do you have underwear on?? | Klutch Photography | Vancouver family photographer

i had just finished shooting my downtown session this morning and thought "i should grab a coffee, reapply some gloss, adjust my bra and take some fun images out here today" when i remembered i "should"  get home relatively fast because amara didn't wear underwear to school today!  yeah, i know what your thinking...how did the mother of this child not SEE she had any ginch on?? well she's sneaky (and i didn't think i needed to do vagina checks before leaving the house), no really...i only caught sight of it when her dress rolled up when she jumped out of the truck at school drop off and i spotted a sheer bum under her nylon leggings, i gasped!  the problem was i had to get to work and couldn't fetch her any new ones! ok squirrel, get back on topic...so my dilemma was do i let me littlest little suffer all day, letting her vajayjay meet all  her friends at school or do i become supermom for saving her awkward day with some princess panties from home and forgo the morning walk about taking pictures!!  supermom it is, total no brainer.

quickly i decided to challenge myself, i took two minutes, snapped whatever i found interesting right in front of me and headed home!

below is what i captured. is it mind blowing, NO but the point of this drifty story is that you don't need to search far and wide for beautiful things to capture, you have it within a few feet of wherever you are, if you look at it with different set of glass's on!!

and yes amara got her panties and all purity has been restored in kindergarden land! new rule in the stoddard house, undies mandatory till 18!

beast in the bath | Klutch Photography | Surrey family photographer

"go bath, you stinky beast's" is the phrase i use with both of my girls come sunday, wednesday and friday's!  in the past year my girls have preferred a shower then a bath, so when amara asked to have a bath... i thought you never know when that may be the last one she wants to have as a toy playing, mermaid swimming, underwater scientist child! so yep, you guessed it the camera came out.  i've taken loads in the bath but there's something about the tub and children that make for great natural(true to self), funny pictures!

So if your wanting to

a) work on your photography skills

b) think outside the box from a portrait

b) capture something you will look back fondly on, i would recommend bringing your camera in the bathroom! Oh and while your at it, take some video too!

BTW amara was having so much fun that after big sis had her shower she joined her in the tub!

 

 

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mommy look around you | Klutch Photography | Vancouver family photographer

when those waves of sadness hit, when your heart can no longer feel,

when you pick up the pieces to your new normal and feel you can't make it to a new day...

remember me mommy, my love,  just remember me.

mommy look around you, because i am here...

i am in the snow dusted in december,

i am blooming in your garden in the spring,

i am the sticks collected at your door and the shells at your steps,

i will be the sunshine wrapped around you to keep you warm,

i will give you sunsets in the summer mamma,

i am in the laughter of all my friends,

when you hold Nicholas's hand, i am there to hold the other,

when you say i love you, i am saying it back softly,

when you hold my pillow, i am holding you.

don't be sad mommy, i am not alone and the same goes for you.

(in  loving memory of Sophie Haines who received her angel wings december 2013)

and for her mommy xox

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