May's Blog Circle was "A Day in the Life."
I am a big proponent of grabbing your camera and taking pictures of everyday life. Everyday life happens and it happens fast. When you're in the moment it seems like a life time (think bringing a newborn home, sleep deprivation, the terrible twos, teething, tantrums, etc...), but we all know that they really happen in the blink of eye.
"A Day in the Life" was a great theme to exemplify the importance of documenting the little things.
Here are some highlights from a random Saturday in our life.
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| Jack loves to play Minecraft when he first wakes up. |
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| Jack's latest favorite breakfast... I used to love this when I was younger, too. |
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| Addie asked why I was taking pictures in the morning. |
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| She's not too sure about my documentary of our day! |
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| One of my favorite morning activities is walking around the garden to see what has grown overnight! |
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| It had rained the night before, leaving pretty raindrops on the hosta leaves. |
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| This guy is waiting to bloom. |
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| Morning, cloudy, grass needs cutting. |
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| Iris about ready to pop in the pond. |
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| One of my annual baskets. |
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| I have a love/hate relationship with the pond. It is so pretty, but brings me so much angst... mosquito haven, tons of debris falls in it, high maitenance.... oh, what to do with it? Fill it in? Ugh. |
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| I love hydrangea and buy a new one from the nursery every year so I can enjoy beautiful blooms (they aren't particularly hardy in Upstate NY) |
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| As I return to the front yard, Jack has started playing ball by himself. |
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| Note the size of our front yard. My kids prefer to play here than the large back yard. Weird. |
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| Frances' invisible fence line doesn't allow her off the front porch and she HATES that she can't get at the ball that Jack is about to throw into the net. |
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| Onto A's soccer game at noon. |
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| She's loving soccer (hasn't played in several years) |
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| Home from soccer and Daddy is cutting the grass. Love freshly cut grass. |
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| Franny loves to be outside. |
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| All she needed was a little sunshine to bloom.... |
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| Fence in the foreground is to keep dog and kids out of really wet area of yard. Daddy working hard. |
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| It is not yardwork day without a cool beverage. |
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| It is not a Saturday without friends popping in to play. |
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| yard work done, time to relax on back deck. |
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| Noshing |
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| It is typical for some friend to stop over for a play/cocktail hour. |
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| We laughed about really odd maternity photos that we saw on Pinterest... so we created our own. |
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| The funny thing is... she had the baby that night! |
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| Contractions started on our deck! |
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| Kids were worn out and opted to chill inside for a bit. |
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| Addie painted her nails. |
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| And then said "no more pictures!" |
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| dancing with frances |
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| I adore the light in this picture. Not sure what she was doing, but it is cute! |
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| Somehow we started talking about how strong Addie is. |
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| My legs aren't that big in real life. :) |
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| Love her. |
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| Our friends went home (and went to the hospital a few hours later to have a baby!), the kids went to bed and I sat and enjoyed a couple more minutes of a wonderful day. |
I challenge you to do your own "Day in the Life" -- it really makes you stop and think about all that goes into who you are and what you do. There was so much I didn't capture in our "typical Saturday" -- for example, Jack had a soccer game at the same time as Addie, so Daddy took him and I couldn't take pics of his game that day (rest assured, I have pictures of him sporting!). I'm so excited to see what the other ladies posted.... start circling around with
Amy's blog at http://paynduo.blogspot.com/
