“we had a lot of rain in the week leading up to their portrait session. they have a small creek in the backyard and a fresh soil delivery. lanne, are you up for some mud play? absolutely!”
“the great thing about capturing families over and over again is that they aren’t nervous and go with the flow. he led. i followed.”
“this is their backyard. i want to move in, or at least trespass several times a month..ha.”
“the great escape..”
“everyone sitting together. smile at the photographer. ha. yeah right. she had exploring to do! she went straight over her brother and was off. hahaha”
“i love what happens in the moments after you take the traditional family happy snap. the people go back to being .. people. they laugh, and play and tickle and giggle.”
“we did a similar shot when master two was nine months old, love watching families grow and change.”
“she could be doing incy wincy spider. hehe. but she isn’t she is just being delightful and cute”
“he looks so much like his dad. i can see mum too but so much dad. he adores his dad (i think the feeling is mutal.”
“check out the cute lil toes coming out of her jeans. mmmm yummy grass!”
“he snuck up and kissed mummy. both delighted. awwww.”
“that face. he gets me everytime. soo cute!”
“with fear and intrepidation..he moved forward. it was at least 2 inches deep.. he was very brave..”
“walk through.. turn.. grin at what you have conquered.. and come back.. “
“this is a funny photo. he is last and yet clearly leading the expedition to new territories.”
“the little hands in front tell me he is scared. his dad’s arm tells him he is perfectly safe. … so in he goes.”
“this game is called pooh sticks. it is played by pooh bear and by me and my son. we don’t have a creek so we use the gutter. to play, you each launch a leaf and see whose makes it to the ‘winning point’ first. ready, set, launch.”
“as soon as I snapped it.. i said.. little bit ‘hallmark moment’ rather than my usual style.. but hey. if you want to be super cute and love on your baby sister.. who am i to argue? this is now wallpaper in their playroom. i hope they always play this nicely. ha”
“i call this patch between the trees ‘the weeds’. i ask that they dont mow it for a few weeks before i come. my weeds never look this good.”
“enough of that sweet stuff.. let’s play in the mud”
“the face. it kills me. everytime i see this image i cracked up laughing. those are very serious eyebrows. this mud business is very very interesting.”.”
“uh oh.. i got some on me. let me just rub that off. wait.. oh. no. umm.. i loved this session.”
“her mother called her ‘mud princess’ after seeing this shot. yes. she is eating it. the toes, the ears, those sweet cheks, the chubby legs. ugh. cuteness overload.”
“it could be good. it could. it just looks a lil..how can i put this.. dirty. hahaha”
“if in doubt. ask dad for help. he will come and paint the mud on you while you giggle.”
“he wasn’t too sure what to make of this at first.. mmmm”
“ah..i think he is getting the hang of it. look at that face!”
“no help needed here. she got to exploring.. crawling through the mud”
“mummy was great at helping him to get started on mud pies.”
“mum was on hand in case she needed help.. or some more mud.”
“get into it. enjoy it. i hope she approaches life as she does mud and cake.”
“hey.. this stuff is fun… either that.. or he is making up a mud hip hop dance.”
“ha. just ha. i could barely shoot an infocus photo (because i was laughing) as he discovered it was on his tummy.”
“hello. mum, dad? have you seen me. i am covered in mud”
“i love it. i don’t have 15 words to say why. i just do.”
“this reminds me of the bear hunt book/song. we’re going on a bear hunt, we are going to catch a big one. ohh mud, we can’t go over it, we can’t go under it, we will have to go through it.”
“snuggled. safe. warm. it doesn’t get much better.”
“it is best to wrap your mud monsters in warm fluffy towels”
“bubbles beards are the very best kind. add big eyes and you have yourself a winner.”
“you can’t make these moments. he adores his baby sister”
“the rolls. the beard and the bubbles.. ohhh the cuteness”