mudpuddles.
A favorite childhood memory of mine..Summer rain, running around with my cousins..catching frogs, collecting tadpoles.
Given this, if you’re around at our place when it starts to rain, you’ll hear the same old battle begin.. Fun Loving Mother takes on Paranoid Father as to whether running around in the rain is acceptable. (Being British, he permanently thinks there is either lightning or ten deadly snakes waiting just outside the door). Yesterday, arming myself with a gaggle of whining, pleading children, he was clearly defenseless and yay, we got to do this:
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I myself got totally soaked whilst finding out that capturing splashes whilst attempting to keep one’s camera dry is an exercise in speed and agility.
Along with the photos, I shot some video footage..something I rarely remember to do but I’d love to get better at.. I thought I’d share a quick snippet of Ivy’s take on the whole puddle jumping concept. I just love her confusion that they were actually allowed to be out there and the typical toddler inability to share – even mud puddles.
Sheye xx
Fun!!! Ivy is too too cute!
dear god, she’s too adorable!
My daughter just said, “I love that little girl. She is funny.” :) So very cute.
I can’t believe I have only just now discovered your blog! I have just browsed all over, read so much, become unbelievably moved and saddened and inspired by you, your beautiful photography, your family, and the story of Ava. Thank you for so eloquently sharing all of this.
- Susan
Oh how wonderful to see children at play in WARM weather. Here in the US it is winter and here locally in Ohio it won’t stop snowing. Everyone is inside dreaming of playing in puddles on a warm rainy day…thank you Sheye. Ivy is precious.
Love it! So cute :)
How cute is this??? And your toddlers face when asking:) Does she have a British accent, or is it me, forgetting the Australian one??
The video is so cute. Ivi’s eyes are amazing and I love the way she says ”I wanna go on mud puddle”. Bring her over to my place in Poland and she would be swimming in mud puddles because of how high it is at the moment.
Absolutely priceless Sheye! I’ve watched it four times this morning and I’ll share it with my Gaby girl when she gets home from school! Delightful!! XO
Oh my i love the video. Your Australian accents are TO DIE FOR :) love them!
LOL!!! I hope she found her OWN mud puddle. :) The look on her face is priceless. Thanks for sharing this. Have a great rest of your day.
~Kati
I get a kick out of your accents!! I watched this video so many times, she is just too cute for words. You must use that video option on your 5d more often!
Ahhh her little Aussie accent is so cute. It’s really strange seeing the little girl we so often see in photos on your website come to life! She’s so adorable. xxx
ps. more videos please! they’re so cute and I think it is shot really well
I agree, please upload more video’s I can’t get enough of how cute ivy’s accent is :)
p.s. thanks for the tech details ;) Im on the lens hunt so stalking sites and was chuffed to see the details but already ticked that one on my list.
What fun!
And it’s fun to hear your beautiful voices!
I’m still laughing at her “Is people supposed to get wet?” Adorable!
Playing in the rain and mud is the BEST!! You’re the best mom for encouraging it! Gorgeous shots and processing.
And I can’t tell you how cool it is to hear your voices! (Just when I thought Ms. Ivy couldn’t possibly be any cuter… she speaks!) :)
TOO CUTE:) Awwww and Ivy’s accent:) xoxoxo
I ADORE your accents! how perfect!
You ought to buy a “flip” for shooting more video footage, simple
and easy to load to the computer!
tara
Gulp. Hearing those beautiful accents makes me heart thump with missing… K xo
Awwwwww, so incredibly cute! I have to agree the accent is adorable. I hope she found her own puddle :)
Sheye, I have taken your classes, we have written many forum posts back & forth, we have chatted in online forums, & I have learned so very very much from you. But to hear YOUR voice is PRICELESS!! Oh my god I love your accent!! And Ivy, can I just have her, she is to cute for words, her accent melts me too :) I keep watching the video just to hear your sweet voices!!!
Oh my, could your voices be any sweeter?! I love the accents – so beautiful.
Ah! FUN!
she is sooo gorgeous! and her eyes are too dye for. if someone hasnt already said she looks a lot like ava :) so cute! and your accents are soo beautiful! my british one is soooo boring :P i wish i could play in the rain :) <3
That video is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen or heard. More please!!!
Thanks for posting which actions you used. I got the Eye Candy actions for Christmas, but I’m still not sure how to use them together.
Oh my goodness… that was the CUTEST little voice! Looks like you all had so much fun! :)
Oh wow, so is so cute. I’m in love :)
Such fun!!! Thanks for sharing :)
It is so odd to see Ivy in a video and not just pictures! She is SOO darling! I was wondering if you had accents, and yes you do.. they are probably the cutest voices I have ever heard! LOVE it!
Oh it’s soo nice to finally hear your voices!
Ivy’s voice is the cutest thing ever! And so is yours!
I absolutely love your aussie accent! It’s beyond adorable!
Sheye honey, could you please record an answering machine mesage for me?? Your voice is so elegant and also quite sexy :D
(hehehehe)
Vxx
That is quite the exercise in agility! I am loving you warm day pictures as I sit up here in freezing Boston! Do post more videos! All of your accents are soooo fun to hear. :)
Ivy is too precious :)
Looks like you all had a load of fun- I remember mud puddle jumping! But…I like in the northern US…we’re buried in 4 feet of snow :(
I’m glad your little ones had a great time- they are all so gorgeous!!!
Ha ha ha!! Oh my goodness!! I’ve been hoping for a video of Ivy ever since I realized that since she’s Australian she must have that amazingly adorable accent. SO CUTE! Thanks miss Sheye : )
Yaaaay!!! I love a good rain dance… and muddy puddles too?? Could there be anything better?? Wonderful Sheye :-) xx K
Hehehe. Is people summosed to get bet? She is darling.
Who cares about pictures – I only want videos from now on. ;)
I miss you! And still owe you an email. Oops.
Stef x
More video please please, her voice and accent are just too adorable and I love hearing your voice as well Sheye!! I’d like my own puddle too. Too cute.
She is so adorable! That little voice melts me.
Fun to hear your voices!!!
Such lovely voices to go with lovely faces :) So glad you shared!
Oh how fun!! :o)
These are memories that will stick with your kiddos forever. :o)
Aww Sheye, Ivy is just gorgeous. I love the video! So cool to hear your voices.
Sheye: Wow, to have you two come to life in a video…it is so surreal. To have seen your pictures for so long now (remember the “do you feel as if you have followers” comment I made in your live chat room?), and to now “see” you guys! How cute. and, as stated above, the accents are sooo cute. We Americans feel as if ours are so plain.
thanks for sharing!
Oh how gorgeous is Miss Ivy, love her sweet voice & it was so lovely to hear you too Sheye! Mud puddles are the best fun & a great childhood memory! xx
Definitely we need more videos. TOO CUTE and they need to be longer XX
WEll get going we are all waiting.
oh sheye! that video is so stinkin’ cute!!! i cannot stop giggling… what a cutie!
emily
I agree we need more videos :) i love to hear her voice and i just love the video <3
I found so much of Ava in her here :)
Happy new years, my lovely friend. Miss you so much! Hope it was a beautiful Christmas and the loveliest of lovely new years. Kisses and hugs from Canberra. xoxo
Oh she is too precious. Hmmm, her sharing skills seem along parr Miss M’s at the moment
Somehow Molly’s skills (or lack there of) are not that cute
Now all Miss Ivy needs is a too cute for words drolly to prance around in those puddles
Oppps, that should be Brolly, not drolly lol
Oh, Ivy just melted my heart into a puddle of goo.
You should definitely do more videos. That was 15 seconds of bliss. :)
Lightning? Snakes??? Nahhhhh…it’s the washing afterwards that scares me! Lol!
Ivy is just so darn cute! Makes me miss the days when my daughter was at that age!
Sheye, I adore your blog… I’ve been reading for a while without commenting, but after that video I just couldn’t help myself. You are all so beautiful and inspiring, and your photography, especially of your two darling daughters, makes me melt. Like so many others said, finally hearing Ivy’s voice was bizarre after seeing so many stills! I watched it over and over because she was too adorable to believe. please post more videos! i love love love you, your kids, your strength, and your blog. Thank you for the inspiration. -Carly in NYC
This is the most adorable thing everrrr!!! Please more videos!! But of course I love your photos as well. :)
Oh goodness what a hoot! Minutes ago I had streaming tears with regard to yours and Ivy’s conversation about Ava, then to see the video coming from a continent away, bringing life to you and Ivy vs. imagining what you may be like from your beautiful photos gave me a good chuckle! Glad you all had fun, it’s important to let down your hair and get messy sometimes in the name of good clean fun! Happy 2010!
Oh goodness, Sheye! I never thought Ivy could get any more adorable than she is in your photos, but that little voice just melted me! And I am in love with your accents.. Australian accents are my absolute favorite! I hope you do post more videos.. you have inspired me to take more myself.. I am always snapping photos & always completely forget to take any videos.. I fully agree with you on the rain/mudpuddle thing. Playing in the summer rain is one of my fondest childhood memories, & I always let my kids do it, too.. I only wish it rained more here in SoCal! :)
YAY! So glad you guys got to do that! It’s refreshing to see such pictures any day but especially because it’s only 18 degrees here in the U.S. where I am! My husband is British and is super paranoid about letting our girls play in the rain. I just override him and do it anyway. It’s not snakes though. He’s either afraid they’ll get struck by lightning or catch a cold (I have constantly told him that, despite widespread rumors, you cannot catch a cold by being cold or by any other such means but only by contracting the cold germ from someone else – he has yet to believe me). I’m looking forward to summer already now, so that we can jump and play in the rain!! :-)
What fun! The pics are awesome as always but I love the video. So great to hear your voices. I love your accents…especially Missy Ivy’s. I could sit and listen to Aussie talk all day long. New Jersey/New York accents aren’t shall we say near as special! lol Thanks for sharing. You brought a big smile to my face this morning.
Much love from NJ,
Sue
xoxo
What a wonderful thing to wake up to! Her voice just melts me…
LOVE IT!! Ivy is simply too cute for words!! And that accent? Oh my!! My own sweet girl (she’s 3 1/2) watched it over and over again listening to your accents!! :)
Hi Sheye!
What a joy to see moving images of Ivy and hear your voice : ) I got a 5D from Jamie (my husband) for Christmas and still haven’t worked out how to use the video function………read the manual! the first bit of advice from your course!…….things are moving along quickly with my new career! I’m busy! I am ever grateful to you for the inspiration and for the teaching and guidance you gave in the Evolve course. It has changed the course of my life : ) Much love and thanks always. Abs x
I swear every year that we will be getting the kids dirt for Christmas. They play with mud more than they play with any of their priciest toys. I love Ivy’s concern… is this really okay? Must be trouble if it’s this much fun!
Oh my goodness! That accent is even more endearing than I ever could have imagined! Ivy is beyond cute!
OMG her little voice is the cutest thing i have ever heard!
Too right Ivy wants her own mudpuddle. Smart girl! Makes me homesick to hear the Aussie sound as I sit here in the middle of the USA!
I don’t think she could possibly be any cuter!! That sweet, accented voice is so precious. And… I love your voice as well! So fun to put a voice with the images I’ve seen of you. Thank you for sharing (great job with the video, by the way!).
oh. my. gosh.
could she be any cuter?!
sweetest little girl.
You just brought everything to life….wonderful! Thanks for sharing yourselves with us, just like everyone else has commented…we love your voices!
It was so nice to see little Ivy come to life in video and to be able to hear her little voice!!! I’ve only ever seen her pictures!
Her little expressions are PRICELESS!
Too much FUN! And she quite possibly could have the sweetest voice I have ever heard, “is people summosed to get wet.” Too CUTE for words! I forgot how much I LOVE Australian accents!
Happy New Year!
Way too cute!
We have ‘Rain Runs’ at our home…. the kids live for rainy days (this time of year is perfect!)
Enjoy, love seeing smiles x
Sheye Ivy’s voice is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute oh my god it’s so cute I wish i can live with you guy’s oh and will you ever put more videos up?
Oh my, this so sweet and the word “puddle” is so much cuter with the extra syllable!
Accents? What accents? I can’t hear any accents?? lol Maybe because we are the ones who don’t have accents and all these others do?
Oh the photo collage of mud and puddles is delicious. We do that kind of thing here. And in hail storms. The 2 youngest (well they are now 14 and 11) love to go out in a hail storm and collect the ice and eat it. I have a great photo somewhere of Zed from about 3 years ago where he was out there naked but with a motorbike helmet on because ‘the ice hurts a bit’. I still remember….
Love the video – Miss Ivy is so so cute!
Hugs
k8 xxx
Your accents are amaaaaaaaazing!
I just love this!!!!! Childhood memories, yes in deed….and letting my children fulfill the same memories!! many blessings!!!!
First time commenting.. I spent the last 3 weeks reading through the archives and have finally made it to the first page. I have never “stalked” a blog or even commented on a blog, but I just wanted you to know what an inspiration you have been to me. Love your work (disliked it at first, and then.. kept coming back. And liking it more. and more . and more!)
My best friend also lost her daughter, so your personal story has touched my heart. I have listened to my friend grieve for three years, and she continues to grieve, much in the same way your blog has showed me you have. I shared it with her and she is also now a big fan of yours. You write about grief in the words that my friend doesn’t have, but it helps her to have those words, if that makes any sense at all.
My photography has been influenced immensely in these three short weeks. Your style could never be my style, but I greatly admire you for *owning* your style. I love that. I have been working on my blog with fervor. And in PS, with fervor. I guess I can’t say in words exactly what you have done for me. Thank you.
awww… love that she wants a mud puddle of her very own! she is the definition of cute, and you are the best mom ever! i definitely see more puddle jumping in my children’s future…
jbxo
Paranoid Father sounds just like my husband (also a UK import). Looks like all three rosemeyer’s had an absolute ball getting themselves wet and dirty.
Oh, SBS, hearing your voices warmed my heart! Agreeing with others–seeing Ivy come to life is a delight! Happy New Year, friend.
Oh my goodness, her voice is so precious..and your too!..Ivy to perfect in everyway1..so glad you had mudpuddle fun!..Everyone should more often!… :)
I recently found your site too and stayed up for hours one night reading all about sweet Ava. Your pictures and stories of her are just incredible.
As for this video of Ivy-too adorable. Love her accent!
LOVED hearing you and Ivy! It makes reading your blog sound so much different and I enjoy that. =)
here is to hoping you add more videos…it is precious and your accent is delightful, ours is southern, country …Kentucky….I often go back and watch videos of my kids when they were smaller. I forgot what they sounded like and it is sometimes good to remember… She has a lot of familiarities to Ava…and all the kids are darlin!
I have often wondered whether your children really are that stunningly gorgeous or if you’re just exceptionally talented at making your photos look beautiful. I think it’s truly a bit of both, by my goodness, Ivy is even more scrumptious on video than in photos! I love the way she says ‘ye..yes!” and her little expressions! No wonder you were drawn to photography when surrounded by such irresistable little subjects.
what wonderful, fun photos. i’m sure your little ones will remember rainy days just as fondly as you do when they grow up :)
I love your site. This post is simply adorable. Your kids are the greatest and your photography is unbelievable!
Love this post!
Sheye, for some reason everytime I listen to the song: Gravity by Sara Bareilles, I think of you and Ava. It’s such a beautiful song…and obviously some of the lyrics don’t make me think of you and Ava—but parts like this do: (Please listen to it if you ever get a second!!!)
I live here on my knees
As I try to make you see
That you’re everything I think I need
Here on the ground
But you’re neither friend nor foe
Though I can’t seem to let you go
The one thing that I still know
Is that you’re keeping me down
You’re keeping me down
You’re on to me, on to me and all over
Something always brings me back to you
It never takes too long
Sometimes…do you feel like the only thing (besides your sweet children and hubby)keeping you here on earth….is gravity????
Finally I get to hear Ivy’s beautiful voice! Hahahaha! This is a great New Year’s present. She is soooo lovely! She made me smile. Go Ivy go!
That video is absolutely adorable!
And your photos are amazing as usual.
:)
oh.my.word. you two are precious!!!
and, as always, your photos are
fabulous, s:)
l,
d xxxxx… x
Oh…My Stars is little Ivy so cute. I just love the little drops of water falling off her face. I think that I have played this at least 10 times, it is just GREAT! Take care and all the BEST to you and your Beautiful family in 2010.
Sheye, I finally got to show my almost 9 year old Gaby Ivy’s video. At first she thought it was cute and didn’t say more than that. Then, when she saw the photos of the three of them frolicking in the mud, she said, “Now I know why she wants to have her OWN mud puddle”. The littlest sister in this family could relate!
Happy New Year -Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku!
Oh my goodness! Hearing little Ivy’s voice makes her even that much cuter if that is even possible!! just so adorable!
Oh Sheye, Ivy is adorable.
I love her voice. and her face as she talks to you.
I agree with Jen above, that Ivys voice makes her even cuter.
Love and Hugs
Emma
xxx
Please, PLEASE! More videos!!! :)
Thanks so much everyone! Glad you all enjoyed seeing Ivish in motion :) I promise to practice more and share!!
Sheye xx
Wow Sheye-this is just so adorable-little miss Ivy is just so precious, and I can understand wanting your own puddle,lol-sweet! Thankyou for letting us share in her excitemnet, and the fun:) xo
Ohhh Ivy is totally and utterly scrumptious! She is too too too cute!!! And the boys, precious as well. I loved hearing the voices as well, almost eery, seeing Ivy in such a different and more “real” way. I can finally put a voice to those words. So special! Oh and of course, the pictures are gorgeous, as always! I am in deep love with Eye Candy Actions. I’ve got to add that to my wishlist!
x
Tay
Oh my, the accent is too much! Too much cuteness!
I love how she finishes your sentence, hilarious.
The number of comments on this post say it all…irresistibly cute, and I had to replay….a voice as sweet and cute as the face !!
lol, she is cute! Boh was translating :)
Far out look at those boys! Have you been slipping them some dynamic lifter?
oh & they are spunky too ;)
Haven’t visited in a while, so belated Happy 2010 Rosemeyers!
Sunshine & rainbows ♥x♥
Sheye….I adore the video of Ivy! She is simply adorable. Thanks for sharing! xo
Love the video, it’s adorable!
Hey sheye,
Im new to your blog. I just came acrossed it! First of all i found myself comming back and back and above all i found myself here today reading for hours apon hours going back to first post and following your life! Your an amazing women inside and out and you have so much passion in everything you do whatever it is. Pictures parenting living a life of purpose your truley inspiring more then my words can say! i found myself feeling your pain your happiness your excitment your grief your sorrow. I just want to tell you how much you moved me today you made me look at life in a whole new way realizing why i took today for granted? You have beautiful children and i can see that through your pictures you have tought them life very well! I adore watching that video and hearing that little aussie voice..**sigh** im from the u.s i live in michigan and we are quiet boring talkers if you ask me! I just wanted you to know how moved i was today from you! Keep being you and keep inspiring! God has certainly blessed your life in sooo many ways!! thanks for sharing everything you do!- hugs allie
She is precious! I hope you did get her her own puddle!!! I can’t imagine being outside playing in water… I leave in the Eastern United States and we have been stuck in a deep freeze for days and days….brrrrr. When I get time, I am going to look through your photos. What I’ve seen so far is absolutely inspirational!
Love your photography and you do amazing work with your actions. I would love to know how you do your collages for your blog also.
precious!! You have got to do more video!! I love your accents, Ivy is a doll!
wonderful sheye.. so much fun
love, love, lovely!
you are soooooo cute Ivy i hope you hade fun in the mud <3
you are soooooo cute Ivy i hope you hade fun in the mud <3 hope you had fun
Sheye,
I adore these photos! Your boys are so handsome and Ivy is such a beauty. They all look like they are having such a wonderful time! I also love Ivy’s desire to have her own mud puddle! Too funny and very much like something my almost four year old would say! Thanks for sharing your bit of summer fun – it brightened my cold, rainy, winter day here in the states!
Your beautiful voices!! More videos, pretty please!
shes is such a cute little girl.wiht the most adorible voice
PRICELESS!!!
Finally, I get to put a voice to a face. I’ve always wondered what you sound like. And the children too! Ivy and my little Hannah have the same voices! Sometimes, she’s so excited, her voice breaks and she sounds like she’s squealing while she’s talking.
She is so precious! It looks like you all had the best time in those puddles.
Wow its so nice to see Ivy come to life. I cant remember how I found your blog. Whenever I need inspiration I visit your blog.
I not only admire you as a photographer but as a doting mother as well. I also have 2 beautiful kids I so love and adore.
Very wonderful.
I am so jealous of the video (I’d love the Mk ii). You really MUST make more videos Sheye, I think you’d do a fabulous job. Ivy is just so adorable. I really love this series of photos and little video. Makes me want to go out and play in puddles!!
her voice is cute and nice <3 <3 <3
Sublime cuteness!
I just love getting to hear you and your lovely daughters sweet accents! Hugs from Nebraska USA! :)
She is so cute I am one of her biggest fans! I love you Ivy!
Hiya Sheye…oh man how friggin cute is that gal of yours (no need to tell you!). Dontcha just lurve their sweet little voices & the kooky questions…innocence at it’s very best x Thanks for sharing :)
made my day:)
Oh my…That is cute beyond words!!
she’s just too precious. and i love hearing her voice. dreamy. xo
heaven help me…her voice.
soooo sweet!
Omg she has the cutest voice i have ever heard! She is just gorgeous, like her big beautiful sister, Ava. I keep replaying it, its soo cutee. “Are people suposed to get wet?” Lol. Awwww!! xx
amazing sweet voice! shes just adorable X3 please more videos Sheye
Oh her precious voice. What a doll!!
More more more!