Week in the Life Part 1

You guys, I have taken SO many photos this week. I won't share them all because that would take forever! Ali Edwards Week in the Life challenge has been fun, but I don't think I could do this every week! I'm looking forward to looking back at these photos in a few years just to see how daily life was. I decided to put up my phone and haul out my big camera for this challenge. It's just so easy to use my phone for pictures, but I desperately want to get better at taking pictures. 

Part of the challenge was to include yourself in the photos. The timer setting comes in handy. Many of us (especially moms) are so use to being behind the camera. Our babies NEED to see us in pictures with them. So I accepted the challenge, as awkward as it was, and I tried to include myself in as many pictures as possible.

Sunday, the week in the life challenge will be over. I plan on putting all my photos in a nice Shutterfly 8x8 photo book to look back on. 

TIP: I collect bing rewards to get free 8x8 hardcover photo albums from Shutterfly.

Just out of privacy for my kiddos I have given them nicknames, well they game themselves nicknames. My daughter will be referred to as Princess, my oldest son Optimus Prime and our youngest will be Falcon. Yep.

We kick off the mornings with the wonder of the day. I found this site called Wonderopolis and my kiddos just love it!

Princess volunteers to make us all lunch a few times a week.

If the hubs ever has free time, he usually tries to spend it creating something.

The kiddos play a couple rounds of Go Fish while I tidy up.

This was their "let's dump out all the craft stuff and make robots!" afternoon craft.

Princess absolutely loves to help Optimus with his workbook. 

Falcon just hangs out while we work, gets fussy, eats and then sleeps. 

Since we are doing a nature study on birds this month, it only made sense to go to a butterfly exhibit. Right?

The hubs started up his fall semester. 21 hours. He is determined to get things done.

I'm currently obsessed with making banana bread. I have been tweaking it the past few weeks and think I've nailed it, maybe. It's ridiculously fantastic and will make you want to slap your mama.

We sure did eat that banana bread with a weeks worth of clean laundry. 

Dog pile on Optimus. If the hubs isn't careful he will be the one at the bottom of dog piles when the kiddos get older. 

They love that they can get ice water for themselves now. I love it too.

Friday nights are our pizza/Shark Tank nights, or some form of pizza. Optimus fell asleep so Princess got to make the whole pizza by herself. No Shark Tank tonight, we watched Mighty Morphing Power Rangers on Amazon instead. So many memories of that show.

There was one moment I wish I would have gotten a picture of. The hubs and I were sitting in the chairs in our living room and my daughter comes in and says "look". I glance over and didn't think about what I just saw. So, she said "mom, look!". I looked and stared a bit and realized our chicken was in the living room with us! Ha! She some how wondered into the house. I'm thinking some little transformer, that shall remain nameless, left the door open. My hubby and I both freaked out and got her back outside. It was one of those "that was funny, but I'm glad she didn't poop in the house, and let's never let that happen again" moments. 

I'll wrap up my week in the life with all of you on Monday. Have you ever documented the daily tasks during a week in your life? Share your link in the comments if you did this time around!

Have a great weekend!

Your pal, 
Chelsey