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A portrait of my children once a week, every week, in 2013

Evie: eager and engaging
Dexter: taking it all in and figuring it all out

I love this cheeky outtake, thanks for playing photographer Rog

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A portrait of my children once a week, every week, in 2013

Evie: my reluctant model
Dexter: flashing me his baby blues

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A portrait of my children once a week, every week, in 2013

Evie: my beautiful, beautiful princess fairy
Dexter: crawling on the dining table with the remnants of breakfast - he keeps me on my toes!

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A portrait of my children once a week, every week, in 2013

Evie: love this face and this girl
Dexter: happy and filthy

We spent a lovely family afternoon sorting out the veggie garden, you can see our large variety of weeds in the photo above!

Some lovely links - 28

- 'Pope Valley Oaks' by Karen Smidth. From Serena and Lily, via mint

 - There's something about this photo, it just grabs me. From the socialite family, via bloesem kids

 - if money were no object I'd love to buy these bathers for Evie. From Stella McCartney

- baked this Date Spice Loaf during the week, delicious, every recipe from Deb Perelman is a winner. From smitten kitchen

- '7 ways to look better in photos' from Garance, great tips and charmingly written

- a cool blog post on living simply, it has made me think about my purchases and consumption

- an art exhibition is a great way to help kids feel proud of their art, and get relatives to buy it and take it home!

- '6 tips for photographing your child' on Cup of Jo

- a lovely post about independence and young kids

- little adelaide kate has been posting about planting natives at home, great idea

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A portrait of my children once a week, every week, in 2013

Evie: we made a 'houseboat' cubby with the lounges and sheets, then spent some 'girl time' just chatting - she's delightful
Dexter:this curious boy doesn't sit still for long (all rugged up for a visit to Mount Lofty this morning)

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A portrait of my children once a week, every week, in 2013

Evie: my tired beautiful girl
Dexter: peek-a-boo and giggles, he fills my heart