When I first walked in to their beautiful home for our planning session, the first thing mom said is "come look at my pictures of my kids". She is so incredibly devoted to her family and they, in turn, are incredibly devoted to her.


When we walked into her kitchen, her table was covered with a book and tonnes and tonnes of photographs. No need to remind her not to let her photographs get lost on a computer! She was putting together her kids "books", something she's done for them since they were born. It wasn't fancy, just a book with plain white pages, photographs taped in and some writing about what was going on in the photograph and in their lives in general. But it was so beautiful and heartfelt and done with so much love.

I missed the first hour of the day but my camera battery was downstairs charging. I use my favourite Christmas mug every day year round because the 'joy' makes me happy.

gracie's morning bottle, our cuddle time together.


I think I take this same shot at least four times a week. it's not staged, they really do sit together and read like this every day. and the fact that they also pull out all the quilts first thing and throw them around the room makes me crazy.


getting ready for the first day of Salamander. I can see his nervousness at a new class and a new teacher in the way he's standing. he aced it.


running on the field beside the pool after swim lessons is his favourite thing. and today he picked me some dandelions to thank me.


and she likes to run on the field too.


sure I'll nap mama, if you just get out of my room and stop taking pictures.


he has a rest time every afternoon where he reads books while gracie naps. some days he asks if it's okay if he sleeps too.


this bread recipe rocks. I'll write about it soon.


a trip to the train museum to see the lego train on display.


the view in my rearview mirror.


daddy's home. high fives all around.


mysterious bloody toe. not sure how it happened but thank goodness for Spiderman band-aids.


snack time and book time. gracie is with me in the rocking chair having her evening bottle.


outside watering the plants.


ironing some clothes that have been lying around way too long so I can take them to the consignment store tomorrow.


crawling into bed. still need to write in my one line a day diary and then wind down with a book for a few minutes before we finally turn out the light.

Looking back I realize it kind of looks like it was the Angelo show all day today. Some days I download the card from my camera and find it's 90% photographs of Grace and 10% of Angelo, some days it's the reverse. Gracie is also getting over a cold so she wasn't her usual cheery mischievous self. No worries, tomorrow will likely be the Gracie show again.