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Archive for the ‘the kids’ Category
Oct
31
2010
Happy Halloween!
Aug
03
2010
Our Favorite “new” Neighbors
We have had a string of the coolest people live in the house next door. When we came to Providence a couple of years ago, Dunedin had her first crush on Max the 4 year old and his dog Sultan. (BTW: coolest name for a long haired German Shepard.) The mom is an awesome hobbyist photographer who I think could go pro. We were sad when they first moved a couple towns South and then, just recently, way way west to start a pediatric dentistry.
Then we had a great young pregnant couple move in to the apartment, find a house a few towns over and promptly move out again.
But we lucked out a third time with these guys. They greet us from their windows when we get home and my kids are always angling to see if they are back from school yet and trying to get out of eating dinner to go see them.
So thanks for moving in and making many school nights way more fun, A and R.
The Mom ain’t so bad either. Now that we are the ones moving, Dunedin asked if they could move with us to our new house. Luckily they aren’t so far away.
Jul
15
2010
Crying Tiger Hidden Griffin | Providence wildlife photography
I picked my kids up from a benefit for Brown Street Park in Providence. Griffin had had his face painted like a tiger and they had both received balloons. When we got home I ran inside to get my camera to catch the animal he had transformed into and left them with our neighbor. But when I made it back out, camera in hand, I found poor Griffin and sister in a state of pure dismay. His balloon had slipped off of his wrist (Mommy failed at the simple balloon preservation knot)
Is it terrible is it that I still took this picture? He was so heart broken as we watched it, a little speck, traveling up into the clouds.
Luckily he is 2 and his innate Happy isn’t that far from the surface of whatever Tragedy he has just endured.
And it wasn’t too long until his inner tiger came out again.
And he was on the hunt for a new adventure in no time.
I hope that he is able to endure all that life throws at him with the same flexibility he managed to muster with this loss. He still talks about that balloon and asks if we will find it someday.
My little tiger-griffin.