The Home Life Project - February 2017

Joining Clare from Maybush Studio with her "The Home Life Photography Project - February ".  This monthly photography project involves documenting your daily life for one day per month.

DATE: Saturday, February 4, 2017

Normally, I document the life around our home for this photography project but this month I am focusing on somewhere that feels like home to my family. We became member of ZSL Whipsnade Zoo around 3 years ago and it has felt like our 2nd home ever since. We have spent many hours running around the zoo and visiting the animals. Our favourite part of heading to the zoo is the feeling of freedom. Freedom from social media, people and daily life. The zoo property is 600 acres so even on busier days it never feels crowded. There is so many different animal species that there is alway a new animal friend to meet on every visit. We fill our lungs with fresh air and always come home with ache tired feet. 

The Home Life Project - January 2017

Joining Clare from Maybush Studio with her "The Home Life Photography Project - January".  This monthly photography project involves documenting your daily life for one day per month.

DATE: Saturday, January 14th, 2017

This month is focused on recovering from Christmas season and preparing for Little Ladybug's birthday. My beautiful and brave girl is turning five years old this month. Our Saturday started with a filming a video together about some of the party supplies for her upcoming birthday party. We had no plans for the day and so it was a purely a day to relax around our home. My children have no issue finding activities to keep the busy around the house. They spent the morning dancing to music, finding uneaten Christmas candy, rearranging the decorations on our New Years' tree, and watching tv while sitting on their balance bikes. Afternoon activities included looking through my jewellery and makeup in the bathroom and discovering the magic of static electricity. Little Ladybug soon found random pieces of paper to create a "troll". It was day filled with laughter and relaxation. We definitely need a "no plans" weekend day at least once a month. 

"My Super Hero"

The Home Life Project - December 2016

Joining Clare from Maybush Studio with her "The Home Life Photography Project - December 2016".  This monthly photography project involves documenting your daily life for one day per month.

DATE: Sunday, December 4th, 2016

We have not participated in the October and November Home Life because we were in the middle of moving home. When we were given notice in September that our landlord was selling the house that we occupied, we all felt anxious about the future and if the move would effect our enjoyment of Christmas 2016. I am very excited to share a very festive day around our new home this month because we love our new home.  I hope to give a proper tour in the new year but our new home is a cosy pre-Victorian house with four period fireplaces. Our children share a large bedroom that is a perfect playroom filled with their toys. Our sitting room is now filled with Christmas decorations and three trees. Eventually, two of the trees will be moved into bedrooms for Christmas but we had lots of fun this Sunday opening advent calendars, decorating trees, and dancing to Christmas music. We have also documented this day on Vlogmas 2016. 

 

The Home Life Project - September 2016

Joining Clare from Maybush Studio with her "The Home Life Photography Project - September 2016".  This monthly photography project involves documenting your daily life for one day per month.

DATE: Saturday, September 3rd, 2016

We did not join in on The Home Life Project for August because we were busy enjoying the summer holidays. We did vlog our Summer Adventures over on our YouTube Channel if you want to see where we went and activities around the Ladybug Home. The below photos are from the last weekend of Summer and last couple days before Little Ladybug (LL) heads off to big school for the first time.

Love Playing with Blocks

The Home Life Project - July 2016

Joining Clare from Maybush Studio with her "Home Life Photography Project - July 2016".  This monthly photography project involves documenting your daily life for one day per month.

DATE: Saturday, July 2nd and Sunday, July 3rd, 2016

I decided to document the whole weekend because it was filled with new adventures but also reflection of how quickly my children are growing. We started Saturday with a session of running around the backyard and digging in the sandbox. While my son had his first haircut on Friday, my daughter has only had about one inch cut from her hair in her whole life. I love seeing her blond baby curls at the end of her long hair. 

The Home Life Project - June 2016

Joining Clare from Maybush Studio with her "Home Life Photography Project - June 2016".  This monthly photography project involves documenting your daily life for one day per month.

DATE: Sunday, June 5th, 2016

I awoke on the Sunday very cheerful due to the lovely bright morning sunshine beaming into our home. My son started the morning by climbing into his favourite armchair and getting cosy with one of my cameras. He loves pushing the buttons and looking at the screen on the back. I always love to see what images he has captured. 

The Home Life Project - April 2016

Joining Clare from Maybush Studio with her "Home Life Photography Project - April 2016".  This monthly photography project involves documenting your daily life for one day per month.

DATE: Sunday, March 27th, 2016

I must admit that I am still a little confused by the fact that Easter was in March this year. I always look forward to celebrating Easter in early April. I really love when we have cheerful seasonal decorations around the home so I am displaying some Easter decorations for a little bit longer this year. For this month, I was going to try to document the first weekend in April but it was a weekend filled with husband trying to recover from back pain and daughter fighting a tummy bug. There would have been lots of photos of sleeping children and a messy home.

I have decided to instead feature our Easter Sunday filled with lots of colour, fun and chocolate treats.

The Home Life Project - March 2016

Joining Clare from Maybush Studio with her "Home Life Photography Project - March 2016".  This monthly photography project involves documenting your daily life for one day per month.

DATE: Thursday, March 3rd, 2016

I decided to document a Thursday in our home this month. I spend most of the day chasing after the Littles Ones and trying to put the house back together after numerous different play activities around the house. We started the day with putting the last screw into Little LadyBug's new bunk bed and then got ready for a friend to come over for a cup of tea. Little Ladybug got a yummy dough from Daddy at lunchtime. The afternoon was filled with packing backpacks for an imaginary airplane ride to the USA to Grandparents House. We did some Easter crafting also. I edited a video in the evening before finishing up working next to a sleeping boy.

The Home Life Project - February 2016

Joining Clare from Maybush Studio with her "Home Life Photography Project - February 2016".  This monthly photography project involves documenting your daily life for one day per month.

DATE: Sunday, February 7th, 2016

We were really looking forward to a relaxing Sunday around the house. We have all been fighting illness the last two weeks and all needed a restful day. On Saturday, we had a exciting day celebrating Little Ladybug's birthday with her friends. On this Sunday, I made some heart-shaped cinnamon rolls and finished decorating for Valentine's Day. We nibbled on some leftover cookies from Little Ladybug's cookie making party. After lunchtime, I sent husband to Argos to get a new storage unit of Little Ladybug's room and one step closer to our goal to organise and declutter our home in 2016.

The Home Life Project – January 2016

When I read about Clare's (Maybush Studio) new "Home Life Photography Project", I was instantly interested in joining in. This monthly photography project involves documenting your daily life for one day per month. My selection of photos below feature my children but I hope in the future to show other parts of our home and daily life.

DATE: Sunday, January 3rd, 2016

A lazy day around the home with the addition of Auntie (my twin sister) visiting from the USA.