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by Ashley Weeks Cart

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“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2016.”

Sunny: We had planned to fly to LA with the whole family in two weeks. It aligned with a work trip, and we had high hopes of showing Sunny where she was born and introducing the kids to the #2 Animal Style, The Happiest Place on Earth and the beauty of El Pacifico. But this pregnancy had other plans. Namely a body so dang uncomfortable that I just couldn’t bear the thought of a cross country flight. So we canceled the trip, and in exchange, headed to the XL Center in Connecticut for Disney on Ice, $15 snow cones and seizure-inducing light-up wands. Sunny, in her ever-optimistic state, told us that this was equally as fun, as we were going on a new adventure all together, PLUS we didn’t have to be bored in an airport. Lord, we are ever so grateful for her perspective and young, clueless mindset. We still owe her that trip to The 90210 to see where she entered the world – but we’ve got time.
Kaki: She was less-than-thrilled with the prospect of seeing masked characters (she has no patience or bravery in the face of costumes with masks. She loathes our college mascot, and Halloween proves tricky when she is faced with robots or other people concealing their faces). We promised her that it would be a good time, and that she’d be safe in the audience with the characters remaining on the ice. The only scene that proved difficult was during the song with all the Disney villains, so she cowered down low in her seat to avoid Maleficent’s gaze. Otherwise, great success and delight for all.

More details about The 52 Project here. To view all the portraits in the series visit here.