ILP rolling photo quarantine 2

that statue has always puzzled me. what and why?

as public art in cheltenham goes the kit williams clock is much better.

Yes, the clock is good, but Mae was distracted by chocolate/twix pretzels nearby and wouldn't stand under it when the bubbles started. So, for information - and non-Brit readers who might wonder wtf we are going on about - here's a non-child related photo of it...
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I quite like the other sculpture though. I have no idea what it's about, I think the artist just likes hares. And hares would obviously hang out with minataurs. Mae and her cousin thought it quite hilarious of course and giggled about it for quite some time.

lol at cheltenham pic ....

also can't wait to take sylvie to a petting zoo -- my wife and i are both weirdos who liked to go into those things before we even had a kid.

chillin' in the boppy

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awww. we need to dig out our boppy.

Beeps in Mommy training:
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Great pic! I'm in awe of you guys with more than one kid. How do you do it???

aw her hair is so cute!!!

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sylvie through the weeks

pictures of yawning babies are never not completely adorable

Wonderful Sylvie series.

Today, Ava turned 5.

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Happy birthday for yesterday Ava! Five! Amazing.

The wonderful Sylvie may single-handedly persuade me that having another child would actually not be such a bad idea.

Since Nathalie just taught me how to post photos, and I'm in full proud-dad mode, here come the kids:

Elia
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Twin #1 Giona
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Twin #2 Tobia
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super cute, marco!
here's Sylvie at 6 months
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2731/4380906548_58d9bdcbd8_b.jpg

All these cute babies! Here's what they look like as super-jaded toddlers:

Ben:
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Owen:
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Sylvie is practically edible!

Jaded is right. It's your first trip on a Mersey ferry! One of the most famous waterfronts in the world! OK, it was freezing and we had no snacks...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4373747511_dcf25511b1.jpg

The other day in the lovely light of the Bridge House Tavern in London's cheapest postcode, SE20...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2802/4393711150_2c5a966f1c.jpg

Seth, 6 months old now:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4403377227_a3f222634a.jpg

It's gone quick!

omg seth rules

haha, their hair is so funny at that stage -- sylvie's has started sticking up too.
Michael Jones' pics making me (and my wife) want to move to the UK! Looks so nice.

Never take your eyes off the juice

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Ah, Caffe Nero! So many elements of my Saturday afternoon experience are present and correct in that picture. Only thing missing: the ham and mozzarella panini the girls divvy up between themselves like it's Kid Ambrosia.

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Ben riding a pony:

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/princessparkle/4388314240/

requesting to listen to the Butthole Surfers (other favorite bands: King Khan, Cramps, the 'Mones/Joey)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/princessparkle/4388314240/

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/hukl/beachball.jpg

SO cuet!

Every little girl should have at least one pair of stripey tights. It should be the law.

Easter Sunday! Which means egg hunt. Which means one girl ends up with a (very slightly) fuller basket than the other. Cue tears...

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All smoothed over by chocolate...

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What can you do?
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Jumper bought on Tuesday, incidentally.

Wherever the big one goes...

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Q2cuqOo8v8M/S75BBYTimbI/AAAAAAAAPi4/iIsELpKTPoM/s800/IMG_0895.jpg

...the small one follows

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(Effects and border via Lightroom, thanks Michael!)

best toy in the world:

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Cold beach in South Wales:

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serious niece is serious

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/818963/Srs.bmp

Ben making a funny face:
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Ben, excited:
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Owen and Ben, holding their new niece:
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Excuse the intrusion from someone who never posts, just couldnt resist showing off my new daughter Eva to the ILP posse. The shark eyed little bug was born 3 weeks early (28/03/10) but is doing very well, needless to say she is a big hit with her sister.

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Jazz hands! Or maybe Hula Hands?

Haha, yes, jazz hands it is, her sister is a dancing queen so this may work out quite nicely.

Your boys are now the elder statesmen of ILP!

^^^ 'I has invisibl piano'

Archie is one this week! How did that happen?

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Q2cuqOo8v8M/S9SnhRjEr2I/AAAAAAAAPsA/yrXNBFsQMQo/s800/DSCF1555.jpg

it's a LEARNING TENT!

dude meg i think it happened by the earth passing around the sun. i have never understood the whole "time flies" sentiment with babies. i feel like i have been a dad for approx 1 million years. (a good thing, obv!)

by the way a pro photog friend came by the other day for some photos of lil' louis. check this out. it's like a damn magazine!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/4556742345_7cc75d3815.jpg

Aha - I wondered how you came to get your hands on a Leaf 75s!

The girls loved Copenhagen:
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Lulu wakes up on the sleeper - around 8am, near Odense:
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Ava reflects on Lulu's claimed victory in the pirate ship water gun thing:
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wow michael - that photo with the pools of light is amazing. it must have been hard calculating the exposure, etc.

Nah, just underexposed by 1 stop to avoid blowing out the faces, added a little punch in Lightroom.

Did your pro friend let you have a play with the Leaf camera? Most cars are cheaper than one of those!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4551033828_ecd6e42ace.jpg
One today!

no, i didn't dare! i could tell it was expensive but i had no idea how much. and actually i still don't - i have tried to google its price but found nothing! which must put it into serious yikes territory. i mean, prices of gadgets must be the most googleable thing imaginable, yet it's like the internet barely acknowledges this thing can be bought or sold.

xpost

congratulations!

Tracer: http://cgi.ebay.com/Leaf-Aptus-75S-75-S-Digital-Back-Hasselblad-H1-H2-H-LN-/220332432746?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Digital_Cameras&hash=item334cd61d6a5k for just the 33MP digital back. You'll be wanting a camera body and lens with that, sir.

Lovely VR! A year already!