Dates with my Daughters: February

February was a month of firsts and a month of challenges.

First cinema trip (Penguins of Madagascar - brilliant!) and first shoes.

Photographs in the cinema and the challenge of very little light and without annoying the half term cinema goers. Photographs in the shoe shop... Tricky when it transpires that your daughter doesn't like wearing shoes. At all.

But here we are. Dates with my Daughters.

Dates with my Daughters: January

As 2014 drew to a close, I sat and I pondered a photography project for the new year. I didn't want to do a 365 as it was too much pressure, but any less pictures without a theme to underpin it felt like a bit of a cop-out. 

Then, I stumbled across an article on Clickin' Moms about a project by Jennifer Bogle where she had photographed dates with her kids and the idea really spoke to me: Being creative with my photography, while taking pictures of my favourite models and setting aside just a little bit of guaranteed time with both of my daughters on their own each month... What a winning combo.

So here are January's offerings.

Cookies before a Sunday afternoon walk to Effy, my eldest, and an impromptu play picnic with Lowen, my tiddler (after illness got in the way of the original date plans, note her sister causing chaos around us!). 

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The Barclays

When I imagine my house three weeks after my first child was born, I can think of several words to describe it... Immaculate was not one of them. However, when I visited The Barclays to meet Baby Troy last week, not only was I stunned at how cute he was, and how fabulous his parents looked, I was speechless at their stunning home, which truly was immaculate and made this natural, lifestyle shoot so effortless. 

Troy was such a poppet, and it was a huge delight to capture his early days.