The Difference Between Girls and Boys

March 21, 2008

I’m taking this week off since the kids are on spring break, and I’ll have some more photos to share next week. But in the meantime I’ll share another “kids will be kids” story.

This afternoon, the girls were playing in their neighbor’s yard, and they were up in the neighbor’s winterized sailboat. The little boy who lives at the house says, “This is a police boat. You have to play police or you have to get off.” So the girls say “We’re mermaids, lets go play in our mermaid garden,” and proceed to get off the boat. Then a little while later, the older sister finds a neat spot in under their elevated playfort to set up a pretend ice cream stand. She asks “Does anyone want ice cream?”. And the boy replies “We don’t sell ice cream here, just guns. Police guns.” Well the mother assures her son that it was ok to sell pretend ice cream there today, and the girl continues her imaginary entrepreneurship. She asks me “Would you like some ice cream, it’s ten dollars”. “Oh my,” I say. “Ten dollars is a lot for ice cream.” And she says, “ok, one dollar.”

How Quickly They Forget…aka Young Romance

March 18, 2008

No photos today, just a little story. Last year my preschooler had a little guy in her class who she referred to as her “big boyfriend”. They looked very much like pint-sized high school sweethearts, always finding a place next to each other for circle time, and walking hand-in-hand on the playground. At the end of the school year they parted ways, as he was going to a different preschool this year.

Fast forward to today, about 9 months later, I arrived to pick her up from the childcare at my gym, and there is my daughter, playing “adventurer” with this little boy–her “big boyfriend.” In a complete stroke of chance they had been in the childcare at the same time. But when I asked her if she remembered who he was, she looked at me as if to say “why would I know who he was?–he’s a little guy I just met in the gym”, and just said “no”. So while I look back fondly at her first little boyfriend and how cute they looked marching happily around together, I guess the whole period has already slipped from her young mind. So we said goodbye and the ex-preschool sweethearts went their merry ways again, completely nonplussed.

A Walk in the Park

March 16, 2008

I can hardly believe its only the middle of March! Yesterday I had a session scheduled with this little 4-month-old and it turned out to be such an unseasonably warm day, we opted for a spontaneous outdoor session. Here’s a little preview for his family, who I know are eager to see the photos, especially his photographer aunt from across the country who sent him my way

At the Farm

March 13, 2008

It was a nice March day today, so we decided to take a trip out to the farm and have a little picnic with some friends. The animals were as happy as we were to be able to get some sun.

The new red petti

March 11, 2008

We did a modeling work today–a pair of cute Mary Janes, and a Disney-inspired top. For the tee, I decided to pull out our fun new red pettiskirt. The girls just love pettis!

Around the World, Part Two

For the second in my series of “vintage” travel images, we’re stopping in India. I had the opportunity to go to India in 2002 with my husband and inlaws. We took a train through the desert Rajasthan region of the country, where we saw little villages like this one, and at every train station, we were met by a group of young children who found the trains passing by one of the most entertaining parts of their day.
In one of the cities, we had the chance to witness a groom on his way to a wedding. He’s the one on the horse near the middle of the crowd.
And on the other extreme, we visited many gorgeous palaces built by Indian royalty, and saw the remnants of British rule. The image of the woman in the window is from one of the palaces, and the last image is of the Victoria Memorial in Calcutta.
I have to look through my photos to see where we will go next. I am thinking maybe the country of Georgia. Check back soon to see more, or subscribe to the blog to get a email when the updates are posted