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What our house looks like after school on a typical Monday. Homework being done, lunches in the process of getting unpacked and snacked on, dinner in the slow cooker, field trip permission slips waiting to be signed.
On this particular day, the two kindergarteners had their first "real" homework - five easy spelling words to be copied. They were excited to have real homework like the big kids. I know that excitement won't last, but I'll try to savor it while it does.
One climbs in bed with me. And then another. And then another. They ask for milk, so I get out to get it. And when I come back the fourth one has joined and there is no room for me.
That's ok, it gives me an opportunity to capture them all together.
My goal for this place in 2016 is to share a picture every day. Sometimes they will have a story, sometimes they won't. Sometimes they will be good, and sometimes they will just be iPhone snaps. But after a year has gone by, you'll have a pretty good sense of what every day life is like around here.
First - I wanted to capture each of the kids in their raw state on New Year's Day.
I didn't brush any hair, I didn't tell anyone to get dressed, I didn't even ask them to smile. I just asked them to stand still for a minute in front of a bright window. I wanted to capture what they looked like right now.
And here they are.
They're like a couple of old folks. They know each others in and outs, they know each other wants, and quirks. In some ways, they seem like an unlikely pair. But in other ways they are perfect for each other. They balance each other out and they tolerate each other better than most other couples I kow.
