Week in the Life: Sunday

We’re all sitting at the table eating breakfast. Jack is putting an enormous amount of syrup on his pancakes, Luke is making a mess with his granola and poking holes in his pancake, Caylin is sipping on her chocolate almond milk, Michael is checking his blood pressure, LOL and I’m talking about what we’re going to do later in the day. :)

This little tin is Jack’s and I wanted to snap a photo of it because he fills it up with SO many little, tiny toys and hauls it everywhere. This is evidence of that. :)

We made some monster bookmarks today. It was fun! Caylin’s is on the left and Jack’s is on the right.

Jack and I played “Target” today. Michael gave him a used gift card and so he would be pretend that he was coming to shop at Target and I was the cashier. He’d buy some toys and I’d ring it up, tell him the total and he’d pay with the gift card. Too cute. ;)

Luke loves to run across the room and then jump on Caylin. He was doing it over and over again, but then he finally just gave her a big hug after landing on her and I snapped this photo. SO thankful I did. They love one another SO much.

Today I worked on getting the homeschool room all cleaned and organized. It felt SO good and it’s a super cute little spot that I know Caylin and Jack are going to have fun learning in.

Caylin did this A LOT during the week, of course, but I captured it finally today. She was honestly a bit apprehensive of me taking a photo of her and including it in the album, but then she said, “You’re right, this is life and that’s what you’re documenting, right? So go ahead and take a picture.” I’m glad she finally felt that way and thankfully it was before the week was up! ;)

This photo is out of focus, but I’m including it anyway because Luke can finally hold 2 fingers up to say how old he is and Michael is SUPER excited because he can only do it with his LEFT hand and he’s thinking he finally got the leftie he’s always wanted (Michael is a leftie). ;)

Me making some brownies.

I love this vacuum. Her name is Doris (anyone else name inanimate objects?). I thought since I was vacuuming I’d just grab my photo and take a photo! Why not, right?

I stumbled upon this guy. Jack had all of these weapons surrounding this guy and stuck in the carpet. Totally silly and something Jack would do. It’s crazy the things I come across with boys in the house. ;)

Caylin drew this sweet photo for Michael. :)

The kids were having a dance party upstairs and then did a group hug. Photo is super grainy because of the lighting, but love the sweetness of it. They do group hugs a lot.

I thought I’d snap a photo of Jack brushing his teeth since I captured one of Caylin a couple of days ago! ;)

And lastly, I snapped this photo of Luke in our bed. He loves to hang out with Michael right before bed while Michael is ironing his clothes for the morning. They both watch “Scooby-Doo Dragon” together (that’s what Luke calls it since that’s what the episode is about) and it’s just the cutest thing. He gets so excited and is such a Daddy’s boy! I wanted to be sure I documented that little story.

Well, there you have it, friends. I completed an entire week and here’s what I learned about the process and about myself during this week of documenting a Week in the Life:

1. I didn’t take as many photos as I had hoped. I wanted to take more pictures, but honestly with three kids and this season of life that I’m in – it just wasn’t possible without going completely insane and having my camera in my hand at all times. I just decided early on that no matter HOW many photos I took – what mattered was that I was taking some. I wanted to give myself grace because I knew things are busy and just devoting the time to capture SOME of our week would be a gift. I ended up with some photos that really speak to me and document our life RIGHT NOW so I’m glad that I could just keep on chugging along even when I was discouraged a time or time.
2. I REALLY need to practice with my camera more. The first half of this project it was rainy and cloudy out and so there was not a lot of great natural light. I kept looking at Ali’s photos and thinking – man – I am SUPER jealous of the natural light coming in her home! Hahahaha! I just need to get more comfortable with my camera and it’s capabilities and keep practicing. I take enough photos – now I just need to get educated more about my camera. I have the tool – just need to learn what all I can do with it to get even better photos!
3. I need a camera remote. I think if I would have had one of those – I’d be in the photos more and it would look more natural like Ali’s photos. I did use the timer app camera on my phone, but it was a bit of a pain at times. I love how Ali’s in so many of her photos, but honestly – I don’t look as good as Ali does when I don’t have anywhere to go! Hahahaha! I mean – she is looking great in all of her photos – even the ones when she’s in the bed still! My hair is usually a mess, I have no makeup on and I’m wearing the same shirt for three days in a row. It is important to get IN the photo though so I still did. I just need to do my hair and makeup more next time! ;)
4.  This project pushed me … in a good way. It really made me think about what stories I want to remember and what photographs I wanted to capture of our life right now. Sure, I didn’t tell and capture EVERY story, but I love how A Week in the Life really helped me grow in a lot of ways as a memory keeper. I’m a big “everyday photo” type of scrapbooker and taking photos all day, every day for 7 days was a bit challenging for me at times. It wore me out, but at the end of it all, it was worth it and it’s worth doing so I’m super thankful for that and for giving it a-go.
5. I will be doing it again next year. Yep, I sure am. Are you?

Have a blessed day, friends! Hope your Week in the Life wrapped up great, too!