Category Archives: Children

Brickell Academy Opening Concert

Virginia Beach has been home for Old Donation School for a long time and for a while rumors were flying around, that city is building a new school to replace so loved, but old and outdated building off of Princess Rd. Kids and staff are now settled into the new building (with updated name a.k.a...

Sarah’s Black Belt ceremony

I was starting this post many times and than deleting it over and over again. How can I describe all my feelings. How immeasurably proud I am of my munchkin, of my gentle princess, who … just got her first black belt in taekwondo, I know, I don’t believe in it myself. Here are some...

Birthday celebration at the Mermaid Factory | Virginia Beach

I’ve heard about this place many times from my friends, who went there with their kids and Sarah from her friends, talking about birthday parties there, or just for some family fun… You should’ve seen Sarah’s face, when she’s rad card from her friend, inviting her to Hattie’s birthday party at The Mermaid Factory! She couldn’t wait. She was asking me...

ATA Belt Ceremony

They are growing up too fast! I remember like yesterday when Sarah started as a “tiny tiger” and now she’s getting ready for her black belt! … I’m getting old and sentimental! 🙂 Any way, here are some pictures from that day…

International Children’s Festival- Hampton 2016

It become a tradition of our’s to every year (for 3 years now) go to this event. Russian school‘s director, Elena Schwartz has organized girls into a choir, that for several years now, performs Russian folk songs at that festival.  NATURALLY I take pictures for me and for them. After performance is done and we...

Beanies

Couple days ago, right before St. Patrick’s Day, Sarah came home and said to mama that she needs to do a recycling project. They took a sawing machine and started doing something with couple of old sweaters. I was in the office, working on some pictures and through the closed door heard their discussions (younger...

ODS – Field trip to the Chrysler Museum of Art

How often we parents can be a part of these events – I can tell you right now, not often enough! Always work, work, work… . Well, this time I was able to get off from work and join my kid for her class’s field trip, and boy’o’boy I was not disappointed. Walking around with...

Virginia Beach Photographer | Photo-session at the beach with Sonia.

When I’ve got a call from Sonia’s mom, asking if I would be available on Saturday for her daughter’s portrait photo-session  – I already had a long event booked, that would take big chunk of Friday evening  and continue all day Saturday, so unfortunately I had to say “no”… Couple minutes later she called me back...

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