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the 52 project
"A portrait of my children once a week, every week in 2016."



 Johnny//3 years. I can tell that Johnny has enjoyed being in preschool, because now that we are on summer break and not going, he starts each day by saying, "downstairs, outside, car." I've been trying to give him something interesting to do each day that we are at home. Usually it's just going to the park.  Johnny rode his little bike all the way to the park and back today without showing any sign of getting tired. In this picture he is wearing the medal he got for running in the Kids Fun Dash at his schools fundraiser.

Trixie//8 months. Trixie continues to be a very different baby from her big brother. If I had put Johnny down in the grass at this age he would have screamed and cried until I had picked him up. Trixie, on the other hand, wiggles her legs and and toes in the grass and plucks up blades with her chubby little fingers.

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"A portrait of my children once a week, every week in 2016."



Johnny//3 years, Bubbles feature again in Johnny's portrait, but this time with baby buddy Iggy. Johnny and Iggy had their first play date when they were just two weeks old and they've been friends ever since. (photo cred. goes to Alex.)

Trixie//8 months. My baby girl is crawling and pulling herself up! How did this happen? I predict she will be walking by the end of the summer. She is so eager to keep up with her big brother, nothing will stand in her way.

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"A portrait of my children once a week, every week in 2016."





Johnny//3 years

Trixie//7 mos

Yesterday was Johnny's birthday. In celebration we walked to the Dairy Queen that's just a few blocks from our house. Johnny "biked" there on his balance bike. Biking is his favorite activity. He goes so fast that we have to jog to keep up with him. He also loves ice cream. We split a Blizzard three ways, putting a little in an extra cup for him. He was thrilled to have his own. Someday Trixie will get in on the Blizzard, but for now she just watches the rest of us enjoy. 

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"A portrait of my children once a week, every week in 2016."






Johnny//3 next week! The first thing Johnny says every morning is, "outside, bubbles." Here we are outside, blowing bubbles.

Trixie//7.5 mos. Trixie is getting very close to crawling! She's also getting very chubby. Just in time for summer.  #beachbody

I missed a couple of weeks in this 52 project. I have a good reason, too.  Johnny broke the memory card for my camera. I didn't lose any photos, thankfully. They were already all on the computer. The card will actually still be read by the computer.  But there is a tiny little switch on the side of a memory card that locks it so no new pictures can be written to it.  He busted that tiny little switch so that it can't be unlocked. 

It's actually really great having a new memory card. I was beginning to feel uneasy with the almost 3,000 pictures on my old one, like I should be doing something with them before adding anymore. Now I've got a clean slate. Only 26 photos, and so many more that I can take before that nagging feeling to organize and store them returns. 


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"A portrait of my children once a week, every week in 2016."



Johnny//2 years, 11 mos. We have been blowing bubbles every day for the past week. "Bubble" is also one of the words that Johnny says best. 

Trixie// 7 mos. Looking at her Papa.  You can tell in this picture how much she loves him. 

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"A portrait of my children once a week, every week in 2016."





Johnny// 2 yrs. 11 mos.

Trixie// 6.5 mos

Both kids were sick this week. Trixie was back to her happy self after only a couple days, but Johnny was down the whole week. Thus the NoseFrida. Although we got lots of extra snuggles this week, I am glad everyone's back to good health. 

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"A portrait of my children once a week, every week in 2016."








Johnny//2 years 10 mos

Trixie// 6 mos

Well...almost every week. My sister got married last week so things were a little crazy at our house. I would have loved to post pictures of the kids in their cute wedding outfits but I forgot to bring the big camera and just barely managed to get a few cell phone pics of them.

The weather has been pretty nice here the last couple weeks. We have been going to the park almost every day. Johnny likes to play "ball", swing really high, and NOT get sand in his shoes. Trixie likes to watch Johnny run around and tolerates sitting in the baby swing as long as it's not moving.