52 project: a portrait of my children every week 41/52

October 16, 2016

E: crossing of teenage hood and childhoodL: only childhood (for now)It's the 41st week of the 52 project and I'm cheating a bit. I'm cheating because I didn't spend the week nor the weekend with my kids. So these photos are actually from the very last bit of last weekend... But that counts anyway! We were very cosy. We stayed home but we also went to see a cool exhibition at fotografiska. A very short post, but at least it's a post:A bit of random outtakes:I love that fotografiska has one of the best views in Stockholm:None of these are actual planet pictures!: He just loves his guitar:And she just loves pretending and making:(nope, she doesn't wear glasses)Have a good week!

52 project: a portrait of my children every week 39/52

October 4, 2016

E: He is so ready to pose for me wheneverL:She is so fed up with my photo takingIt's Autumn, it's so beautiful colours, it won't last long. It's the 39th week of the 52 project and Lily is making me hit a wall with her refusal to be taken in photos. She is making it a thing to make a scene every time I take my camera out. It's making it more difficult to go on with the project but I'm sticking to it nonetheless! Power to the camera, haha....And with those kind of colours, it's a shame to miss it (this is the current view from my living room).And I can take her without her consent anyway (and him too)!Enjoying the warmth of the veranda:And even I'm playing sometimes:We went back to Millesgården, such a great place especially when the weather is nice. We had the chance to see Josef Frank for the last time. And the park is so good:And around ours also the leaves are getting crazily nice:And the light too:That profile:And that sulking:Have a nice week!

52 project: a portrait of my children every week 35/52

September 5, 2016

E: Monkey number 1L: Monkey number 235th week of the 52 project. A lot of monkeying to compensate the somewhat still difficult moments of adaptation with school. We spend a lot of time together and that's really what I was hoping at least for the beginning. Not at the expense of having a hard time elsewhere though. But adaptation takes time! In the meantime we do fun things like taking kids to the beach after school. But also going to the amusement park of Stockholm Gröna Lund. A really cool place with an american 50s style and just bordering the sea, with a great view of the city.Or just picking up plums in our garden!Here are the outtakes:And a bit of tourism:We are trying to harvest as many plums as possible:We also have some blackberries (eaten on spot):And the result of our first harvest : Have a nice week!

52 project: a portrait of my children every week 34/52

August 29, 2016

L:enjoying the sea after schoolE:enjoying being on his little island after school34th week of the 52 project and rolling. It's been a funny week: so many ups and downs! To be very honest, the school start was somewhat much bumpier that expected. I hope the early disappointment will fade and leave room to much happier days.In order to balance this, we enjoyed the nice weather offered and went to bathe after school almost every day (10 min drive from our place). Quite a luxury! We also have the time to go to exhibitions or to see a free ballet outdoor in a park. That's the kind of life we are having now and taking the most of it until the weather doesn't allow it any longer (then we can sulk about all the other disappointments).Meanwhile, I took a lot of pictures, so here is some outtakes:Let me show one of the spot we went to a lot this week (all sort of blues, my favourite):Lily is trying to get some help, but won't get any for a while:We recently started with the Global Guardian project. I'll talk to you about it more in length later. Go and have a look! It's really important to me and a great tool to start with.The first issue was about the oceans and it was a big awakening for the kids. Now, they are gathering every plastic and other wastes we find around there (even in the water!) to put it in the bin:And I know that the next issue is about Brazil. We started talking about it and Lily realised that we cannot live without trees, so here is a little tree hugging to thank them:We enjoyed it over there:We also went to Millesgården which is just next door to our home. They have an exhibition on Josef Frank which is just brilliant. I'll probably make another blog post about this.And with Lily, I spent the afternoon in Stockholm:We saw Midsummer night's dream Swedish style. With the Stockholm opera ballet, for free in a park! And with real sunset! So good!And s'more:Have a nice week all!

52 project: a portrait of my children every week 33/52

August 22, 2016

E: Hard to catch his eyes sometimesL: Growing up, but still very cheekyThis 33rd week of the 52 project has been rather full on. Kids started their school and the weather has been quite "Brussels style" I would say (although of course, there, it was nice apparently). All in all, not ideal to take a lot of photos! However, as you can imagine, I still have some outtakes:Amazing curls sometimes:The thinker:Adventuring:(That's the path behind my house for those who don't follow me on Insta)ok, I do catch his eyes sometimes:She is an absolute baby lover, totally baby obsessed:And s'more:That's it for now, see you next week!

52 project: a portrait of my children every week 32/52

August 15, 2016

L: Sea in her eyesE: Nature in his armsNow, we are settling in. Again, the weather isn't always on our side. But luckily the weather changes quickly so we can make little outside excursion to the wilderness of our island. There are lakes and there is the sea. It is an amazing thing to live close to the water. I hope we can enjoy it as much as possible when it's summer but apparently it's also nice in the winter! The kids have been really appreciating it so far and that's good because they start school in two days! I have some real nice outtakes (and I hope to make blog posts about other things soon):A beach 10 min from our place:Waiting for the boat to go to the archipelago (15 min away from our place):On the boat:(Hair envy)Some picture in Vaxholm (more to come later):Eliott wants a boat now:and some more:That's it for now. There is a lot more on my instagram account and hopefully, hopefully, some blog posts soon. Have a nice week!

52 project: a portrait of my children every week 23/52

June 12, 2016

L: Green/brown eyes actuallyE: getting more and more freckles We are getting closer to the half of the 52 project, the school year is slowly but surely getting towards the end, how did this go so fast? Too many things to do, so little time and I almost spent the entire week-end without seeing my son (such a social agenda this one) so not many pictures of him, but still some outtakes (the moody weather created these variation of warmth, light and colors in my pictures):He finally finished the last book of Harry Potter, that was a bit of a trauma for him: (trying to imitate her brother, now she also wants to do guitar)He is tuning it for her: morning scenescurrent hair mood: Important phone conversation:Rainy week-end:

52 project: a portrait of my children every week 20/52

May 22, 2016

E: Missing his dad super much these days (and had slept 4 hours)L: 8 years old this week (the colour version)It's been a loooong week, this 20th week of the 52 project. But we made it, and we all celebrated Lily's birthday in more or less ok shape. And she was super happy so that's what counts! Lots of outtakes from this week:Birthday girl firstDifficult to take a good picture of him these days: (harry potter fan all the way)Taken on Wednesday's drawing class:(always spinning round these days, she calls it the happiness wheel)and more:(this is fake blood)Sometimes they get along and they share:

52 project: A portrait of my children every week 19/52

May 17, 2016

London week-endL: cannot stop moving (and has some kind of attitude)E: wore his Harry Potter scarf the whole week-end (despite nice weather)19th week of the 52 project! We spent the week-end in London which great and busy so all the pictures are about this week-end that the kids loved. The days before that I didn't take any pictures as I was swallowed by my April video (coming up soon!) and other projects. You can check my week-end video on my vimeo account to see more images in particular short films I did on Saturday and Sunday. And here is some more outtakes: Loving the red phone boxes:And imitating mum: Rocking the British museum:She can't stay still, proof below:or there: and rocking the William Morris town (Walthamstow) and wallpaper:

52 project: a portrait of my children every week 13/52

April 3, 2016

L:drawing

E:readingFaceless portraits with their favourite activities

52 project: a portrait of my children every week 7/52

February 21, 2016

L+E: "Tel est pris qui croyait prendre" or in a not so good translation in English: beaten at my own game

52 project: a portrait of my children every week 6/52

February 14, 2016

E: Pre-teenagehood. Music fan.

L: Dubious about her art. I always love it.

52 project: a portrait of my children every week 5/52

February 8, 2016

Lily: long car trips makes imagination go strong

Eliott: skiing is serious business

Beautiful Österlen

August 25, 2015

f you ever go to Sweden and are not afraid of winds and unstable weather, you should definitely have a try at the South region, in particular Österlen. Although it is famous for it's yellow fields (colza) pictures, in the summer it's full of wheat fields surrounded by poppies. The beaches are amazingly beautiful too. But beware: white sand and turquoise water doesn't mean it's warm (unlike what I had in mind!)