On White

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Troy

As a gift for Naomi’s 30th birthday, I wanted to give her some nice photographs of herself. So one day after work I dragged home a ton of lighting equipment and set up a studio in our living room after the kids went to bed.

My beautiful wife:

The next day I dug out the white paper background again to get some pics of the kids. It was a challenge getting the kids to sit still and smile, but we managed to get a few photos of the munchkins that are keepers.

The perfect family:

But of course, photographs lie.

The reality was more like this:

Squinty eyes, big eyes, bye byes.

“Enough of the cute stuff, I’m outta here!”

For this one I asked friends on facebook to come up with a caption.

My submission was “Why are girls so weird?”

A few others were:
Becky: “What are they so happy about?”
Nichole: “uh oh, my sisters have gone stepford!”
Adam: “There are two of them, and only one of me…this can’t be good.”
Scott: “Smile and wave… just smile and wave.”

Ellie

Adelaine

And Ethan Buddy

We got one of me too, trying not to look like my usual grumpy self.

Woes of the Digital Dad

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Troy

So true.. I hardly have any photos of myself with the kids.

http://www.whattheduck.net/strip/858

Daddy and His Girls

Posted on April 25, 2008 by Troy

Troy left for 2 1/2 weeks on a trip to the UK with GoodSeed yesterday – our sixth anniversary. I find myself at home with Ellie and Adelaine and a large void named Troy.

Ellie said something so sweet a couple weeks ago that I thought would be appropriate to share with you now. Troy had just left for work and Ellie looked over at me and very seriously said, “Daddy is a good man. He takes good care of his girls.” I don’t know what brought that on, but she couldn’t have said truer words. I want to share with you a few ways that I’ve seen Troy “take care of his girls” as he prepared for this trip.

In the all the rush and busyness of preparing for this trip, not to mention that the two weeks leading up to his departure were extremely hectic in and of themselves, Troy did his best to try to spend quality time with us. I have always appreciated so much how he loves to get down on the floor and play with the girls and their trains or dolls or to wrestle and tickle them. The girls thrive on his attention and are both adoring “daddy’s girls.”

Troy stayed up late one night to make some audio recordings of him reading Ellie’s favourite story books, so that she can listen to him read them while he’s away. Mommy can’t read “The Cat in the Hat” or “The Shaggy Dog and the Terrible Itch” quite the same way that daddy can.

If you haven’t noticed, I don’t write on this blog very often – actually, pretty much never. But with Troy leaving for a while and desiring to be able to share pictures and special incidences with him, I asked him to show me how to do it. With all his geek knowledge, of course he has to go about it in such a complicated way to get it just right. So he typed up 5 pages of instructions for me, complete with screen captures, and saved it where I can access it easily. He is thoughtful that way.

He also researched before he went what internet connections he’ll have, set up Skype so we can talk while we’re apart, written up a detailed itinerary with phone numbers, addresses and contacts “just in case.”

He has been so excited to go on this trip, and I am excited for him, but we sure do miss him while he’s away!