13/52 and why you should never ask your kid to pose

A portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2014.
Joining in with the 52 project over at practisingsimplicity.blogspot.com

Also some reasons why not to ask kids to pose for these:)

Early spring evening light

The warm spring light is here- even though spring itself is nowhere to be found. Even the birds seem thoroughly confused. I walked out of the house this morning to a chorus of birds and snow- all at the same time. Siena has been preparing compost for days and we were supposed to map out the garden today, but it just didn't seem right.
After getting a week of being able to take the kids to the park and the woods, it seems crazy that we are back to running around inside- ice skating on linoleum floors and dance parties to get all that energy out. The kids spent a happy hour if not more playing hide and seek, and while that seems like probably the most mundane of events- it is actually rather monumental given that Reed seems to have finally gotten the concept; it's not just looking for someone, but waiting in the other room until they hide and then methodically, in his case, visiting all the places Siena hid not one minute before and solemnly announcing "no"- as in "she's not here." My favorite part? The unwavering and unshifting (even after the 50th time) excitement at finding 'yeya' ('Siena' in Reed-speak).

12/52

Aunt and uncle were here over the so-called Spring Break and the kids had only eyes for them the whole week...

A portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2014.
As always joining with 52 project over at practisingsimplicity.blogspot.com

11/52

Joint picture this time…smitten sister

A picture of my children, once a week, every week in 2014.
joining in with 52 project over at practisingsimplicity.blogspot.com

10/52

Ice and cold are still with us, but at least it's been sunny so the kids went out to the porch to get some sun- and only then did I realize we had not had an outdoor picture for several months!!!! So ready for all of the ice to be done…for now its a toy.

A portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2014.
Joining in with Jodi at practisingsimplicity.com

9/52

A portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2014.

Reed- gotta hide this thing every once in awhile- there is only so much patience one can have for ear busting pitch
Siena- early morning cuddled with big bear. Siena's cuddlies go in and out of favor. For years it was Benny Lava (a little bear/bunny) and a little doll Judy. Then it was Angelina, and now it is Big Bear. I hope she has a few more years of toy cuddling ahead of her.

Last week I really liked the pippi with pippi, lamb loves fox has amazing images week after week, but I love the ones from this week in particular, finally I was moved by the sibling love here.