10. December 2013 12:11
by Rene Pallesen
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Christmas is approaching fast. The Christmas tree is up and Kim is busy shopping for presents for the various people.
The other night I managed to slot in 10 minutes for the first set of Christmas photos of Aiden and Lucas.

I was shooting these with a 50mm f1.4 lens to get the nice blurry Christmas tree lights. This also meant that I didn't have much room to play with when it came to focus...almost impossible with two moving kids whily trying to get the right mood with facial expressions, tantrums etc. Aiden couldn't sit still and Lucas refused to wear his hat. What do they say...never photograph wild animals and children!
7. December 2013 07:54
by Rene Pallesen
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The other day it was Aiden and Lucas Christmas concert with their daycare centre.
This year they were supposed to dress up in some country's national clothes.
We borrowed some Chinese clothes from KC and they looked very cute in it.


The concert went very well. We were especially impressed how well Aiden was able to follow the instructions and the moves to the various dances.



It was especially funny when they were singing this song with Konitchiwa...Namaste....BULA!!!!

Lucas was also in the first part of the concert sitting down the front with one of the carers.
6. December 2013 07:18
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Aiden is still playing soccer once a week. Last week he insisted on wearing my shoes instead of his own.

Maybe he was hinting that his old shoes are getting too small.
6. December 2013 07:16
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23. August 2023 19:08
by Rene Pallesen
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Driving from Christchurch toward the west coast we passed the Castle Hills boulders.
This is a phenomenal place to go climbing if you are a good boulderer. It is also quite scenic to just go for a walk.
We saw lots of people with their bouldering mats (a soft mat to land on when you are climbing).
23. August 2023 19:08
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At Mount Cook we did a long 10km walk to the start of the Hooker glacier.
It is a beautiful walk where you walk past the Tasman Glacier and Muller Glacier before you eventually come to the Hooker Glacier lake.
The lake was frozen with an iceberg floating around in it.
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