I was honoured that my friend asked me to do a session for their son all the way from Singapore.
She wanted to have a session while they were in New Zealand for a short holiday.
The weather was gorgeous that day so it was great to take advantage and have their session in the Botanical Garden.

He certainly make me work for it as he was constantly on the go, which is a reminder that my boy will probably soon to follow on his path.
He was a cute little munchkin to hang out with and im glad i get to meet him and capture him at this wonder age.

I can’t believe its December already….the last month of this year, and this come up so quickly i found it scary! lol

Of course the most exciting thing about December is the countdown to Christmas,
so this year i have a new idea for my lil girl to get even more excited about Christmas approaching…

my lil girl loves scrapbooking, and anything arty and creative….she loves cutting paper, drawing, writing stuff, making cards,
all the things i used to love to do when i had plenty of time to occupy myself - hence before i had kids which felt like a looongg time ago lol.

So for almost for the whole month of November our Christmas project is to create the “25 days of Christmas countdown treat cards”.
I know we can easily buy the ready made stuff for this, but i thought it was a good idea to make them ourselves.
This was my plot to keep her busy during the weekdays for about an hour or so each day after i pick her up from school.
Usually we wait til Logan is due to have his nap before we start on the project each day
because there are a lot of scrapbooking material that can be a choking hazard for him.

Anyway, so Claudia was really excited to start the project after i explain to her what its all about. However each day it gets harder and harder
to think of a new idea of what to put on the cards…since we have to make 25 of them we have to come up with new idea each day….
sometimes thinking about what she wants to put into the card doesn’t come easy
so i suggested a few things for her and she gets the last word to say yay or nay lol

the most exciting thing for her is choosing what treats goes into each card…
she carefully chooses each one for the cards each day and she even said that she will share them with mummy and daddy, isn’t she nice?
she said she would also would love to share it with little brother but seeing that he is not allowed sweets yet
she said she will wait til next year before she shares her treats with her brother LOL

well the first day of December is been and gone, the night before i saw her eying the cards and excitedly said to me
“mummy i get to open my first countdown card tomorrow morning, yay!”
and sure enough early in the morning on 1st Dec she came down the stairs bouncing with excitement and grabbed her first card…

this will continue til Christmas and so far we still have 20 more cards hanging on the wall for her to open and enjoy each day.
I really enjoy the quality time we spend together making these countdown to Christmas cards with her,
and i  honestly think she really appreciates the one on one time with mummy too.
For at least one hour each day we get to have a quality time together without anything else interrupting us
and just enjoy being creative and doing something we both like to do.
So for those of you with children who loves being crafty, i highly recommend doing something like this with your kids..its well worth the effort.

So, just to show you our crafty work, here are a few shots of our Christmas countdown cards hanging at the corner wall of our stairs.

you can see how proud she is when we finished all the cards…
i was just about to take picture of the cards when she stood proudly beside our handy work and said “tadaa!!” lol

a closer look of the cards hanging on the wall

and this is what the cards looks like inside with her special message & one of the treats…

and lastly here is the finishing result at the end of our project…you can clearly see which cards she did herself
and which cards that has a lot of help from mummy LOL

we had the perfect summer days this weekend…loving the glorious warm weather and of course we had a wonderful family time outdoor.
we took Logan to the beach for the first time and his reaction to the new surrounding was priceless…
he played in the sand and of course was about to explore it further by putting it into his mouth when i caught it in time LOL

he was unsure about the sand actually….and when daddy dip his toes into the water he cried lol
I think it was because the water was still cold eventho the sun was so hot and bright…
the sun was so bright that he was squinting most of the time and luckily we lathered on the sunscreen on him so thickly
because he got a bit of a tan from his first trip to the beach LOL that is of course preferable than getting a sunburn…

anyway, hopefully this awesome weather is here to stay…we love that we get to spend quality family time outside.
here are some of our beach day pics to share…

first touch of the sand…he was hesitant and unsure of it at first…

me and the kids….i dont get many of these pics, so im grateful when i get one decent pic with both of them lol

Logan and daddy…

a kiss from mummy…please ignore my crazy messy hair lol

another one with daddy…

this is what happened when daddy dipped his toes into the water…lol

Claudia asked me to bury her in the sand….and she promised me that i’ll get to take pics of her sandy toes afterward LOL

isn’t life so wonderfully simple when you are a baby?
he smiles, he babble and he smiles and giggles….
he explores everything with curiosity, and of course everything its new and exciting…
I can’t think of a better way to spend my day than capturing the simple moments in his young life…

oh and he is finally sitting up…i think he finally finds his center and can sit up a bit longer now, although still a bit wobbly at times LOL

Btw, he is still attempting to fly off somewhere…LOL this is still his fave position when he is on tummy time…

my little girl is turning 6 today…
i want to tell her how very special she is, how proud we are of her,
and how much of a joy it is to see her grow and blossom to be a smart and beautiful little lady.

Happy Birthday Sweetheart!
you are a special treasure and we love you for being you,
and may the love you have shown to others return to you, multiplied…
we wish you the happiest of birthday, and many, many more.

btw, today is also happens to be a ‘Red Nose Day’
its been 13 years since Kiwis have been spotted with red noses, and today Red Nose Day is back!
its being organized by Cure Kids with the aim of raising $1 million to help fund research into life-threatening illnesses affecting Kiwi kids…

what better day to celebrate a special day for my little one…we hope by small means we are helping other kiwi kids in a worthy cause.
if you see the street collectors today please give generously…

here is my little sweetheart with her big red nose…

even her fave puppy - Spot the dog, gets a red nose today…

this last one was taken before she changed her clothes, so eventho her top doesn’t match her red nose i still like it, bcoz she looks so silly! LOL

i have been thinking that my boy is seriously attempting to fly when he can’t even walk yet LOL
this is his favorite position during tummy time…both hands on his side flapping furiously as well as kicking up his legs.

he is so cheeky and inquisitive yet made of pure sweetness…i just can’t get enough of him.

im sure if he has a super power he would’ve taken off flying by now…look at him! lol

but of course, its not safe flying without a protective gear…just as well mummy made his hat, it fits like a helmet! lol

another one of his flying pose - one hand on hips and one hand in front…”hmm, wonder why i haven’t taken off yet?” hahaha

“what’s that mummy? what do you mean i can’t fly??” LOL

lately its all about being able to reach his toes when lying on his back and he is munching on everything within reach - that includes his own toes! LOL

there is something incredibly joyous to me as children photographer everytime i get to photographs a newborn….
i don’t get many of them, but when i do, there is something i truly love about the breath of a new life into this world.

i had the pleasure to meet Ethan a few days ago, what an amazing new soul he was…
inquisitive, cheeky and curious about this brand new sense of being in a beautiful way.

he was fighting sleep but try as he might, he couldn’t stay awake forever….
and of course when he finally gave in to sweet slumber, he was the perfect lil model.

Kelda & Mark, thank you for letting me capture these precious and fleeting moment in your wee lil boy’s life…
enjoy and treasure each and every special moments with him.

i was supposed to post this yesterday for Halloween, but we got in pretty late after Trick or Treating so i didn’t get a chance to download these pics
until today…im sure its still Halloween somewhere in the world seeing that we are always ahead from the rest of the world LOL

Well some of you already knew that my little girl wanted to be Snow White for Halloween last year but her daddy convinced her to be a witch instead
so this year nothing is gonna stop her from wearing her snow white outfit LOL
oh btw, she also wore this costume to school for the “Dress Up as Book Character” day and she loves wearing it to school…

I think she is the most beautiful snow white i have ever seen, but of course im biased LOL

Its Labour Day today so we had a long weekend, which was awesome.
The highlight of this weekend is catching up with my girlfriends over high tea…it was my first time and i must say i really enjoyed it.
My lil girl came with me to join the girls while the boys stayed home and chill…

The food was amazingly presented…these lil bite size munchies looked soo yummy!
I must say tho, when i first saw it i didn’t think i was gonna get full eating those dainty size food but it was actually quite filling.
I had a boring English Breakfast Tea, but the other girls were more adventures and tried the more interesting tea.

My lil girl certainly enjoyed the morning, and so did we….im really glad we decided to catch up,
its been a while and this just reminded me that we should really do this more often.

Anyway, here are some of the pics i’ve taken from our High Tea, and i just have to say that they are really as yummy as they look…

Vivien’s Honeydew Green Tea

Winnie’s Lavender Grey Tea

my lil girl trying a sip of my tea, i asked her to lift her lil pinky like how it should be done when you are drinking tea…but she was having none of it….LOL

I think this one is either Karen’s Trim Latte or Viv’s Mocha…

actually i think this one is Karen’s…if im not mistaken, so the above must be Viv’s….lol

my girl looking longingly out the window before she pleaded for me to let her play outside the cafe…

and she made this awesome little bracelet from her hairclip and Aunty Viv’s comb….how cool is that?

and copying Aunty Karen applying her lip-gloss from her i-Carly cellphone with mirror & lip-gloss inside LOL

being silly with Aunty Sarah & Aunty Karen…

and lastly, of course we polished off all the food…that lucky last mini muffin went to my lil miss…

yup that’s right peeps, my baby boy turns 7 months old today…so of course i had to post some new pics as he changes constantly.
Its so true what people say to me about the difference between raising boys and girls…their personality is so different (but that was to be expected)
and i can already tell that he is going to be a handful when he reach toddler-hood, whereas his sister was so laid back (i think we strike it lucky with her lol)

Logan reaches his milestones differently from Claudia, at 7 months he still cannot sit unsupported yet whereas Claudia sat up at 5 months
and was already bum shuffling at 7 months. However Logan rolls over earlier at 4 months whereas Claudia didn’t reach that milestone until
she was 7 months old.

Logan loves to squeals and babble, he is so vocal at expressing his needs, whereas Claudia was so laid back she was happy to just chill
and wait until we do things we need to do for her. Logan has just started to notice his toes now and his favorite position while on the floor
was lifting his legs up and reaching up to his toes. He also have 2 teeth and starting to really enjoy having his solids.

So here is my boy at 7 months old…