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Eight is Great

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Today is my youngest’s birthday. He’s eight; old enough to conduct an intelligent and interesting conversation. Young enough to still make me smile with his questionable sense of humor and incredibly innocent approach to life.

Of all the photos you take of your kids, I love the ones that embody exactly where they are at a particular age and stage of development. Here, he’s still silly, while his older sister plays like a grown-up girl with a baby on her hip and no time anymore for leaf hats on rainy days and other kinds of foolishness.

Do you have a photo that seems to reflects the essence of an age? A picture that reminds you time is flying and this precious moment will pass?

Comments

  7. What a timely post. I just wrote a few days ago about how my son just suddenly seemed all grown up. There he was sitting across from me eating the pizza he made with my help AND eating from a glass plate (a grown-up privilege around here). I was suddenly struck by the fact that he’s no longer my baby boy and no longer a toddler. Yet, he still had that smile that is so reminiscent of his baby days.

    http://junedel.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/today-3/

  21. i think that every photo i take right now is because i have a strong desire to capture the essence of every moment while i have the time – having a baby at home has made live in the moment but think about the future… he changes in some way almost every day: http://www.flickr.com/photos/djbeat/3672883624/

    first holiday in sonoma & first time in the pool : )