Nayanna Arts by Andrée Caron » Lefebvre Time

Fall Colors {Laval Children Photographer}

amc — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:00:08 +0000

While taking some fabulous fall, although chilly, birthday portraits of our new 6 year old, the littlest one wanted to join in the fun too.

I ended up with this gorgeous piece titled : “RÃ©flexion” 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!

Happy Birthday!

amc — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:00:07 +0000

Continuing our fall timeline, my own 5 year old turned 6 mid-October! How dare she, right? I snapped a few images when her Grand-parents came over, a few on her actual birthday and honestly, none at all during her kid-only party. Being the Queen Hostess of the Princesses (and Prince!) Royal Ball, there very literally was no time to spare! Of course, now you all wonder how wonderful everything must have looked with me using all those official titles! lol I’ll see what I can dig up from that day, maybe someone wielded another camera??

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

amc — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 04:04:22 +0000

Just a couple hours shy, but with 2 sick little girls at home instead of with extended family, I think it’s safer to head to bed early ourselves!

However, couldn’t go to bed before saying MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone, HAPPY HOLIDAYS & be safe!

Our own family card, which would have been printed as a folded 5×7.

Front:

Inside:

Season of plenty! {Laval Children Photographer}

amc — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:00:38 +0000

Where to start? I’ll post something about this fall every few days and into the new year. I have a lot to share, but had little time to share it!

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

Lefebvre Family Portrait {Laval Family Photographer}

amc — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 02:02:28 +0000

Hello everyone! I have been literally quite swamped with work/life/school/family for the past few weeks, heck, the last season entirely!

Work wise, you will all get a glimpse in the coming days. I have quite a few things to show off and share and I am really holding myself back or I’d do one mega post and then have nothing to say! lol

Life, well, it’s always busy it seems, trying to consolidate everything you NEED to do, with everything you SHOULD do and still having time for those things you WANT to do.

As for School, well, keep reading this week and you’ll know ALL about that too

And also at home, you know me, always the renovator! I just can’t stop “fixing” things around the house to my liking. Comes from loving to work with my hands and being an Interior Designer by original trade. I’ll throw in some pics of the results in the new year in between other things. It should give me enough time to sew the window coverings!

Finally, I give you, our own family portrait for this holiday.

Don’t look for it in your *snail* mail box, I don’t quite think I can make the cut-off, but I may try to get at least 2 dozen out the door if I can! However, I WILL post the final result on New Year’s Eve before we leave to visit with family

A few bloopers to let you all know how truly *fantastic* it is to photograph your own family (*denotes a sarcastic tone)…

You can bet that 2011 will mark the year we go ourselves to a pro to get our own portraits done. And I know just the photographer for the job! I met her in Toronto and became fast friends, Nathalie Lamy from Lilifoto. If you’re in the Ottawa region, I highly suggest you schedule your own family/child portraits with her!

What else is in store for Nayanna Arts in the New Year? Well, I know of two very pregnant & very beautiful ladies that each have a gorgeous family to boot! Hoping they both call for some maternity and newborn shoots sometime in January & February. *wink wink girls!*

Sometime during the summer we willÂ definitelyÂ get together with Lilifoto and get some great portraits done of our own family.

Oh and saving the best, in my humble opinion, for last, our new website should launch in the new year! Cannot WAIT to share it all with you! So stay tuned!

Nope, not quite done…

amc — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:46 +0000

No, it’s not quite done yet, but I’ve been meaning to post a pic of this project forever. We finally received the last drawer faces and have the trim at hand. All that’s left if to install said trim and to tile the backsplash. After much HGTV watching, I think I’ve finally settled on an idea and need to sketch it out and make it happen.

Meanwhile, here’s the most up to date image of our Kitchen.

Best friends and birthday parties!

amc — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:30:36 +0000

There is no doubt about it, my little girl has a BFF. They barely met last fall for a bike stroll, before the snows invaded, then we didn’t see them all winter long. When the snows melted and school outings took us wondering, we found out that this new friend actually went to the same preschool close to our home! JOY! Although they didn’t share any classes, that’s the way it happened, we saw them and played with them every few days. Now they have 2 morning classes and 1 afternoon class together (all three my daughter actually attends at all), on top of sharing a 2 minutes bus ride!! HEAVEN! My shy girl is very particular of whom she befriends, so it’s easy for me to say this little redhead is her BFF. She speaks mostly of her and as soon as they separate, the question is *when will I see her again?*.

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

HAPPY HALLOWS-EVE!! {Laval Family Photographer}

amc — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:19:32 +0000

The man in the Yellow Hat & Curious George {My husband and our littlest one, Gabrielle}

The Wicked Witch of the West and her Flying Monkey (well, she has wings! {Myself and our eldest, Evelyne)

Trick or Treat!!!

Happy 5th Birthday!

amc — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:30:42 +0000

How in the WORLD! Here we are, 5 years old. How can it be! Happy fabulous birthday my little lady.

*she wanted a Dora cake & Jelly Beans… but it also had to be Gluten Free!*

*she wanted face painting*

*she wanted candles to blow out, NOT the #5 sparkler I had lit in the first place*

You’re only 5 once, right? She asked, and she received

*Ready for family party the next day*

*more sweet treats, with more GF jelly beans!*

*actual birth DAY, train track expansion set! Playing BEFORE breakfast!!*

Baptism {Vaudreuil Family Photographer}

amc — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:51 +0000

I am NOT an event’s photographer. Really, I’ll leave Bar-Mitzvah’s, Weddings and parties to the more event specialised of us. That said, being invited to a ceremony for friends, a private one at that, which is frankly unheard of now, who could resist! I told them I would love to record this day in their family’s history if they’d let me. They jumped on the offer and I had so much fun photographing this church and their private ceremony. Guys, you know I love you! This is just the tip of the story.