Conversation at dinner tonight with India went like this.

India: “Mum, you know I used to believe in God, but not anymore—for a reason.”

Me:  “Oh? And what reason is that?”

I:  “Well, you know that story about how God made the trees?”

M:  (wondering what we are getting into) “Yesss…”

I: “Well, God didn’t MAKE the trees, everyone knows they are planted.”

M: “hmmmmm, well where do you think the seeds came from?”

I:  “Duh mum, a factory.”

M:  “Where did the factory come from”

I:  “People.  They built it of course.”

M:  “K, where did the people come from?”

I:  “Apes.  Everyone knows that mum.  duhhh.”  (yes she says duh to me A LOT)

M:  “Well, India, where do Apes live?”

I:  “In the trees mum!”

M:  “Remind me again please, where do the trees come from?”

I:  “They are planted!  And the seeds come from a factory.  That means that God couldn’t have MADE them, why would he ever work in a factory anyway?”

M:  “Cool, now all my questions are finally answered…”

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I have to say that I do love the age gaps between my 3 children.  I often feel like I am peeking in on three different little worlds.  Over the span of a 25-minute dinner conversation not only did I contemplate the Universe and God with a precocious six-year old girl, I also pondered the AIDS Epidemic in Africa with a wise 9 year old boy who simultaneously discussed which combination of skinny jeans, Vans and leather jacket had the highest “hot” quotient.  And all the while we revelled in the determination of a chubby food-lovin’ 1 year old to finally spear his macaroni on an actual fork for the first time!  We are hardly ever on the same page but it is definitely an entertaining journey to try to meet in the middle of the road sometimes.

It has been a rough couple of weeks with a sick baby, bad weather, doctor’s appointments, travelling Hy, a bit of work here and more there, then school events, school parties, school shows, school meetings, looking for new schools (wouldn’t it be nice to find one that doesn’t touch JULY!!) add on a few life changes hanging in the balance…and I am utterly exhausted!  Good news is sick baby is no longer sick and there are only 4 days of school left.  Then I enter a whole new cycle of exhaustion don’t I? Ah well.  If I am absent for awhile…don’t send anyone looking for me, I am probably hiding really really well and don’t want to be found.  Just so you don’t have to stare at my sparkly see-through windows any longer, here is a photograph of my lovelies that I keep forgetting to post.  Oh yeah, and my new house project????  Not even getting touched, sorry to say…

Featuring Harry, who is moving on up in school and getting ready to leave behind childhood.  Never fear, I am sure he will always be a kid at heart.  Good luck to you on your new endeavors!

Another Featured Session here, spotlight on Max!  He was photographed with his 2 siblings and being the youngest, I think he deserves his very own spotlight.  We had fun together in the alleyways of Leigh discussing “ewwww, girls!”  which resulted in a lot of animated expressions.

So it seems that I am stuck in a pattern of only posting to this blog about once a month.  It is always on my long list of things to do…but often gets pushed to the bottom of the list.  That just won’t do.  I’m going to play catch up a bit and feature some recent sessions.  The first is a continuation of the little guy in the last post.  Here is Addison the Thinker, the Artist, the Train Engineer Extraordinaire, the Ham, and even the Photographer!

Such a CUTIE!!