ILP rolling photo quarantine 2

Lovely Archie!

A trip to see their nana up on Merseyside - the highlight of which is always the ice-cream rest-stop 50 miles from the end in rural Cheshire. In the last pic, Ava wanders through my childhood park. They've landscaped the tennis courts, y'know.

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His mother won't cut his hair and doesn't understand why people keep asking how old her daughter is.

Am still trying to figure out she went from helpless little blob of tears to laughing, nearly-standing, toothsome banana-eater in the time it took me to grow a beard.
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that was quick!

Laurel I remember some random woman telling me what a great big future football player I have there when she saw beeps.

I can definitely see her putting 'em through the uprights at some point in the future.

Wassup

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Soundo

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Oops

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Ava and Lulu sitting in their favourite tree in the local park; Ava has just recovered from busting a gut at the sight of Dad whacking his head on a branch:

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The girls invent Skype:

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I love how different your kids are! Mine are so similar. I was looking at pics at my parents' place in Tokyo. I was sure I had it right... until I noticed that "Ophelia" had a pacifier and Elisabeth didn't. I got it wrong. hah!

We're finding it harder to tell them apart vocally - esp when they call downstairs at night. Takes us a second or two to be really sure who is being the nuisance. (Last night it was "Daddy! Daddy! My covers!" Lulu's duvet was bunched up at the foot of her bed and it was obviously too much effort for her to drag it back up over herself. But who doesn't like being tucked in, eh?)

kid 1 at the accordion festival last month

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kid 2 flying kites on the beach today

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Beautiful!

Here's Alice in a rare moment of sleep:
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A couple of pictures from our trip to Martha's Vineyard...

Owen:
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Ben:
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Owen and Ben:
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Born at 11.42 this morning

Aw... beautiful! Congrats!

Is it wrong that that pic makes me feel broody when I've got a 15-week-old?

squeeeeee!!!

Aw, babies...

Oh, lovely.

so gorgeous.

congratulations on the newbie!

Is it wrong that that pic makes me feel broody when I've got a 15-week-old?

makes me a little nostalgic with our youngest already being 16 months. it's such a short time ago that i could literally tuck him into the crook of one arm. he's still a baby, other people still call him a baby when they see him, but he's not a baby baby.

Nate, sooo sooooo cute! Can we borrow your baby for like... a year or so? Miss babies so much.

Tipsy, you have a gorgeous kid. Such beautiful eyes!

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On the way to the daycare.

I haven't posted for a long time. Here are some photos of Rufus and Cyrus (now 6 and 4):

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Goodness, these kids have done some growin'!

David Moore, sometimes of this parish (if not this, er, neighbourhood - though he's knows more about parenting than most), gave me his old Olympus film SLR last weekend - so I of course took it out the next day with the girls...

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I can't use a camera without Howie shouting "Howie do it! Howie DO IT!!!!!" and grabbing it off me. So it's snatched pics with the iPhone for now. Anyway, how quickly they go from newborns to this:

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And then this:

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I want someone to give me an old Olympus SLR.

The (relatively) good weather has meant a lot of goofing about in the street. Which is good when they have 7 weeks summer holiday to fill.
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Perhaps we should celebrate and capture the extraordinary phenomenon of these kids just getting bigger all the time with some collages. Picasa (which is free) makes this pretty easy. I don't think I could manage it tonight - too much work to do - but it might be fun to see a snap per month (or every other month) for some of the ILP near-toddlers/toddlers/pre-schoolers. For the moody adolescents...one a year?

Sounds good.
Here's another one of the boy in his attic hideout playing my old bass upside down.
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Not a collage, but you gave me the idea to do a time-lapse slideshow:

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Great idea, Mike!

And here is Owen's:
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Wow time flies,probably 6 months since I checked in here, Superman , Meg, and Tracer esecially, becoming right proper little people! Congrats on the new born Nate.

"he's still a baby, other people still call him a baby when they see him, but he's not a baby baby"

Haha yes we are at this stage with Abi (13 months), time for another methink...Photos of Abi on her first birthday at the hot pools (heated partially by skaters on a nearby ice skate rink would you believe)

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boo!

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one last go

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boo.

gorgeous piccies! It's scary how fast they grow up isn't it? Two years old already!

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that expression in the first image is priceless!!! so cute!

her first playdate. I was going to say I'm a little embarrassed, but if I really was, I wouldn't be posting this photo, would I?
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Wow, she's not messing around, is she? Will there be a second date?

This is what happens if you're 2 and you slip off a low stool while brushing your teeth and plunge the width of the bathroom into the corner of the opposite wall:

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We got a little scared at how quickly it swelled up, called emergency services but all was well. A few hours later, eating her dinner in Vicky's garden (with the beautiful Aidan, three posts up):

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Ouch!

First thought - "Get the camera!"

;)

Well, we had a good 25min wait for the paramedics (who were lovely, God bless the NHS) and, once it was clear that it really wasn't serious, Pam said, "You know, we should have a record of this..."

Hey, I was shooting pics of Ben in the ICU with his head covered in bandages, so I hear ya...

(i have a weakness for hilarious eating photos)

this bowl of cheerios is twice as big as my head ....

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.... but i'm going to eat it anyway.

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i believe cookie icing is involved here.

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First day of preschool:
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wow what is it like to have a kid that eats???? (xp)

schwantz, is that ben on the right? is he taller? also, how did the first day go?

having a kid that eats is a huge relief, considering that his older brother who will be 5 in a week still only eats about 6 things. (we're trying to figure out how he's going to survive at school. for the moment we're planning on packing a thermos of macaroni and cheese for him, since that is what he has for lunch every day.) but rex, the younger one, is much wider ranging. you can put almost anything in front of him and he'll take at least a bite. and a lot of things he'll just chow right through. (especially fresh fruits and veggies. very gratifying.)

Owen is on the right. My wife said he was standing on his toes (which is why he looks taller).

The first day went pretty well. They actually took a NAP, if you can believe it. It's a co-op, so my wife has to teach there one day a week. Today will be their first day without mommy.

I do not know how you do it, managing to capture your girls so beautifully, every time.

Was this at one of the CF25 nights? They must be really good!

Aw, thanks! It was the all-ages matinee at CF25.

how do i make ava be my best friend

Such cool girls.

yeah those are stellar photos and v cool girls

how do i make ava be my best friend

One of those massive jars of Nutella ought to do it. She'd never forget.

Ava was Noel! That's great.

I've been posting photos of my kids less and less these days. They're both old enough to object to being documented like that. But I'm sneaking this in for ilx reasons.

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RESULTING PASTE!!

To be honest, I'm very glad that it was just chewing gum and not something that could actually have become a paste, like a cookie or a cracker.

We brought our kid to a rally

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amazing

12th birthday!
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right on, looking good!

these dudes look like great dudes

I think they’re pretty great ☺️

<3

Aw, those dudes!

My dudes...

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extremely good dudes, dji and michael

here is my li’l dude, seconds before launching a remarkable torrent of poop

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Michael - your kids are looking pretty cool. Nice mix of intense and nonchalant.

bg - so cute! Shame about the poop torrent tho.

Poop torrent cannot dull the adorbsosity.

omg those eyes <3

apols if hueg
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v. cute!

The boys are going to their first Bat Mitzvah this weekend. These are their outfits:

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classy dudes!

ahh so grown up!

At no stage of my life have I ever looked so sharp.

How are they only 12??

:) I'm glad time has only gone this fast. They are growing up pretty quickly.

Here is Owen throwing down at the bat mitzvah:
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omg! <3

Marin went to world book day at school as Dorrie, but she looks more like Jay of Silent Bob fame to me
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It's been a while. They're 15 and 13, they don't want their picture taken anymore ("Big cameras are a Boomer cliche," said Lulu, "Just get an iPhone 11.").

But here's the 15yo anyway.

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Here's the 13yo too. She didn't think me shouting "Wilmaaaaaa!" was funny.

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"no faces, dahhhd!"

("Big cameras are a Boomer cliche," said Lulu, "Just get an iPhone 11.").

brutal.

"OK, Zoomer."

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My boys turned 14 today
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HBD DJI JRS

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Thanks!

Awwwwwwww

That was a quick 14 years! Happy birthdays!

Turns out when you get really old your kids end up all grown up... this lot are 19, 14 and 21 l-r

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So good to see these young ppl!

From August...

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killing the game!

Family photo 2021:
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the unbearable toothness of cuet