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Josephine: In her new desert boots and favourite Coco & Wolf dress.

Coralie: Little fingers and pretty florals.

Images captured on our Coco & Wolf AW16 shoot.

TRAINSPOTTING

A lovely weekend walk along the canal to watch the trains and eat a yummy picnic. Lazy Saturdays in the sunshine are hard to beat...

TOO MUCH FUN

Sometimes hanging out at the meadow is just too much fun, and you really don't want to go home. I want to remember the happy faces, and dorky faces, and grumpy faces all the same. And she may look sad and fed up, but boy she's still beautiful. I just love these photos (and love how they show just how stubborn and dramatic she can be sometimes!)

HORSE LOVERS

Our girls looooove horses. From real life ones to unicorns, My Little Pony (not that they've ever watched it!) to their favourite Schleich models. A few weeks ago I suggested taking their current favourite horses (which my Grandparent's gave them when we stayed with them last month) to the meadow and they were thrilled. I love how much it's the simple things that excite them the most. The horses galloped through the grass, went on the swing and were pushed down the slide. Happy days :)

And I just love these photos. Their happy faces as they play together has got to be one of the things that makes me most proud to be their Mama, and which makes me sure we're doing a pretty good job at this parenting malarkey.

FOOTBALL AND CLIMBING: raising girls

On a Saturday afternoon, there's nothing better than grabbing the football and heading to the meadow for a kick about. Both the girl's love football - Josephine is getting really good, and Coralie is starting to realise that she should be kicking the ball not just picking it up and running off with it! We couldn't leave without a quick go on the swing and the slide, and a spot of climbing too. Both our girls are pretty fearless, although I think Josephine's hitting more of an age where she's aware of what could happen if she fell, and she's a little more wary sometimes. Coralie on the other is happy to launch herself off anything, and trusts that someone will be there to catch her...even if they don't expect to. Ben's face in one of the pictures of Coralie mid-air is so funny, and sums up exactly what I'm talking about!

Simple, outdoor adventures like this are what summer and childhood is all about, and hope there are many more lazy days like this to come in the summer holidays.