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| Reading the Hobbit with my boys from the same book my dad used to read to me from when I was a little girl. #hobbit #photoadaymay #Hobbit http://instagr.am/p/Kranl-ok0N/ |
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| Beautiful. Nothing is more beautiful to me right now than the simple beauty of fresh strawberries and raspberries. #maycreative #fruit http://instagr.am/p/ |
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| ‘Love’ poem by Erica Jong taken from the Book of Love. #photoadaymay #photoadaychallenge #love #poetry http://instagr.am/p/KqZjZGIk3w/ |
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| Black and white dress day just because. http://instagr.am/p/KpVzJWIk_C/ |
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| ‘Family': My boys are my world. #maycreative #photoadaymay http://instagr.am/p/KqMscvIkxi/ |
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Happy Birthday to my 5 year old son Maddox.
#birthday #Maddox
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| We set off the fire alarm with the fountain sparkler candles we lit on my five year old’s cake. #birthday #cake #sparklerhttp://instagr.am/p/KnujLzIk60/ |
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‘Grass': My boys taking a Hoola hoop class on the green grass at the park.
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‘Flag’ Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in June 2012.
#maycreative #photoadaychallenge #jubilee #queen #flag
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It is Mother’s Day in the ol’ US of A, but since we already celebrated this holiday here in the UK I did not make it a big deal with my boys. Besides is not every day mothers’ day? 😉
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| My family experienced the Luminarium today in Lindfield. Bonnie Rose © 2012 All Rights Reserved |
To celebrate Maddox Charles Aherin‘s last day as a four year old we went to the Levity III Luminarium at Lindfield’s Art Festival after church. It was truly a spectacular activity to experience as a family. The boys got to take a hula hoop class from some pretty hippy girls with their ‘High Hoops’ troope and taste some Gluten Free cupcakes. Plus we bought the book in which Ronan’s poem was published. Family Days are certainly Fun Days in life.
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Bonnie at the luminariumhttp://instagr.am/p/KlXY5VHvOF/
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| My mum with my friend Bethany and my sister Zoë in Malibu, California. #photoadaymay #maycreative #photoadaychallenge #mum #mothersdayhttp://instagr.am/p/Kk9Gu4Ikwa/ |
Maddox’s Super Hero party at the bowling alley was quite fun. We had 13 boys in total and our party hostess took care of pretty much everything. The other parents made a lot of comments on all the details we put together for party. I think the consensus was that I should become a party planner. The photo booth went well though we did just one group shot since it was hard enough to wrangle all the boys together for a photo. The cake pops did not pass the decoration phase and our ‘plan b’ cake got left at home by mistake. So we are going to enjoy the cake on Maddox’s actual birthday. I have had very little sleep with party prep…pretty much exhausted.
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| Bridesmaid hair today at work. Stylist: Bonnie Rose #hairstyle #updo #wedding #hair http://instagr.am/p/ |
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| ‘Birds': We like to watch the ducks after church on Sundays. #maycreative #photoadaychallenge http://instagr.am/p/Kk7OtxIk-b/ |
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‘Something that makes you happy': Finding a bespoke dresser that looks like a dollhouse.
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My take on Wonder Woman for my son’s superhero party.
Want to see more photos from the party? Stay tuned…
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| Maddox as Batman for his 5th Birthday party at the bowling alley. He chose the theme of Justice League and I tied in a little Pop Art to give it an added PUNCH! (No pun intended) |
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| Older brother, Ronan, went as Green Lantern. |
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| Batman & Green Lantern before the party commences. |
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| Batman, Superman, and Green Lantern. |
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| 11 boys (plus two younger ones not pictured) all together. England is not so big on dressing up for things. We had2 boys that were Justice League themed, one marvel superhero, one Indiana Jones (um, might have gotten confused from Ronan’s party invite back in January?), one police officer, and four in plain street clothes. I think in hindsight I should have just had Maddox dress up and made capes for all the other kids for better themed photo. Or try it again in the USA. |
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| This was our party host who orchestrated the whole bowling party. She was amazing. Keeping 11 boys under the age of 9 in line while dealing with heavy bowling balls is not an easy feat. |
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| Maddox and boys lining up to start bowling. |
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| Maddox bowling at his birthday party. |
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| The birthday banner I made from Flash comics with Maddox’s name on it. We used it to decorate the party table. |
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| The party bags that I made with the Pop Art comic book theme. I bought a bag of confetti and glued each dot on, one at a time. |
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| The table center piece with the pop art dots and an M (for Maddox) and a 5 (for his age) which I collaged in Flash and DC comics. |
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| Each boy got a photo frame/thank you card that I collaged individually in comics. |
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| Another look at the photo frame/thank you cards. |
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| Since the cake pops fell through, I decorated lollipops with masks and capes. Using a two tier cake stand, I decorated it with the cup cake toppers I made. |
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| Another look at the center piece. |
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| Wonder Woman and Batman gift tags. |
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| I believe all the photo frame/thank you cards were Flash themed. |
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| Maddox telling his dad, Superman, how much fun he is having at his party. |
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| Holy Cupcakes Batman it is time for food! (Sadly with the cake pops not turning out, we ended up leaving the back up cake at home. So no singing at this party. Thats okay because they don’t eat birthday cake at the kid parties in England. |
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| As the kids were getting ready to leave, we quickly rounded up a few of them for a very quick photo with the felt masks I sewed and put in each of the goodie bags.
Photography by Bonnie Rose © Bonnie Rose Photography 2012 All Rights Reserved. |
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| ‘Kitchen': Ours is my husband’s man cave because he loves cooking. #photoadaymay #photoadaychallenge http://instagr.am/p/ |
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| ‘Hog & Mollusks’ for dinner. http://instagr.am/p/ |
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| Painting at 1am. http://instagr.am/p/ |
9pm I did a 3 hour online photography course, followed by making cake pops. Now at 1245am I’m starting an acrylic painting. Sleep? Nah.
