Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Pictures of the Year, Part 2

The first few months of each year are an opportunity for us to spend a little more time with the kids than we do in our busier months. Everyone's activity schedule is at a low point for the year. That means we get to see each other, and we also get to pay closer attention to the activities we do have in motion.

I loved having the opportunity to see Maria dance in her ballet class during one of their parent observation weeks:

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I also love going out for hikes with Nick and Anna, my fellow early risers, on Saturday mornings:

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This may be the best single picture Anna took all year:

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In March we made our annual trip to Florida for spring break, stopping at our cousins' place in North Carolina on the way. Nick is a natural on the trampoline, and this was my favorite shot of him in flight:

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I've also come to appreciate from this blog that Maria makes some excellent faces for pictures. Here she is on Easter morning, expressing delight with one of her gifts:

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Tomorrow: Sum-sum-summertime.