Monday, October 29, 2012

Point And Shoot: Our Sunday


A perfect Sunday was had in our little household yesterday and fortunately, I had my camera with me to take some shots throughout the day...
  

We started off with an early breakfast at one of our regular haunts.  We were actually able to relax and enjoy our meals for once, with Sophie happy to sit in the high chair 'people watching' and sharing bites from our plates.

 

With a bit of bribery, Grace obliged as my model while I played around with our camera in manual mode, trying to practise using different settings.  I was happy to snap this sweet photo of her among the many shots I took.



 

We dragged out the slip and slide for the girls early in the morning, before it became too hot, so that they could have some fun and cool down a bit (it got to 35 degrees here in Perth yesterday). Sophie loved it almost as much as Grace and was fearless as the two of them scooted down the plastic together.



It became rather overcast and started to drizzle a bit in the afternoon so while Sophie (exhausted from the mornings antics) napped and Grace played quietly in her room for a bit, Paul and I managed to get stuck into some tidying - him in the shed, me in the study.  Huge progress was made on my part I'm happy to say.

Since it was still balmy as evening approached, we put the picnic rug out on the back lawn and had fish and chips together as a bit of a treat.  And then, as the sun went down, we let Grace have her first experience with a few sparklers.  I loved seeing the look of amazement on her face as they began fizzing.

What did the weekend look like at your place?


Linking up with Lou's Point And Shoot

14 comments:

  1. Aw Sophies got another gorgeous dress on!
    Sounds like a great weekend!

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    1. I've been trying to get a few last wears out of that one as it's only a size 0 and starting to get a bit snug unfortunately :(

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  2. Amanda, your Sunday looks so divine. Love the photos. OMG - Grace has grown sooooo much lately. Her face is changing. Still as beautiful as ever....but looking older! She's loosing her 'toddler-look'
    And I love that you got to enjoy breakfast out with the girls. So nice when the kids are content and still and you can actually sit and eat and chat and enjoy!
    LOVE LOVE LOVELY! :)
    have a great week x

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    1. Whenever Paul suggests going out to breakfast, I'm often of the mindset that it's easier and more peaceful at home so I was so thankful that things were finally easier this time when we went out for a meal :)

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  3. How lovely. Your girls are so photogenic and blue is certainly the color for Sophie.

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  4. I love the sparkler photo, that's a look of total 'wow'!

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  5. Mine looked nothing likes yours, what a gorgeous weekend you had. You're girls are just the sweetest xx

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  6. What gorgeous pictures of your beautiful girls Amanda. Grace is such a young lady now and it look like she is getting a curl in her hair, just like you :)
    x

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    1. When it's not been brushed back into a ponytail, or just let out of one like in the last shot, it's full of ringlets. She definitely seems to have my hair :)

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  7. what a lovely looking sunday! that slip and slide looks fabulous...i might have to invest in one of those :) (and i don't mean for olive..haha!)

    we love eating out with olive...she loves people watching and sneaking bits off our plates - but i do have to say that it's much nicer eating outside rather than inside...those squawks that she tends to make seems to blend in better with outside noise ;)

    i love the idea of the picnic rug outside eating fish and chips and lighting sparklers! bring on summer!

    (our weekend was painting ready for wardrobes to be built-in, handing off olive to try and get some sorting and settling done around the house. am i allowed to say it was lovely to be olive-free for a few hours to get things done?? it's the first time she's been out with grandparents and friends for a few hours at a time and of course i was more worried about it than her!!)

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  8. What a delightful time you had, Amanda. So pleased to see those happy faces. I adore Sophie's little curl in the first photo. Blue definitely becomes her. And Gracie is just such a cutie. Precious. J x

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  9. What a sweet moment you captured with your little girls on the weekend. That photo of Sophie is precious moment and that one of Grace with her sparkler is too. You are creating some beautiful memories for you and your girls Amanda:) xx

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  10. I love all these photos...especially the slip and slide ones. I forgot all about this fun summer activity! I will definitely look into getting one. I think Skye would play in it all day. It's the little things isn't it...like holding a sparkler for the first time...that make weekends sweet and special.

    xx

    Sophie looks amazing in blue. And what a cute photo of Grace :)

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  11. Oh My! I haven't read your blog in ages Amanda, I always love trawling down and seeing what you are up to. Just LOOK at that Sophie! growing so fast and so, so beautiful, not to mention the gorgeous Grace. Hope you are all well xx

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