Marvellous. We've been very lax with getting the kids out on their bikes. They're not nearly as proficient as most of their peers so we've got some catching up to do. Of course, they could just be like their dad and unable to ride a bike at 44.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 4 June 2013 10:16 (thirteen years ago)
i think she is a bit early for doing this, she turns 4 in august -- but she has been using a strider bike since last summer, so she's been able to balance easily for a while now, it was just figuring out how to pedal, get herself going etc that she needed to do now. still working on that last bit -- we have to push her a bit, but it's only been three days now. really recommend the strider bike approach over the training wheels though!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 4 June 2013 15:04 (thirteen years ago)
awesome!
― educate yourself to this reality (sunny successor), Tuesday, 4 June 2013 15:37 (thirteen years ago)
Ava in her favourite coffee chain...
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3767/9009940421_fdebc67e08_z.jpg
Lulu with Bob in bed...
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5325/9009911643_8ec8d24511_z.jpg
― Michael Jones, Monday, 10 June 2013 22:05 (thirteen years ago)
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-A354mhgs1ow/UbdQQ5GjmGI/AAAAAAAABBU/MStBRUPgaqA/s566-no/DSCN0385-MIX.jpg
5 months today!
― battle hyrr of the shepublic (m bison), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 17:05 (thirteen years ago)
what a handsome little feller!
michael jones i love those photos so much
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 17:11 (thirteen years ago)
dag that is a cute baby
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 17:35 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, seriously. That kid is adorable!
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 17:47 (thirteen years ago)
yayyyy benny thanks u
― battle hyrr of the shepublic (m bison), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 21:04 (thirteen years ago)
awwww! 5 month old babbie soaking it all in. so awesome.
michael, lulu looks so different like all the baby went away and now shes a beautiful little girl.
― educate yourself to this reality (sunny successor), Friday, 14 June 2013 14:08 (thirteen years ago)
That is an adorable baby.
Lulu: sometimes I wish she'd act her age! She can really be baby-ish, in contrast to her sulky-teen sister. Here's another:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8541/9027440499_364678dd03_z.jpg
― Michael Jones, Friday, 14 June 2013 14:36 (thirteen years ago)
Such a beauty
― educate yourself to this reality (sunny successor), Saturday, 15 June 2013 00:30 (thirteen years ago)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PxuP7iIwjuc/UXSF79gSKfI/AAAAAAAAMoU/U_vHhGRD12Y/s1600/IMG_0085.jpgNot the best photo, but the only one I have handy online to link to: Ella hiding behind Russian literature
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Thursday, 20 June 2013 23:53 (thirteen years ago)
I know I'm cute but you don't need to look at me all the time!
― educate yourself to this reality (sunny successor), Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:35 (thirteen years ago)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QtP8uhoUe9Q/UcVbWkHgKEI/AAAAAAAANAA/8Gkp9OdDhDk/s1600/100_6751.JPG
A slightly clearer one, Ella now fighting off the paparazzi.
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Saturday, 22 June 2013 08:11 (thirteen years ago)
Note to self: don't tangle with Ella
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 22 June 2013 16:29 (thirteen years ago)
:)
haha im picturing veg walking about trying to get into beefs with babbies
― educate yourself to this reality (sunny successor), Sunday, 23 June 2013 05:42 (thirteen years ago)
lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 23 June 2013 05:51 (thirteen years ago)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7314/9125235846_e1c7e47503_z.jpg
― Michael Jones, Monday, 24 June 2013 15:29 (thirteen years ago)
dark teal skirt + magenta tight = magic.
loving Ava's kitty mary janes too
― educate yourself to this reality (sunny successor), Monday, 24 June 2013 16:12 (thirteen years ago)
They must be her fourth pair of those kitty shoes.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 11:12 (thirteen years ago)
i bought bee some Cinderella light up shoes last week. within a day she had scuffed them up so much pieces of material were hanging off of them.
― educate yourself to this reality (sunny successor), Tuesday, 25 June 2013 14:20 (thirteen years ago)
http://instagram.com/p/bCJP9kS34B/
― *tera, Thursday, 27 June 2013 03:03 (thirteen years ago)
i am crap at taking photos.
thankfully someone else did the biz last night as mk1 celebrated the end of his gcse exams via the imported groove known as prom night :
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1017603_10151477886540814_1132432754_n.jpg
mk1 = grinner at the front of camper van.
none of this stretch limo crap.
― mark e, Thursday, 27 June 2013 19:15 (thirteen years ago)
How handsome!
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Thursday, 27 June 2013 20:20 (thirteen years ago)
pickin' strawberrieshttps://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/998375_10201378749891213_228759177_n.jpg
― tylerw, Thursday, 27 June 2013 20:29 (thirteen years ago)
x-post - Also this looks like something out of the 60s and I didn't realize they did prom in England.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Thursday, 27 June 2013 20:33 (thirteen years ago)
^^^ Exactly!
― *tera, Friday, 28 June 2013 00:27 (thirteen years ago)
Beautiful, tylerw!
― *tera, Friday, 28 June 2013 00:28 (thirteen years ago)
great pics mark & tyler
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 29 June 2013 22:31 (thirteen years ago)
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2850/9177969688_dcf580fa9e_b.jpgIMG_3321 by disbister, on Flickr
A little blurry (f/1.4 lens), but still cute:http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3685/9175801959_7a8462149c_b.jpgPenultimate day of Kindergarten by disbister, on Flickr
― schwantz, Sunday, 30 June 2013 22:03 (thirteen years ago)
Awwwww very cute!
― *tera, Sunday, 30 June 2013 23:01 (thirteen years ago)
So good to see those guys again!
As I've probably mentioned before, Ava is the shortest in her year by some way. Here she is with her best pal Eve today:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2854/9179426522_397c9ba275_z.jpg
With our local park thronged with hundreds for the Crystal Palace Overground Festival, we found a quiet spot behind a pal's craft stall for our blanket; Lulu perfecting her thousand-yard bagel stare:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2821/9168661491_672167eb10_z.jpg
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 30 June 2013 23:10 (thirteen years ago)
feel like im monopolizing this space every month, but its summerhttps://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CFCWaES0ePQ/Ud8FiQ2pgcI/AAAAAAAABNg/wS4hy9z6NHE/s566-no/DSCN0449-MOTION.gif
― YOU AIN'T ALL THAT AND A BAG OF CHIPS (m bison), Thursday, 11 July 2013 19:32 (twelve years ago)
omg that little smile :D
baby knees are my favorite things ever
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 11 July 2013 20:26 (twelve years ago)
omg i can't handle that bebe!
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 19:41 (twelve years ago)
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2890/9104499290_5f342a6bdf_c.jpg
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:34 (twelve years ago)
omg
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:40 (twelve years ago)
Ella has a monkey: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WEthfkT5iWk/UedGHd-G2iI/AAAAAAAANEg/OwLCDsXqbxY/s200/IMG_0130.jpg
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Thursday, 18 July 2013 01:35 (twelve years ago)
Not my kids, but I've been scanning some of my mom's negatives, and here's one of me and my brother:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2825/9287333564_50d1cd496b_b.jpgPeter and David by disbister, on Flickr
― schwantz, Thursday, 18 July 2013 19:51 (twelve years ago)
Welcome to the 1970s, where every coffee table had a zither on it.
― pplains, Thursday, 18 July 2013 20:01 (twelve years ago)
Came with the table.
― schwantz, Thursday, 18 July 2013 20:33 (twelve years ago)
haha. we should have a thread where we put kid photos of ourselves next to photos of our kids at the same age
― educate yourself to this reality (sunny successor), Friday, 19 July 2013 01:21 (twelve years ago)
That is a good idea. I think my girls' early years are approx 2000x more thoroughly documented than mine were though - it's slim pickings.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 19 July 2013 06:59 (twelve years ago)
yeah. same. i have maybe 3 or 4 photos of me under 12.
― educate yourself to this reality (sunny successor), Friday, 19 July 2013 13:44 (twelve years ago)
My mom was a ridiculous photographer. When she died, I inherited like 50,000 or more negatives, slides, and prints. I'm working my way through the negatives and slides with a Nikon Coolscan, but it's slow going. B&W is especially tough, since the auto dust removal algorithms don't work on them.
― schwantz, Friday, 19 July 2013 16:08 (twelve years ago)
What a treasure trove!
Here are a couple - not by me - from school. Welsh sprinter Christian Malcolm came by for sports day and, pro that he is, sat there for photos with *every* kid in the school! The guy is five-nine (and had PBs under 10.1 and 20.1 back in his prime), so hopefully an inspiration to Ava as what can be achieved with relatively short pins...
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7287/9314752467_51cfab79a1_z.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5549/9317533458_80a05f5e13_z.jpg
― Michael Jones, Friday, 19 July 2013 16:16 (twelve years ago)
awww cute!
― educate yourself to this reality (sunny successor), Friday, 19 July 2013 17:03 (twelve years ago)
glad to see he is repping adidas