Being out for most of the day, with sessions and client meetings, I was a bit stressed about how I was going to get today’s photo of my little munchkins. I often find myself wondering at the moment how on earth I managed to do a full year’s worth of this not so long ago, without missing a single day. Perhaps it was because the kids were younger, and were either too young to understand (or care) or just too little to run away. It seems like so much more hard work and discipline this time around, which almost kind of defeats the purpose really. But at the end of each day, I sit here looking at my monitor, at one more moment I have captured of their young lives, and I know I will be grateful in years to come. And the kids will have most likely forgotten about me constantly harrassing them. Or at least forgiven me.
This evening as I walked home from the train station I was delighted to round a corner and find the kids running towards me, dad having brought them for a walk to meet me. There’s nothing on earth like the feeling of having a small body thrust themselves at you, in pure unrestrained joy to see you again. Whether you’ve been gone for 6 hours, or half an hour. As soon as we got back to the house I caved and let the kids ride up the street on their bikes for a few minutes, even though they should have been long ready for bed. I confess, my motives weren’t so pure as their joy to see me again, as I still needed to get a photo of them. Alicia-Rae was semi-kind to me and sort of paused in her travels long enough for me to snap off a shot or two, even throwing in a half smile for good measure. Jaedon was too busy making good use of his opportunity to run me and my camera down.
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Once inside it was time to say goodnight to daddy, via Skype. Poor daddy will get no rest (or work done) now that Jaedon knows how to make internet calls, and does so at any random chance he has. Not that daddy would complain though. Nuh uh.
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And just because Alicia-Rae was extra kind to me today, I have an extra shot to share. I love the feel of this photograph, and the blondeness of her hair. And the memory it conjures of my praying throughout her pregnancy that she wouldn’t get my red hair. We weren’t so concerned when she came out whether she was a boy or a girl – just what colour the top of her head was.
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Narrelle x