My man C was super easy to photograph and was willing to laugh at any jokes. Maybe it helps that I met him once before, although 2 years is a long time to remember at that age!

This little lady was the shyest of the bunch. I was very lucky to catch her smiling this one time. She was too cute for words!

This next little man was just SO easy to work with as well! Such a natural! Look at those soulful eyes!

Miss T had it down to an art form, let me tell you. I took exactly 4 images of her, two head shots, two full length. I need not have bothered with the back up, they were IDENTICAL! She’s got the posing and smiling down pat, and it looks natural and effortless!

Another lovely little miss that was a joy to interact with. Very cute and witty!

And finally, a shy little girl that reminded me of my own. I got her out of her shell easily enough, just had to remember how my oldest girl reacts to strangers and we got along just fine! Here’s the proof!

If you know someone with a small (as in, no more than a dozen or so kids) daycare/preschool that are looking for a different type of school portrait, link them up! Even better, get your own child’s daycare/preschool to shoot me an email or even give me a call.

I ended up with this gorgeous piece titled : “Réflexion” which translates roughly to “Thoughts” or my artistic translation “Deep thought”

… which won 3rd place people’s choice for fall theme while it was on display at one of our cities many public libraries! Can you believe I didn’t even find the time to visit the expo myself?! Well, I didn’t find the time to blog either!

Let’s start with Back to School!

My eldest girl started Kindergarten! No seriously, no kidding, I’m a mom to a kindergartener! In hind sight, I can totally believe it, but I was still a little shocked some days in the beginning. It would take me by surprise in the middle of the day, especially around nap time. The house would be SO quiet. Not to mention the littlest one quite enjoyed the freedom of play. Well, she did start saying she missed her big sister after a couple hours. Thank goodness for imaginations

She also took her very first BIG YELLOW BUS ride! She rides a good half hour to school morning and night. Makes for some LONG days and some tearful evenings. Me thinks it might be high time to give them both a vitamin boost for the winter!

And then, my youngest went and grew up to start Pre-K! So not fair… then again, guess what I did the very first day when both of them were away… 2 hours of blissful NOTHING! No blogging, no working, no phone, no cooking, no cleaning, no nothing. I could enjoy a book without being interrupted, needing to clean someone, feed someone, etc. Good times. Of course, life goes on and all things do need to get done

I had an absolute BLAST this afternoon with two very good friends of mine. They probably couldn’t have planned on timing things so perfectly, but fate had another idea. They found out they were both pregnant at about the same time with only a week or so between them! DREAM come true for these best of friends! They are expecting a boy and a girl between them, but don’t be fooled by their shirts As soon as they figured they would go through this pregnancy together, they immediately wanted to share their maternity session ! Both beautiful women with beautiful features! [/lang_en]

[lang_fr]Je me suis TANT amusé aujourd’hui avec deux bonnes amies. Avoir essayé de planifier leurs grossesses ainsi, elle n’auraient jamais aussi bien réussi. Elles ont apprise qu’elles étaient toute deux enceintes avec seulement une semaine et des poussières de différence! Un RÊVE pour ces deux meilleures amies! Entre-eux, elles attendent une fille et un garçon, mais ne vous laissez pas confondre par leur chandails Aussitôt qu’elles ont réalisé qu’elles seraient enceinte ensemble, elles ont décidées qu’il fallait ABSOLUMENT partager une session de maternité! Aucun doute! Deux si belles femmes, voyez vous même! [/lang_fr]

We invited her to our 5th birthday party and she did the same. Happy Birthday sweet friend!