday morning cohen let out a big sigh and asked, "when is summer going to get here? i want to go camping!" so i broke out the tent and said, "today!" complete with electric fire crackling them to sleep

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our family through cohen's playmobil eyes

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mabel came over to help us celebrate cohen's fifth birthday. after dinner we went out to frolic.

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last day of four

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partners in crime

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an aerial shot of the diaper change entertainment committee

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Cohen's rainbow birthday party!

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6 months! sitting all by himself and chomping on things with his two teeth

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Our neighbour Bertha has the most amazing garden, and on a few occasions I have gone out in the evenings to take photos of it. I was thinking of her late husband when I took this one because "lupins were always his favourite".

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hopscotch!

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for weeks we were waiting for the poppies down the street to bloom and then one day on our way to school there they were, a sea of red. both kids agreed that it was worth the wait

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our friend aaron, his daughter mabel, and two of my small humans, the other one was off running around in his underwear, of course.

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my little peeping toms trying to see into our neighbours yard. for those that might wonder the answer was, "there's nothing fun in there, how boring!"

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taking a break from our after dinner bike ride in the alley, the boy went whizzing by with "too busy" shouted in our general direction

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time to repot the house plants

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the newest member of the family, mr darth vader, our 6 week old syrian hamster