Week In The Life : Wednesday
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The morning begins with the perfect yellow breakfast blanket, bagel, & OJ.
Sometimes the dishes remain from the night before.
Often he needs his "crazy hair" sprayed with water and brushed before he heads off to school. Dad is good at this but Simon never likes it.
If she is up she loves to be up on the couch to see him off to school.
Her current carry-around & snuggly loves.
Sometimes he takes care of those morning-after dishes. Lily is never far if someone is doing just about anything in the kitchen.
She was helping me again today.
She plays. Takes them out & puts them back in & sneaks them into her mouth. Sometimes a mark is made in the coloring book.
Laundry. Again.
Up from her one and only nap of the day. Just about an hour.
Sometimes he works from home too. Anna likes to help campaign.
Lunch for her.
Lunch for me.
Back from school. Lego time. Anna and I spent some time in his room today - her pulling things out and me working on organizing the legos. Current organization idea is by color in small plastic drawers (smaller than the ones he is kneeling next too - those there will be for bigger pieces). When something comes up with our childcare I often end up organizing toys, going through clothes, etc.
Love.
Love this too.
They play. They chase. They giggle and screech.
She pokes.
Heading to a late afternoon & dinner meeting.
Dinner @ 5pm. We are early eaters.
Baked potato, cheese, & broccoli.
After her bath. She's in bed most nights by 6:30pm.
Watching the popcorn pop.
Wednesday was a challenging day for me.
I think I usually have a harder time on Wednesdays with this project. The initial excitement has started to ware off and I have to constantly remind myself to grab the camera.
On top of that our babysitter unable to make it today (jury duty) - making it two days so far this week that I have been "not working" in my official professional capacity...instead "working" in my Mama capacity.
Know that my life is full of ups and downs and ins and outs and grumpiness and dirty diapers and laundry and dishes and whining and spills (and laughter and goodness and more blessings than I can count). The realities of being a work-at-home parent and working out the balancing act of kids and work and childcare and expectations with a working spouse can definitely be a challenge. This is all part of my everyday life.
As I was ending my day I came across this quote from Emerson:
HA! Seriously. I needed a big time attitude adjustment.
So Hello Thursday! I am welcoming you with open arms and a "spirit too high to be encumbered."
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LOVE it...I love an ordinary day. As someone who doesn't "work" (HATE when people whoe don't know my circumstances say it's because I'm lucky when, truly, it's because I'm ill) it's nice to see that people I ADORE and ADMIRE are ordinary too! WHERE do you get the quotes? I would LOVE a source. Thanks!
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Wow, I so needed that quote today!
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What a lovely family. Thank you for sharing and inspiring:)
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Hi Ali, I love your photos, the composition and the way they tell a story, but I have a question. The ones you show on your blog are landscape but 2 pages (baseball card protectors) of your daily spread will be portrait. Will you crop these photos to fit or do you take others in that orientation? Just asking because I'm using those type of card protectors and I'm trying to take a lot of my photos portrait, including balancing my camera for self-timer shots. Thanks
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Somes days are just like that and very long!! Each day is a blessing
Loving the project, wishing I was tagging along this year but so busy at work right now!!! Still totally inspiring and hoping to do a week in the life maybe in the summer this year!!
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This is interesting. It was a bit of a challenging day (or rather evening) for me, too, so I can fully relate. Have a great day! :)
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Sigh. You have just brought THIS work-at-home Mom's life to a screeching halt, to stop and smell the peonies. Thank you, Ali.
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Ali, I LOVE this post. And that quote is something we all need to hear. Thank you for sharing so much of what is real in your life.
I bet Anna is GREAT at campaigning - so is so cute!
I've also started losing momentum for this project and need to pick up the camera more. Thanks for the inspiration!
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Wow, that picture of Simon is perfect. Perhaps the day was worth it just for that photo. Love that you blog the not so great every so often. That is life, good reminder for all of us. Reminds me of...
"you take the good
you take the bad
you take 'em both
and there you have
the facts of life"
I'm an 80's girl. Hope Thursday goes better!
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I totally relate to the dishes still in the sink and the "crazy hair"---my son has that every morning.
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Awesome quote!
I don't think that I got that many pics yesterday (I'm uploading now to see the amount). I've definitely noticed that after dinner, my habit of grabbing for the camera comes to a screeching halt...I did manage one or two pics last night though. Going to try harder tonight to capture our nightly routine.
Thanks Ali for everything!
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Definitely can relate and thanks for sharing. It is a new day, isn't it?!
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Thanks for the words of Emerson. Really needed that today. Putting things in perspective. Regrouping. Finding joy in the everyday and in those I love. Just thank you...
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Great quote! I really like how you always find something to be grateful for in each day. Thanks for sharing your terrific talents!
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I love that quote. It's particularly appropriate for my Wednesday as well. Thank you for sharing it.
Today is the last day for my Week In The Life and tomorrow I start the process of going through everything to see what I've collected. On one hand, I'm excited to put everything together; on the other, I'm a little nervous to see the story that emerges.
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Emerson's quote is just perfect! I need to write it down and have it on show somewhere I will see it often.
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loving this project and all that you're sharing with us. and the quotes you're sharing are a perfect fit into your day!
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Cannot wait to see your pics everyday. Awesome to see how many people are participating and I can agree with the fact that you cannot always predict how your days will pan out. Thanks for sharing all the joys with us :-)
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Hi Ali. I'm not doing WITL--though I've thought of doing a DAY in the life--but I wanted to tell you two things:
1. The idea of WITL is enough to make me reflect more on just how I/we live our life/lives in terms of what goes into our every day.
2. You are so inspiring in your honesty and authenticity. Your example encourages me to also be true to myself, but at the same time as to set higher standards for myself and my relationships.
You're the real deal and it's wonderful that you are out there for the rest of us.
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Love all the pictures that include YOU! How do you make this happen? A timer? Another person? What works best for you?
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