Week in the Life!! I look forward to this project a lot each year. Ali Edwards is the brains behind this week of documenting and I’m so grateful for her and the way she has cultivated a community around it.
I’ll be using this week to take a bunch of photos of our life as it is right now – the beautiful and the messy and the beautiful messes.
I use this blog space to keep myself honest about then pairing my photos with my words. I love to tell stories, but often I rationalize skipping that part. I love photos too, but bringing the photos and the words together is what keeps me passionate about memory keeping.
So, here I go – this was our Monday!!
7:30A
The Mondayist photo ever.
Colin’s alarm goes off. He starts reading emails right away and I get dressed before leaving the room to let the dogs out and give them some breakfast. I check the monitor and can see that Kai is awake so I make my way back to his bedroom. Getting him out of bed in the mornings is my thing. I start his day with a “Good morning, Kai-Kai!” while opening the curtain over his window. Lately, he’s almost always in a good mood.
9:30A
Tess and I have been texting and decide that we’ll meet up at a park that’s in between our homes later this morning. Before leaving, I strip our bed of the sheets and get laundry started. Colin will likely keep it going while I’m running errands today.
Kai waits and plays while I’m doing these chores. He talks to himself a lot right now, mostly gibberish, but some words and names he knows get thrown in occasionally. He has a very sweet and soft voice when he’s doing this and sometimes he sings. That’s my favorite.
10:00a
The weather looks pretty overcast and rainy for most of the week, so I wanted to get a nice shot of the yard and the view with a little sun. Also, the view looks so much sweeter with these two pretty girls in it.
12:00p
Our playground date went super well – really nice warm morning too! These two are warming up to each other a little more each time they get together. Today there was lots of hand holding (a favorite of Kai’s) and chasing one another.
Tess and I brought the boys into Costco afterwards to check out the samples – oh, the glorious samples. It was like a scavenger hunt for the boys. They would get SO excited when they spotted a sample cart!
Back in the car, Kai fell asleep for a good 20 minutes. I counted that as his nap for the day. For some reason, I feel kind of proud when he passes out in the car. Like I must have given him a positive and active experience that warrants this rest.
Taking those little wins when I can get them!
1:30p
After some lunch and an introduction to Wall-E, Kai, Penny and I made our way to Target while Colin left to get some wire fencing at the hardware store. Penny loves rides. Izzy prefers to stay home most of the time these days.
Target was fun. I hadn’t been in there in quite a while! I ran into a couple people I worked with over the Holiday season, so that was fun! Got some essentials and also a few things that weren’t on the list – of course!
4:30p
I dropped Kai off at home and Colin started him a bath. Colin also started prepping the chicken for dinner. I grabbed both of the girls and made a quick run to the grocery store for some salad fixings to go with the chicken.
I kind of forced Izzy to come along because it was so lovely out and I knew, once she was in the car, she’d love sticking her head out the window. I was right.
I thought I’d snap a picture of the self check-out kiosks at the store. It’s not a new thing, but I did suddenly wonder if this will still be the method in the years or decades to come…
5:30p
While Colin finished grilling and putting the salad together, Kai and I played a little catch. I bought this Velcro set at Target today thinking it would be good PT for him. It’s fun and requires the use of both arms and hands. He still gets so very excited about new experiences and I love it when he hops around during the really special stuff like today. When he first joined us in January, he didn’t seem to understand the concept of “cheering on.” But now he thinks it’s the best and likes to cheer himself on as well as be cheered on. It’s awesome.
6:00p
We had dinner outside for the first time this year. There was moisture in the air and it smelled and felt amazing out there.
I’m still in awe of the fact that Kai likes salads so much.
The neighbor kids popped their heads over the fence and we talked about lightening and tornadoes – ha! We all learned some fun and interesting facts on these topics thanks to Colin’s crazy memory for details like these.
6:45p
Colin put Kai to bed tonight – we mostly switch off each night. I cleaned up the kitchen and tidied other parts of the house. It had started to rain so I left the door open in order to enjoy the outside smells.
That’s where I’m stopping for today. It was a good start to this project and I’m already feeling more excited to document the days to come.