Last Thursday, I have the absolute pleasure of spending an afternoon hanging out with mommies and their adorable babies at Lil' Bean N' Green in Leslieville, in Toronto's East End. Although I've heard of Lil' Bean N' Green, I'm based in the Annex, so I never had a chance to pop in...until last week, that is! All I have to say is, if only I'd known about this place when I was on mat-leave, because it is such a great environment for mommies and babies! And of course, seeing all these mommies and babies brought back so many memories of my own little munchkin at that age. My daughter is now 4 and is doing math. Mind-blowing!!!

At any rate, I was at Lil' Bean to photograph an event through MommyConnections of East Toronto. MommyConnections holds regular classes at Lil' Bean, and that week's class was all about nutrition, and featured a talk from registered dietician, Nishta Saxena. The talk focused on introduction to solids, which of course brought back memories. It's such an exciting, yet stressful time for parents (especially new parents)! Here's Nishta in action.

I, of course, snapped away while Nishta talked. I love candids of babies. (Heck, I love ALL candids, but baby candids are AWESOME!) And it was SO MUCH FUN seeing the babies in action! Check out some of my favorite shots of the afternoon.

This little guy was all over the place. I'll bet he'll be walking in no time! So. Freaking. Cute.

And I couldn't get enough of this little guy, sleeping peacefully, sucking at his thumb. *sigh*

Here's Lil' Bean owner, April, bringing in some drinks for the lovely mommies. I myself tried some sort of exotic berry tea after the session was over. YUM!

And check out some of the mommies hangin' out, while listening to Nishta talk...

And the babies...they just kept on being their adorable selves! Hello cuteness!

After the session was over, I offered to take some photos of the moms and their babies. Here are some of my favorite shots. I mean, how adorable is this little angel?

And check out these twins! I absolutely love how you can see their different personalities, even at this young an age.

I had such a great time taking photos at this event. I would like to send a big shout-out to Laura Wilson, director of MommyConnections of East Toronto, for having me at her fabulous event. I will be back at Lil' Bean on Tuesday, November 27th, from 11 to 12:30pm, for another session. Can't wait!