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Every Little Girl Is A Princess

Kokabella — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:39:24 +0000

I looooove my little mini me more than life itself. She tests me sometimes and caught onto my “sass,” but at the end of the day, she’s a part of me and I love her, love her, love her!

Sophia is two years and ten months now. Wow, where did the time go? Now I see why everyone says; “Cherish every moment.”

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Day Twenty-Nine: 31 Days of Props

Kokabella — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:47:57 +0000

I could NOT resist using this shot for today’s 31 Days of Props! We took this pail full of little things from around our house to shoot for this month’s 31 Days of Props challenge. My adorable little mini-me asked if she could be in a picture with the props! She grabbed the handmade octopus made from raffia and sea shells, sat on the pail and laughed! What a ham!

I hope you’ve enjoyed the photographs this month for this challenge. I’ve really enjoyed sharing my style of photographic design with you and hope you’ll stay in touch and check in for next month’s challenge. With just two more days to go, I’ll be looking for interesting things to use as props to finish off the challenge!

See you tomorrow.

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My Little Piece of “Precious”

Kokabella — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:45:19 +0000

I thought I’d share a photo of my sweet, sweet little girl, Sophia. I took this photograph in August at our beach in Sea Colony, Palm Coast. She was two and a half years of age. I love her like crazy!

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Seven Million Wonders by a Child

Kokabella — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:22:06 +0000

Isn’t this quote so true? Everything is a wonder in the eyes of a child. I love watching my little mini me as she gazes at something that she has not seen before. The beach is a wonderful place for that. We absolutely love living at the coast. It’s always such a calm and inviting place to walk, run, play, rest, sing, dance… whatever your true self wishes for it to be. It’s also a very inspiring place to grow emotionally and professionally.

Sophia, my daughter, loves the beach and all the fascinating things that we see on our walks; shells, crabs, birds out catching their breakfast, shells and the occasional dolphin.

It’s a beautiful place to visit and relax too with beautiful hotels and resorts here in the Hammock area of Palm Coast. It’s an easy 30 minute drive along the coast from the Daytona International Airport and 80 miles from Disney.

Feel free to leave your suggestions and comments below for area attractions and establishments. If I can offer up any answers for visiting Palm Coast, please let me know. I haven’t been here very long, but I am out there exploring the area every chance I get!

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Maria Montessori Quote on Early Learning

Kokabella — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:28:30 +0000

“The most important period of life is not the age of university studies, but the first one,

the period from birth to age six. For that is the time when man’s intelligence itself,

his greatest implement, is being formed.”

- Dr. Maria Montessori

My amazing little girl, Sophia (2-1/2 years old) who loves learning new things.

She began at North Austin Montessori School in Austin, Texas at 18 months of age.

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Never Stop Chasing Your Dream

Kokabella — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:14:06 +0000

I have done many renditions of this photograph of my daughter, Sophia. I think this is my favorite.

I hope she always chases her dreams.

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Children… Happily Ever After

Kokabella — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:07:00 +0000

My precious little girl, Sophia (21 months) and her adorable 2nd cousin, Connor in Old Town, St. Augustine last month not even an hour after meeting for the first time! They were amazing together. I can’t wait for the next 2 weeks to pass until we move to the area. I’m sure we’ll be doing many play dates and sleepovers! Connor’s mom and dad are the sweetest, too so there’s much to look forward to!

Precious memory…

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Goodbye sweet little beach life

Home from Afghanistan

Kokabella — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:53:39 +0000

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I’m Running Away from Home!

Sunflowers & Thoughts

Kokabella — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:09:52 +0000

Well, gee. It’s Monday morning and it’s just Sophia and I. Her daddy is in Afghanistan for awhile. I think this might be the toughest deployment yet. When we were in a Special Operations unit of the military, we had a tremendous amount of support.

Now that we’re out of the military, it’s a whole new experience. I’m missing my girlfriends from the unit!

On a positive note, my daughter is getting registered today for Montessori School here in Austin. It should help fill her mornings with an awesome learning experience and new friendships. Wow, it seems like I just gave birth to Sophia. Now she’s 1-1/2 years old and on her way to school!

Okay, time for school! ;-)

Have a really great day everyone and please keep our little family of three in your thoughts and prayers.

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Where Does Your Road Lead?

Sophia’s Circle Art Part 2

Kokabella — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:24:58 +0000

I cannot stop playing around with this! Yesterday I had as much fun letting Sophia pick the little punch outs to glue on the paper as I am today with Photoshop!

It started out as a bunch of circle punched scrap paper pieces (see yesterday’s post) and turned into some fabulous works of art:

I am thinking of offering the high resolution versions (commercial use ok) for a donation towards something for Sophia. She loves the zoo and I know she’d love going to the San Antonio Zoo.

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