she said | sherwood park family photographer

Lily: yesterday when I was in your tummy and you was eating food it got in my eye.   ?????

There are no words to describe how wonderful this family is.  I'm so lucky to call them friends.

she said... | sherwood park family photographer

Lily:  I'm calling you Mama 'cause I like that name.  I also like Mama and Charmaine.  But that's a funny name.

Here's a super fun Urban session of another wonderful family!!  This year our boys get to "learn" hockey together.

H | sherwood park family photographer

School is in full swing now, and Henry came home talking about a new friend "Hailey".  I said "Oh, is she really nice?"  His answer "Yeah.  And we're friends because our names both have an H in them and their both at the front".  I love how that's all it takes.

Here's an absolutely lovely family I met in our music class:

rainin' ice | st. albert family photographer

Hank: I can't believe it's rainin' ice.
Jack: It's called hailin'
Lily: I don't like rainin' ice, it's borin'!!!

We had to postpone this session until later this summer because of iffy weather.  Turned out to be a beautiful day.....if you don't mention the mosquitoes.

huh? | sherwood park family photographer

I love that my family enjoys looking at the photos I'm editing.  My husband always helps cull them (so he can enjoy the photos), and the kids are always so interested in who I've been photographing.  The other day I was editing Lexie (in the pink dress) as Lily was watching.  I converted the photo to black & white and she says "HUH?  Why she's grey now??"

My best & oldest friend's family:

august weeknight special!! | sherwood park family photographer

I have some weeknight dates available for August!  If you'd like to grab one, the session fee is a special price of $75 + one complimentary 8x10 print!!  Aug 13, 15, 21, 28.  Pop me an email to: info@charmainepoulinphotography.com to book it now!!!

*prints / digital images not included in session fee.

travelling with kids...|sherwood park family photographer

Oh the joys of travelling with kids.  Kidding, mostly....our stress usually results from the EXTREME need to go to the washroom....and having to find a place to pull over safely (if we have our trailer) or find the nearest roadside biffy.

This weekend we travelled to Jasper....one of my favourite places to go.

On the way home:

Hank: Are we still in Jasper?  Me: No, why?  Hank: Oh...I need to go pee in one of those outhouses!!

Lily: I have to go pee so badly! (while Henry was occupying our trailer's bathroom on the side of the road)  Me: Do you want to pee on the side of the road?  Lily: No!  Me (thinking about how I phrased that): How about in the grass?  Lily: Yes.  I don't want to pee on the road, because if someone drives in it, they'll slip!

:o) sorry for all the potty talk....that's what we get around here!

Here's all the ladies...Mom's, Grandma, Auntie's, Cousins.

but I thought I got to sing a song...| edmonton family photographer

We went to our local Farmer's Market on Wednesday with some friends.  There was a cute little girl singing with a microphone and music.  Of course the kids wanted to give her some money.  On the way home, Lily said "I gave that girl my money".  I said "Yes, you did".  She said "But I thought I got to sing a song if I gave her my money".

I had my first session for the Tiny Light Foundation recently.....look at this beautiful family!  The Tiny Light Foundation provides Professional Photography for families that have been faced with a life altering or threatening diagnosis.  You can also find the Tiny Light Foundation on Facebook for more information.

he said...| sherwood park family photographer

Hank: When can I have those leafses again that will make me so strong?
Me: You mean spinach?
Hank: Yeah.
He then proceeded to eat raw spinach leaves with his lunch......and then showed me how strong he was getting by lifting up our (plastic) hockey net with one arm.  ;o)

Here is another beautiful family from my mini-session afternoon.

face camera | stony plain family photographer

This week I was working on Jack's French Dictée with him, and being a short week we needed to get it memorized within 2 days.  Frustrated that I was asking him to re-write it again, he says "I don't know why we have to learn this stuff anyways!!!!".  I said "Well, what's going to happen when you're an adult and you don't know the spelling of something when you're writing a note to someone?".  He said "I'll just use Face Camera".  Me = stunned.


Here's a lovely family I met a few weeks ago.

because i love you | edmonton newborn photographer

Lily: here, you can take a lick of my lollipop.  Me: mmmm, thanks Lily.  Lily: now ask me why I gived you some.  Me: why?  Lily: because I love you.  sigh...

Before holidays, I met sweet Cooper and his parents and grandmum.  Now this boy is loved!

Happy Easter!

innocence | sherwood park family photographer

Lily was showing me her middle finger and that it didn't have an "owie" on it anymore.  As in giving me "the finger".  Then she said "Do you want me to show you how to do this?  You put one finger down, two finger down, three finger down, four finger down, and six finger up.  Now, do you want to try Mama???"  Me "Ummmm…no thanks."  

I've been a terrible winter blogger....here's another beautiful family (and one that is very special to me) from the fall:

eggies | st. albert family photographer

My phone rang as I was shopping with my 3 kids for frozen pizzas and a GF Easter treat for Hank since he missed out on one earlier in the day.  Picture me, distracted....kids asking for multiple treats plus trying to hear the person on the phone.  Lily turns around with her hand covering her mouth.  Do you think she might be feeling sick?  No.....not my Lily girl.  That's her signature "I'm eating something I know I'm not supposed to" look.  Like I wouldn't ask her why her hand is over her mouth.  Looking just past her.....I see a bag of Eggies with a hole in it.  Shocked.  That my child would just eat candy that doesn't belong to her.  Insert sarcasm.  I give her the usual "we can't eat anything unless we buy it" spiel, turn to talk to the boys and who do you think leans forward to try and take one more (with her mouth) out of the bag???  So now guess who's sitting here eating that darn bag of Eggies.............they'll be gone by tomorrow, I'm sure.

Here's my good friend's beautiful family.....from last fall.

reading | sherwood park family photographer

I was cuddling with Henry while reading my book one morning and he asked why I wasn't talking.  I told him it's because I read in my head.  He said "that's weird.  My brain makes me talk.  Hi, my name is Henry"!!!  

Today is our first "real" day of winter (snow to shovel, -20C).  I'm wishing I was back at this day with the Brown family!

movember | sherwood park family photographer

My husband grows a crazy moustache during November to raise awareness for Prostate Cancer (I think he does it to embarrass me....but we'll go with the awareness thing).

The other day Lily says to Dan "I wish you was a girl".  Dan: "Why?"  Lily: "Because then you wouldn't have a moustache, it's too scratchy when you kiss me".

Another fun session with some absolute sweethearts:

trick or treating | sherwood park family photographer

Hank comes over from a few houses away saying: "I'm so happy I got a new stuffy!!!!  I asked for the frankenstein, but they said no, so all I got was the vampire."  

WTHeck?  So I get him to re-tell it for Dan later.  Apparently there was a grouping of stuffies near the door. And his expression was the same as mine.  I said: "I know, I heard that story & was like hmmmm????"  


And Hank says: "It's not a story, it's the TRUTH!!!!"  


Exactly.

How cute is this family???

first crush | sherwood park family photographer

On a playdate with a mutual friend this past summer, Henry met this sweet girl......and was enchanted.  We later met at a spray park and he followed her around all afternoon and needed to sit right beside her.  For weeks he talked about his "girlfriend".  After taking these photos, they ended up at the same playdate again.  He randomly stated to me later that day: Yep, I'm gonna marry her!

Here she is, and her wonderful famiy: