Such an exceptional and thoughtful gesture, that it warrants a post on its own.
At a wedding ceremony on Friday, with it being over the Easter weekend, the bride gave each child a very special gift. Smaller children received a beautiful Velveteen Rabbit, with a storybook and an Easter egg. Older children got carefully selected toys that were matched to detail their different personalities.
Tracy, the bride, very generously included a parcel for my boys, which included three very special bunnies, easter eggs and a storybook.
Thank you so, so, so very much! We read the first chapter yesterday and the picture below is of Oliver with his bunny, listening attentively to me reading the story of the Velveteen Rabbit.
It's a fairly sedate suicide-hour tonight. The kid's DVD seems to be entertaining them
No meal requests, no fighting, no running, no screaming... I'm actually not sure what is going on??
I am busy charging batteries and formatting CF cards for tommorrows wedding. It's been a busy week!
One thing that made my week, though, I had another quiet moment to myself this week - an entire, uninterrupted half-an-hour, where I was able to sit and relish the Q4 2008 results of the Wedding Photojournalist Association winners.
Pictures of the midgets from this week, brides wanting eye candy, grab a glass of wine and click through to the link.
Chantal and Jean-Paul, aka Sean ;-), booked an engagement session last week. Our planned location did not work out, but, I think we came up with an even better alternative. Nothing like thinking on one's feet!
Just before I post the images selected for this post, I thought I would explain: Kelly Moore, an American wedding photographer, whose blog I frequent, ran a post with a small contest about shooting in sunshine.
Thought I would give it a go and have selected images which were shot into the sun.
I may do a second post on this shoot just to show you how gorgeous Chantal and JP are!
Oh these are stunning! So you also stalk Kelly's blog? Sweet. Good luck for the competition!
(04.06.09 @ 05:12 PM)Love the light in these photos. I'm going to try and do the same with a maternity session I have on Monday
(04.06.09 @ 05:38 PM)Thanks Andrea and Ursula for the awesome shoot! The pictures are stunning! Pleeeaase put some more up!! :) x
(04.08.09 @ 03:03 PM)These photos remind me of our wedding creatives, Andrea!! Gorgeous!!
(04.09.09 @ 08:21 PM)Absolutley stunning! It was an awsome shoot with an awsome couple :)
(06.15.09 @ 10:53 AM)Those of you not in the know, it is officially school holidays {enter sarcastic-Yaaay!}
Just to enlighten those blissfully unaware, school holidays = a brood of testosterone multiplied by three - actually, Ashley makes four, with energy levels of the Duracell Bunny, times six!
Hap...Hap...Hap...Happy days!
Anyone with ANY ideas on how to best utilise those energy levels, please give me a shout, or shot, preferably, of anything alchoholic.
Day Two: They are still alive, house intact.
Todays activity: an ice-cream picnic, which seemed to work for today. Let's hope I can come up with another 87 ideas for the rest of the holidays.
It makes me want to cry how pretty your area is! Mini waterfall and everything! Awesome photos!
(04.01.09 @ 06:00 AM)
How cool is that! Love them. Something to show them on their 21st. Good luck with the Ha ha ha happy Holidays.
(04.01.09 @ 12:41 PM)Life lesson number 332: Do NOT stick your finger into an electrical plug !! :-)
(04.03.09 @ 05:43 AM)
Wow, that's very special. What beautiful rabbits
(04.12.09 @ 06:14 AM)Oh, that is the sweetest thing!. I'd love to say I would have done that if I'd had any children at my wedding (I don't think I had a guest under the age of 20) but I would never have thought of something so lovely!
Funny story: I drove right past you outside M & S on Friday without knowing it was you! I would have stopped to say hello (and distract you from your bundu-bashing) if I'd known. :-)
(04.12.09 @ 08:05 AM)