Week in the Life 2013 - Tuesday

 

Slightly better about remembering to take photos today.  Slightly.

 Stack of orders waiting for the mailman to pick up.

Spent a couple hours on the road to take Mom to the airport.  It felt like a super quick visit this time around.

 Almost home!

 Greeted by this face.  Every.  Single.  Time.  Though not usually holding this still - she can't contain her excitement every time she sees us.  Pet me.  Love me.  PET ME!

The never-ending chore - dishes.  Obviously had to rush with the photo because the pup doesn't know to keep her nose out of the dishwasher, yet.

 

The afternoon routine:  Walking home from the bus stop.

 Snack time.

 Homework

Realized I didn't take photos of them modeling the clothes I had forced them in for school photos this morning.  (Kaitlyn really wasn't in a good mood this morning and resented the fact that she had to wear a skirt on the day they did art because it's always cold in that room)

 Beautiful fall weather - the temps are suddenly down in the 70s which feels amazing.  After dinner I walked the dog while the kids went ahead on their roller skates.

Week in the Life 2103 - Monday

Every so often I check in on the different blogs I follow and the last time I did so I realized that Ali Edwards was doing her annual Week in the Life project.  I don't feel totally "prepared for it" (mostly mentally - I've done it before and I know it takes a lot to remember to take photos and document all the time) but I decided to just jump in and start it this week.  Best way to keep it realistic, probably.  Plus the last time I was working on updating my 365 I realized how few times I had pulled out the camera in the last few weeks and this will help me get back into the habit.
So here is a down and dirty overview of my Monday this week.  I didn't take the time to edit any photos (I often don't) - oh well, right?

 Monday means laundry.  Lots and lots of laundry.  I have the kids sort their clothes before leaving for school then try to stay on top of it throughout the day.

 Mom came to stay with us over the weekend (we went to a wedding - Sam was a groomsman and we needed someone to watch the kids) and Monday was her last full day here.  After we got the kids on the bus, she went back to bed and I worked on countdown blocks.  And changed a load or two of laundry.
Sam had night fire so didn't need to be in to work until afternoon.  So he took his time getting ready for the day then did some minor errands and replaced the gas cap on the Yukon.

There's the pup - she spends the day either really happy we are home and wanting to play or laying around taking a nap.  Periodically she gets tired of one spot and moves to another.

Her favorite napping spot - the fireplace.

Mom wanted to visit her favorite fabric store here so that's where we went.  LOVE all the fun colors and patterns.  Looking at all of the fun stuff had me itching to create, but I've got way too many things on my plate and unfinished projects to get to, so I restrained myself and just looked around.  We grabbed a quick lunch and did one more errand before heading home.

 Where I changed the laundry.  Then decided to have Mom help me put out my Halloween decorations.  My new wreaths were still sitting on the tables in the sun room and Mom wanted to see what they looked like hanging up.  So I figured we may as well just go full out and put everything up a couple weeks early.  I always change it up a bit every year.  This time around a lot of the wooden crafty stuff didn't make it out of the box.  (though I do have big plans for a couple of new things for the front porch!)

Then I changed the laundry.  And pulling out all the decorations put me on an organizing kick, so I did a little rearranging in the storage closets and picked up some of the clutter in the house.

Oh and I FINALLY put a tablecloth on that sad little tripod table we have in the living room that holds the cable box and DVD player.  It's pitiful really that that eyesore sat there like that for almost 3 years now and I did nothing about it.  But of course as soon as we let the dog in what does she do?  Rip a giant section off the bottom of the tablecloth in about 2 seconds flat.  It's a good thing I've had it for like 17 years and am not all that attached to it.  Eeesh.

 After the kids got home and homework and a quick find-your-own dinner was done we had a little time for everyone to entertain themselves.  Kaitlyn and Grandma played a little soccer.

 And Tyler played Skylanders.  He's obsessed.

And poor Bambi was upset she didn't get to join in on the fun.  That's what happens when you're a puppy and bite a hole in the ball the day before, plus get so excited you trip Miss Kate about 5 times.  So she had to stay inside.

 Eventually all the laundry was done and folded (6 loads of clothes plus one for pool towels) and put away.  Then we loaded up in the car and headed to dance class.

 Typically I drop off Kaitlyn then get to do all the grocery shopping on my own while Ty stays home with Sam.  Because Sam was still at work, I dropped of Kaitlyn and Grandma, then Tyler helped me with the shopping.  We also tried (unsuccessfully) to find a clothing donation bin as I had pulled the 6 bags of the kids old toys and books that had been sorted out of closets weeks ago out of their hiding place in the storage closet and wanted to be rid of them.

There's my Kate finishing up the Jazz section of dance.  She has a Tap/Jazz combo class.  I usually show up in time to watch the last 10-15 minutes.
We finish up the long Monday with a fun treat on the way home (last night was chocolate pretzels) and then a super-quick bedtime routine since dance class end so late.  We also detoured to the clothing donation bin in our town on the way home - I couldn't let that little errand get the best of me ;)
Kids to bed, some TV time with Mom, end of Monday.

Week in the Life 2011 - Wrap Up

Sunday was the last day of my Week in the Life project and I'm happy to see I did get quite a few more photos each day than the few I started out the week with. That was due in part to telling the kids I was trying to take lots of photos and letting them take the camera whenever they wanted to. I even let Kaitlyn take the small one with her to a sleepover at her friends's house. It also got easier as the week went on, in part because the end of the week was much more eventful than the beginning of the week. I'm still not sure how much I will take away from this year's exercise of trying to see the beauty in the every day but when I do take the time to sit down and pull it all together with my journaling and copies of my lists I hope I will be pleasantly surprised.

Here are a few of the shots from the rest of the week. Woke up early one day and decided to do my toes. Kaitlyn woke up when I was partially done and got hers glittered too.

Spent quite a bit of time working on crafts for my new "shop" on Etsy (woohoo!) I hope it takes off as it's already been a lot of work.

Made cornbread one night. The kids love it. But does anyone else find that this is the messiest bread in the world?! Every time my kids get near it I have crumbs EVERYWHERE.

Tyler helped me with the bathroom scrubbing this week. His favorite was shining the mirrors - it made me happy too as it kept him off the floor and out of my way so I didn't bleach his pjs.

This one is out of order - it was from Sunday morning. He had taken the motorcycle to Charlottle with a buddy while the kids and I were at Audrey's. He ended up being caught in a rain storm on the way home so of course the bugs and the mud had to be polished away as soon as possible. I totally had to follow him out to the garage to take a photo when I he came in to grab an old toothbrush, telling him I MUST document his craziness :)

Just a couple of my gladiolas chose to wait to bloom until I got back from Utah (we missed most of them :( ). Love the color.

Everyone in the pool at Audrey's - what a blast. We spent at least 5 hours per day in the water both days we were there.

Ice cream Sunday night after a long day at a birthday party and grocery shopping. We love that screen porch.

And here are a couple Kaitlyn took at her sleepover.

Week in the Life 2011

I'm doing Week in the Life along with Ali Edwards this week. Click this link if you want more info. Basically it's just taking the time to document what a regular week in your life looks like. I did it along with her last year and really enjoyed it (but shhh! don't tell anyone that I still haven't scrapped all the photos from it yet! They are sitting in a project envelope, along with the papers and journaling and everything I want to use, just waiting for me to actually get back to scrapbooking. What can I say? It's been a busy year).

So despite the fact that we're just coming off a long vacation and part of the week seems like it's not quite normal, while the other part of it feels like it's a little too normal (read boring), I'm jumping into the project. Because if I don't do it while everyone else is and all the inspiration and encouragement is there, well, I probably won't do it. Here are the photos from the first two days. Pitifully few photos. But that's ok too right? Start slow and work up to it. Hopefully more photos of the rest of the week, especially now that kids have noticed I keep pulling the camera out and taking pictures at strange times and I explained it to Kaitlyn and told her to feel free to use the small camera anytime she wanted to.

Monday:

(laundry and beach trip clean up - that's what you do on Monday's too right?)

Tuesday:

(he hates the peel and when I didn't get over there soon enough to take care of it for him, he started hacking away at it with a butter knife)

Week in the Life: Thurs - Sun

I did finish up my Week in the Life project and actually managed to do a better job taking photos during the second half of the week. I'm going through everything now trying to decide what photos to print so I thought I'd share a few of my favorites.

Yes they're all of my kids. Let's face it, they're most photogenic (and time consuming) part of my life. :)