Monday, December 21, 2015

51/52 - The 52 Project

Here's a look at Week 51 of The 52 Project which is hosted by the lovely Jodi at Practising Simplicity.



"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

James  :   Last day of attending primary school for James. 

Sienna :   Last day of school on crutches as she went over on her ankle in the backyard the night before but it was still hurting in the morning so it ended up a 3 hr trip to Doctors and x-ray and back to the Doctors then dropped her off at school at 11 am. as she wanted to go to school to see her friends.

Monday, December 14, 2015

50/52 - The 52 Project

Here's a look at Week 50 of The 52 Project which is hosted by the lovely Jodi at Practising Simplicity.  Jodi has done this project and posted it on her blog for the past 4 years and this will be her last year of this project.  I have done this project for 2 years and whilst I take photos most days capturing these portraits of each of my kids weekly and a family picture for the past 2 years has been a joy.






"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

James  :   Not that keen to see Santa in public being a recently turned 12 year old.
Sienna :   Happy to see Santa anytime.
Family :   Family portrait in the back yard complete with 1 of our 2 chickens.

Saturday, December 5, 2015

49/52 - The 52 Project

Here's a look at Week 49 of The 52 Project which is hosted by the lovely Jodi at Practising Simplicity with a music theme this week.  Jodi has done this project and posted it on her blog for the past 4 years and this will be her last year of this project.  I have done this project for 2 years and whilst I take photos most days capturing these portraits of each of my kids weekly for the past 2 years has been a joy.  



"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

James  :   Back in the swing of things playing his guitar which is lovely to hear in our house.
Sienna :   Oh she has loved learning the flute this year and plays it all the time.

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

48/52 - The 52 Project

Here's a look at Week 48 of The 52 Project which is hosted by the lovely Jodi at Practising Simplicity.



"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

James  :   On your birthday you get waffles, ice cream and maple syrup for breakfast.
Sienna :   Playing Mary in a little play at our friends house.

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

47/52 - The 52 Project

Here's a look at Week 47 of The 52 Project which is hosted by the lovely Jodi at Practising Simplicity.




"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

James  :   Celebration of Learning at School showing off his "diorama" about the book "The Hardy Boys".

Sienna :   Riding her power wing in her pj's up the top of the hill from our house.

Monday, November 16, 2015

46/52 - The 52 Project

Here's a look at Week 46 of The 52 Project which is hosted by the lovely Jodi at Practising Simplicity.  



"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

James  :   Riding home from school coming up the street "hands free" which is what nearly teenagers are into these days.

Sienna :   Collecting some snow peas for our stir fry for dinner from the veggie garden.

Thursday, November 12, 2015

45/52 - The 52 Project

Here's a look at Week 45 of The 52 Project which is hosted by the lovely Jodi at Practising Simplicity.  Not many weeks to go and I can't wait to put these in a photo book.


"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

James  :   Enjoying an afternoon yoghurt after school.
Sienna :   This made me laugh when I turned around and saw her up there..showing off her climbing skills.  

Sunday, November 1, 2015

44/52 - The 52 Project

Here's a look at Week 44 of The 52 Project which is hosted by the lovely Jodi at Practising Simplicity.  A tough one this week because Halloween was yesterday and James got a new hair cut and I have a photo of Sienna doing homework so there's a few more pics this week to look at.







"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

James  :   His new "not so fresh hair cut" that all the boys are wearing at school and his Halloween Costume he put together and was thrilled with how his t-shirt turned out.

Sienna :   Her Cow Girl Witch outfit for Halloween and the other pic is her revising her maths times tables using the coloured chart on the wall.

Sunday, October 25, 2015

43/52 The 52 Project

Here's a look at Week 43 of The 52 Project which is hosted by the lovely Jodi at Practising Simplicity. 



"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

James  :   Visiting out local creek.
Sienna :   Helping me out with cleaning of our outdoor area.

Sunday, October 18, 2015

42/52 - The 52 Project

Here's a look at Week 42 of The 52 Project which is hosted by the lovely Jodi at Practising Simplicity. 



"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

James  :   What can I say....now football is over there is a little bit more of computer time.
Sienna :   Just a usual weekend lunchtime wearing funny dress up glasses.

Sunday, October 11, 2015

41/52 - The 52 Project

Here's a look at Week 41 of The 52 Project which is hosted by the lovely Jodi at Practising Simplicity.  Only 11 more weeks and I would have finished my 2nd year of this project.  I've really enjoyed this project and will keep it going as long as I can.  I'm hoping gather last years pics and this years pics and do a Blurb book for each year.



"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

James  :   Doing a little late night homework before bed on the computer.
Sienna :   She made herself a cardboard leg and decided jumping on the trampoline would be fun.

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

40/52 - The 52 Project

Here's a look at Week 40 of The 52 Project which is hosted by the lovely Jodi at Practising Simplicity.




"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

James  :   Enjoying the Tree Top Adventure circuit with took 2.5 hours.
Sienna :   Loving the high wire activities and the flying fox during the Tree Top Adventure.
Family :   Sitting around the camp fire at Thunderbird Park, Mt Tamborine. 

Sunday, September 27, 2015

39/52 - The 52 Project

Here's a look at Week 39 of The 52 Project which is hosted by the lovely Jodi at Practising Simplicity.



"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

James  :   Bedtime reading.
Sienna :   Very happy that Granny gave her and James $5 each when we were leaving.

Sunday, September 20, 2015

38/52 - The 52 Project

Here's a look at Week 38 of The 52 Project which is hosted by the lovely Jodi at Practising Simplicity.




"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

James  :   Trying out some fun silhouette poses.
Sienna :   She loves doing hand stands and this one is one handed.
Family :  My birthday tradition...photo of me, the kids and 4 cupcakes.  This is 10 years of capturing this tradition...looking forward to the next 10.  I'm the birthday girl so I get 2 cupcakes to eat.

Saturday, September 12, 2015

37/52 - The 52 Project

Here's a look at Week 37 of The 52 Project which is hosted by the lovely Jodi at Practising Simplicity.



"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

James  :   My new favourite photo of my 11 year old.
Sienna :   Playing at the local park.

Monday, September 7, 2015

36/52 - The 52 Project

Here's a look at Week 36 of The 52 Project which is hosted by the lovely Jodi at Practising Simplicity.



"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

James  :   He bought himself The Hunger Games books from the school book club this week.

Sienna :   We didn't own knitting needles and she wanted to learn how to knit so helped herself to some wooden skewers and off she went....nothing stops this girl from being creative.

Saturday, August 29, 2015

35/52 - The 52 Project

Here's a look at Week 35 of The 52 Project which is hosted by the lovely Jodi at Practising Simplicity.




"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

James  :   Trying out his skills on the scooter in our neighbourhood.
Sienna :   Showing me how kitty plays the flute which had me in fits of laughter.
Family :   Having fun with the camera remote and self timer, brings out their personalities.

Sunday, August 23, 2015

34/52 - The 52 Project

Here's a look at Week 34 of The 52 Project which is hosted by the lovely Jodi at Practising Simplicity.





"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

James  :   Bird watching at Oxley Creek Common.
Sienna :   Looking for tiny birds in the trees.
Family :   Looking for tiny birds in the trees and one of the birds we saw.

Thursday, August 20, 2015

33/52 - The 52 Project

Here's a look at Week 33 of The 52 Project which is hosted by the lovely Jodi at Practising Simplicity.



"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

James  :   Homework at the bench, he's a left hander like his Pop and two Aunties.
Sienna :   Still enjoying making things with her loom bands.

Monday, August 10, 2015

32/52 - The 52 Project

Here's a look at Week 32 of The 52 Project which is hosted by the lovely Jodi at Practising Simplicity.




"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

James  :   Leading the team onto the field to celebrate his 50th AFL game with our team.
Sienna :   At the Gabba supporting the Brisbane Lions vs the Gold Coast Suns.
Family :  Before the Game at The Gabba.