Almost exactly done at the very same age, I have taken some fun photo’s that I LOVE of both of my girls on Ki’s beloved unicorn (It may be Ki’s but lets be real, it is a shared friend) made with love and painstaking craftsmanship by my Dad, also known as the world’s best Grampy, in our hearts anyway.
Each of the kids have their very own hand made rocking horse (or in this case Unicorn) and each one overflows my heart. I am very close with my Dad, and as it goes, with him living close by and being a devoted father and Grandfather…he is very close with our three kids as well. I won’t get all sappy (well…any MORE sappy) right here right now, I mean…there is fathers day for that! but I will just say that these gifts to his grandchildren mean a lot to me and I look forward to each of them finding a new home with my own grandkids one day, if I am so lucky to have any of course.

I took Ki out when she was three and a half and loved the photo’s I was able to capture with my barely willing subject and her magical friend. Fast forward three years later and I was out again, unicorn in the trunk and a brand new three and a half year old in her favourite pink smock (ahem….MY very own smock from when I was her age!! *swoon*)

I am so lucky that Willow finally came around to my camera this year, right in time for all the shoots I wanted to do!

First up is Ki, three years ago…

EEEEEEEEKK that little tiny Ki face!! Oh my goodness….take me back to baby Ki! I want to do it all over again!!! Those cheeks! Those brows! That nose!!
well…okay she still pretty much looks just like this, but taller. Still though..*TEAR*

Now Ki was merely going along with a theme and playing on her beloved unicorn, whereas Willow…our most recent toddler, believes herself to ACTUALLY be a princess in real life (we are going to try and reel her in before she starts declaring heads to roll, she is no shrinking violet!)

She had JUST outgrown the princess dress Ki wore for her pictures but I was delighted that she chose my old smock and her favourite purple boots, once again…..SWOOOON!

She came. She smiled. She gave me 10 golden minutes and a ton of sweet pictures. What more could a photographer mom ask for??

I always know she is done when she turns abruptly into Gail the snail….