Birthday Girl

Matotea celebrated her fourth birthday yesterday, in a pink fairy princess outfit! What could a little girl of four want more, aside from the ultimate Dora DVD collection and a paddling pool?

To blow out the candles maybe?

 

At the end of a long day even little princesses have their moods!

Mato's art

You probably think I'm mad, but since Mato was about two and a half, I've allowed her to play around with my camera. It is a risk letting her play with such a delicate object, but I've found her to be very

responsible and what's more a talented photographer, she loves to draw, but clearly photography is a medium that is easy to master, and with my digital she can shoot off snaps to her heart's content, and yes she does shoot a lot of duds, but over the last few months I've collected a series of beautiful shots that she's made. Here are my favorites. She's been concentrating on self-portraits recently. All the photos in this post are hers.

Birthdays galore

The most recent picture I have of the birthday girl Aunty Sue, 
with Uncle Dave, way back when at Rob and Louise's wedding

This week in October is our family birthday week. It started yesterday with my big brother, today is my lovely Aunty Sue's birthday, then it's my nephew Oliver on thursday, Mato's on friday and husband Viri's on sunday! A full week of festivities! Break out the champers and get out the balloons!

Bathing belles

It's october now and the chill is out of the air, the weather is
still a bit changeable, but we've been venturing down to the beach to
have a quick dip and a bit of a play in the sand, the girls in their
adorable new matching swimsuits, thanks grandma......it's all lots of
fun!