Went to Maui last week. Here are some from the Luau...
Ben:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/4000903171_47f02307b9.jpg
Owen:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2460/4001663998_622d9a6290.jpg
Owen gets on stage and steals the show:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2465/4000892581_a9d5241a48.jpg
― schwantz, Sunday, 11 October 2009 18:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Whoops - that's Ben on the stage!
― schwantz, Sunday, 11 October 2009 18:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Sylvie looks so happy and cheeky!
Aidan decided the other weekend that he didn't want to go for a nap in his bed, 'sleep sofa mummy!'
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2596/3997982746_7f1b917078.jpg
― Vicky, Sunday, 11 October 2009 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Wow, look at that purple sky in the Maui pic. Just like in the movies. And Magnum, P.I.
Jeff Koons' 53-foot inflatable silver bunny came to Covent Garden and the girls went nutso...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/3999524752_90bb23d684.jpg
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 11 October 2009 20:55 (fifteen years ago) link
aw, they look so happy!
― tehresa, Sunday, 11 October 2009 21:47 (fifteen years ago) link
wow, congratulations to the new parents!!!
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 12 October 2009 11:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Bed naps? What are they?
Sofahttp://farm3.static.flickr.com/2517/4008104070_310f58950b_m.jpg
Floorhttp://farm3.static.flickr.com/2424/4008104174_c14058c697_m.jpg
Mid-sandwichhttp://farm3.static.flickr.com/2458/4007337693_a087ac6eea_m.jpg
― Archel, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 09:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Oops small version links.
Ha ha! The last one is a classic.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 09:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Bed (caravan)http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Q2cuqOo8v8M/SraS5OZoVwI/AAAAAAAAMio/zEtGGa5_c5M/s800/IMG_0172.jpg
Bed (parents')http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Q2cuqOo8v8M/SraW4kDrefI/AAAAAAAAMqM/5_XC0KfA1qU/s800/IMG_0229.jpg
Sofa (with daddy)http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Q2cuqOo8v8M/StTLSvxzZsI/AAAAAAAANb4/mafxLFVwj1s/s800/photo.jpg
― Meg (Meg Busset), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 18:52 (fifteen years ago) link
my mom almost pulls a jack-o...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3486/3989389590_4bd4b2b682.jpg
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 15 October 2009 17:23 (fifteen years ago) link
<3 the sleeping kids pics. i've developed the creepy habit of staring at Sylvie while she sleeps. Probably therapy-fodder for later in life.
― tylerw, Friday, 16 October 2009 16:37 (fifteen years ago) link
and since I'm herehttp://farm3.static.flickr.com/2623/4012290043_d1131798b0_b.jpg
― tylerw, Friday, 16 October 2009 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh man. So beautiful.
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Friday, 16 October 2009 18:42 (fifteen years ago) link
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/90138698_43f9937cfc.jpg
Ophelia almost four years ago. WTF
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Sunday, 18 October 2009 18:41 (fifteen years ago) link
awwwwww
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Monday, 19 October 2009 00:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Cute! Love the name Ophelia, by the way ... Here's a vid of Sylvie enjoying herself this weekend. I've watched it a lot!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZsmt-0JVhI&feature=player_embedded
― tylerw, Monday, 19 October 2009 14:31 (fifteen years ago) link
omg sylvie! Way to make a girl broody...
I keep looking at this pic as a corrective now winter's drawing in:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2513/4007337761_451ce41595.jpg
― Archel, Monday, 19 October 2009 15:12 (fifteen years ago) link
These photos of babies reminded me that I never really did that "first year" collage I was going to do; well, Picasa makes it easy, if it doesn't exactly make it very flexible or good-looking...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2653/4029530247_c061f1f80f.jpg
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 21:25 (fifteen years ago) link
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2569/4023677568_4d8c7a597a_b.jpgsylvie meeting her cuz for the first time
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 21:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Here's a collage for Tallulah's first year. Not as active as Ava...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2481/4030597488_05baf2091e.jpg
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 23:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Cool! So that's just a template on Picasa?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 01:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes, there are various collage options. For the most flexibility you should probably go with "Picture Stack" (or whatever it's called) and then just drag, reorient and resize your images around, but this is "Mosaic", where you don't have much control over the size, placement or order of anything. Just whacked them in there, added text and there you go.
It's just struck me how the leap from 8 months to 10 months seems quite significant, physically. Faces mature quite a bit in that period, it seems.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 11:18 (fifteen years ago) link
(And note how Tallulah - only 5 pounds at birth and incredible-expanding-baby thereafter - fits into that ye-ye dress at half the age her sister did!)
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 11:19 (fifteen years ago) link
It's incredible how Ava-like and Lulu-like they both look from the very start. Tallulah totally wins on comedy expressions, though (still the case, I think).
― Madchen, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 17:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Yep. Ava is earnest and (often) sweet, Lulu is just a total goon.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Both Ben and Owen wanted to be DJ Lance for Halloween.
Ben:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3510/4040197755_9cb3778180.jpg
Owen:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2754/4040946120_674fb2b2da.jpg
― schwantz, Saturday, 24 October 2009 21:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Fantastic!
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 24 October 2009 21:55 (fifteen years ago) link
uh oh, did Ben chip his front tooth?
Michael, your daughters are so gorgeous!
― musically, Sunday, 25 October 2009 01:41 (fifteen years ago) link
OMG!!!!! those costumes are incredible, schwantz!
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Sunday, 25 October 2009 02:46 (fifteen years ago) link
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Q2cuqOo8v8M/SuoAJw64R2I/AAAAAAAANdU/nk31wncgR0M/s800/photo.jpg
Archie gets to grips with a bit of mushed carrot!
He has also reinstated a night feed <yawn>... and has two teeth, and no compunction about using them while feeding <ouch>
― Meg (Meg Busset), Thursday, 29 October 2009 20:53 (fifteen years ago) link
autumn boy
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/IMG_2922.jpg
― STRATE IN2 DAKRNESS (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 31 October 2009 13:03 (fifteen years ago) link
aw!
― tehresa, Saturday, 31 October 2009 17:00 (fifteen years ago) link
The girls as spiders for Hallowe'en...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2788/4062901728_efd084f7f1.jpg
After a lantern-lit walk around the local rec ground in the dark, Ava and three friends head back to the house...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2488/4062860166_645ce89cdd.jpg
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 1 November 2009 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link
those costumes!!!
― musically, Sunday, 1 November 2009 02:47 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, those are great. we went with a $10 off-the-rack outfit from kmart that he picked out. last year he didn't really want to wear a costume at all, so we were hoping that by letting him pick one he'd be more into it. which worked pretty well, he did actually go trick or treating for a while. the whole thing still sort of weirds him out tho -- he was excited but also sort of unsure what he was supposed to do and why.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/IMG_2989.jpg
― STRATE IN2 DAKRNESS (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 1 November 2009 03:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Hallowe'en isn't really a big tradition in the UK (getting bigger though), in fact I think there's a fair amount of resistance to it here as it's perceived as an imported US notion and it's only 6 days before Guy Fawkes' Night. But Pam is American and she's been determined to pumpkinize London one postcode district at a time since 1998. Tallulah's birthday is Nov 2, so that's close enough for a spooky party as far as we're concerned. Two years ago I think only three or four dressed up - this year was full-on ghosts, skeletons, witches and kitties from the SE19 clan. And Pam's spider outfits of course.
Trick-or-treat is simply a four-stop pre-planned sweet-swop in the immediate neighbourhood. No candy until Thanksgiving now.
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 1 November 2009 12:25 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/noodle_vague/DSCF8225.jpg
Drag Me to Hull
― Geir Hypothesis (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 1 November 2009 16:44 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/noodle_vague/DSCF8292.jpg
― Geir Hypothesis (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 1 November 2009 16:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Hallowe'en isn't really a big tradition in the UK
when i was in manchester in 1991 i remember on oct. 13th seeing a group of kids trying to trick or treat. they rang the buzzer at one house and this pakistani guy came out and listened to their spiel and very patiently said, "we don't celebrate that, because we're muslim. but also, i think you have the wrong night." and the kids were all indignant -- "no, it's halloween!"
― STRATE IN2 DAKRNESS (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 1 November 2009 21:49 (fourteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3521/4068649985_3370609910.jpg
Second time on the merry-go-round. :-)
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Monday, 2 November 2009 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Ben:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2701/4061618500_bdbddf46cc.jpg
Owen:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2436/4060874343_187ccbe9b4.jpg
Ben looking all J Crew:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2455/4061611570_fa797cf42f.jpg
― schwantz, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link
love the coat, nath
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Thursday, 5 November 2009 17:28 (fourteen years ago) link
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2558/4079405670_28f0c8d04b_o.jpg
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Friday, 6 November 2009 01:15 (fourteen years ago) link
hahaha beeps looks like a giant!!
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Friday, 6 November 2009 01:17 (fourteen years ago) link
omg
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Friday, 6 November 2009 02:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Also, I think Henry looks a lot like PP.
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Friday, 6 November 2009 02:50 (fourteen years ago) link
One more DJ Lance Rock pic:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2676/4091185725_b9c7800241.jpg
― schwantz, Tuesday, 10 November 2009 04:20 (fourteen years ago) link
awwwwwwwwwwwwwww
― tehresa, Tuesday, 10 November 2009 04:28 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't have any kids and probably won't for a long time but here are my dear friend's two sons. this picture is killing me with cuteness so i am sharing:
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/utf-8BMTEwOTA5MjAzM2EuanBlZw.jpg
― tehresa, Tuesday, 10 November 2009 04:30 (fourteen years ago) link