The beginning of another week and time for Living Arrows again – the photo project where I aim to capture moments of childhood. Each week I share a photo of each of my two children and sometimes there’s a bit of waffling from me about what we’ve been up to!
After a busy weekend and the buzz of Halloween, the last week or so has been a little quieter. We’ve just been pottering about here and there, in the local area and at home.
Little M, LP and I have spent quite a bit of time in the Botanical Gardens lately – mainly as our local playground is closed for renovation, so it’s been an excuse to explore and do something we don’t normally do! The gardens really are beautiful and well worth a visit if you are in San Francisco.
I was hoping for a shot of the two of them in the garden as they were so sweet together looking at the fountain. But Little M is really not one to pose for a photo lately and is increasingly hard to capture, let alone with his sister in shot too! Instead I’ve picked a more candid photo of Little M during a quiet afternoon at home. LP on the other hand loves the camera and starts smiling wildly as soon as it appears! It’s actually harder to get more candid shots of her because she spots you coming! I did manage to capture one of her in the gardens though which I was pleased about. Although I do love the photos with big grins, it’s always nice to capture a more natural moment.
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LP was fascinated by the fountain, but here she turned for a moment to inspect something she had spotted on the ground!
Little M’s first choice of project would always be to build and construct with his legos. I like to be arty though and so have always tried to give him opportunities to be creative with paints and pencils as well as bricks. We sometimes get out the craft box during an afternoon and sit and do bits and pieces together. Here he was really excited to use my watercolour brush – a special brush that you squeeze water out of onto the paper! I love the concentration on his face!
Take a look at my Living Arrows photos from 2016 so far.
“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.” Kahlil Gibran
Susie at This Is Me Now says
November 8, 2016 at 12:11 amAh that’s a great idea. The gardens sound lovely, definitely one to add to my list for if we visit!
Angela says
November 8, 2016 at 12:28 amThese are fabulous pictures. I love the background in the first image and your children both look happy and content in both pictures. Drawing is great for kids too! 🙂 Angela #LivingArrows
Baby Isabella says
November 8, 2016 at 9:10 amWe love these natural kinda shots! I’m not really one for posing either. Great piccys #PointShoot
Mackenzie Glanville says
November 8, 2016 at 3:14 pmBotanic gardens are always a great place to visit for us and the kids, we have a lot of lovely gardens here in Melbourne but I don’t get there enough. Our local park is closed at the moment too which is disappointing as we are in Springtime here so it would be lovely to take the kids to the park. Sounds like little M is creative good on him! #pointshoot
Donna says
November 11, 2016 at 2:41 pmAthena and Troy love those water pens – they always have that same concentration look on their faces too! x
Pat - White Camellias says
November 12, 2016 at 8:25 amI also find it hard to capture my eldest now. Lovely photos x #pointshoot
mummy here and there says
November 12, 2016 at 11:08 amThem water pens look am-AZ-ing X #pointshoot
Sarah says
November 12, 2016 at 2:39 pmLovely captures this week – I know what you mean about trying to get photos though, Toby is three and he usually refuses to look at the camera or just pulls a face, and Gabe who is one just crawls straight at me as soon as I get the camera out! #LivingArrows
Sian - The Mama Story says
November 13, 2016 at 12:52 amWow that brush looks cool! How lovely that you have the Botanical Gardens so close, the mosaics on that fountain are lovely and what a sweet photo!
Jane - Our Little Escapades says
November 13, 2016 at 11:55 amGreat photos, I need t start getting crafty with my little lady. Water is always a hit with both of mine too #LivingArrows
You Baby Me Mummy says
November 14, 2016 at 9:26 amLovely pictures as always huni. Thanks for linking up to #PointShoot x