Today's post is a little slice of our family's life--all in pictures! From start to finish, I'm showing you a typical day for our family. We didn't do anything extra exciting this day, but we did have some sweet moments sprinkled in. (And nobody had a meltdown. Even the mama! Whew!)
When Laura at Hollywood Housewife came up with the idea for One Day, I hesitated at first...mostly because I can be (*cough cough* understatement) a little perfectionistic about some things. The thought of taking quality pictures all day, and then editing all of the pictures, and then uploading them to my blog just sounded too overwhelming.
However, since I am TERRIBLE at scrapbooking and picture-taking in general, I felt this was a great opportunity to record a little slice of our family's life. I snapped pictures all day long on my phone, and decided not to worry one bit about quality. I just kept thinking how wonderful it would be for our girls to be able to look back and remember a typical--and happy--day in our family.
Snap, snap, snap. It was such a great day of capturing memories!
So, drum roll....I present to you....our day, Wednesday, November 14, 2012.
(And, now, if I can just upload all of these pictures onto a digital scrapbook site and hit "Send" I will be very, very happy!)
6:50am: I really don't like these numbers.
6:55am: The first one to greet me every morning. #hungry
6:59am: I love these beautiful feet.
7:04am: Morning love for my school girl.
7:08 am: Lunch love.
7:15am: Quiet mornings with my school girl.
7:32am: Calling out to me
7:40am: ...meanwhile, look who is awake. I really wish I could quietly slip back into bed, unnoticed.
7:42am: I so love kissing these sweet cheeks!
7:49am: Oops! Look who crawled back into bed.
7:51am: Technology buying me a few extra minutes in bed. #Wheres My Water
8:45am: Breakfast of champions #pumpkin bread #Coke
9:00am: School work
#MathUSee #AllAboutSpelling #HandwritingWithoutTears #AllAboutReading #StoryoftheWorld #LunchMoneyLibraryBook
9:05am: Math in jammies. Is there really any other way?
11:15am: It's been requested that I communicate via mailbox. #old school
12:10pm: Cheers! #Lunch with friends
1:00pm: One of my cute lunch dates #Carissa #Jenn #Connie
2:00pm: The letter board--SB's most DREADED part of reading and spelling. Hate is not too strong a word. And I really don't understand why...?
3:30pm: A little after-school dollar drink!
3:31pm: Make that TWO after-school dollar drinks! Sweet tea and rootbeer.
3:40pm: Quick drop-off and short visit at my parents'. Such a welcoming front entry!
3:45pm: Pops re-gluing my 2 broken pheasants. #steady surgeon hands
5-5:40pm: Dollar General Store for Operation Christmas Child shoe box goodies. 1 boy and 1 girl. One of our FAVORITE Christmas traditions! #left the girls at home for this!! #saves money that way #also saves sanity! #Mine
6:15pm: Dinner on the fly for the girls before Awanas and Youth Group. #Mama needs to go to the grocery #PBJ=Yum
7:00pm: Youth Group worship. #Did that really say repeat 7 TIMES??? #Choruses are redundant #In my opinion #Pretending to sing #Sometimes
7:04pm: Trying not to embarrass my cute junior higher at youth group. #Geeky mom taking pictures
7:10pm: The one and only #WardWiebe sharing with the youth about #JordanRomero and following your dreams. What's your "Everest?"
8:15pm: Daddy's back!!!!! #Sweet moment #Back from hunting
8:20pm: Sweet friends #Thankful
9:05pm: Home. Now time to wash the pre-soaked dishes and make a lunch. #Big believer in the soaking method #Long day, but good day!
9:45pm: Impromptu piano, trying to figure out Moonlight Sonata together. This makes me very, very happy.
10:03pm: Giving Daddy some welcome home gifts. Our sweet little gift-giver. She said the little dog looked like her Daddy's Annie, who just passed away. #Sweet girl #Thoughtful
10:43pm: Very late bedtime snuggles. #Missed their daddy!
10:46pm: Get OFF your iPod and go to sleep!! The nightly mom patrol...Sweet dreams! #Bedtime giggles are the BEST!
10:53pm and I get to crawl into bed! Good night, #onedayHH--it's been a FUN day of pictures! #I love the colors in my bedroom #They make me happy
Now, go check out the other wonderful entries linked up on Hollywood Housewife's One Day Project. All of the different pictures are fascinating!
