Day in the life - 14.12.17 | Our Enchanted Woodland

A day in the life style photo post is a post I've been meaning to do for agges.

I was inspired after reading the lovely Amber over at Meet the Wildes latest day in the life and I'm really on board with what it's all about. Capturing the mundane. The beautiful and not so beautiful ordinary. No fancy photography, added frills or added touches. Just me and the kids and what we get up to during a normal day.

This day in particular was Dec 14. An average Thursday during Lily's last week of school before the Christmas hols.

The kids started the day at 6pm as per. Lily is forever up first with Archer following behind twenty minutes later. I wish they were children that happily play in their bedroom until the parents get up. But as soon as their eyes open they're straight downstairs and chaos ensues.

Because my child has the table manners of a chimpanzee.

It's time to say bye to daddy and get dressed for the school run. Sometimes Archers in bits about daddy leaving, he stands at the door and cries his eyes out. Sometimes he can barely be bothered to look over his shoulder to give a half arsed wave. Today he cried for about 30 seconds before getting over it and ambling back into the living room.

Lily searching for her advent calendar.

It's time to set off for school. I wont be picturing Lily in her uniform but here's Archer all togged up. (after rifling through the kitchen cupboards for snacks..)

We walk through the woods to Lily's school. I look forward to the route each day and feel very blessed to have all this on our doorstep.

After school there's a trip to nanny's house

Archer has a routine with grandad of climbing the stairs to reach the jar of buttons in the spare room, buttons collected once upon a time by his great grandma. Each time he arrives at nanny and grandads the first thing he says is 'badad, stairs.' and they climb the stairs to play with the buttons awhile.

I love how retro my mums decorations are!

A bit more play before bedtime and the chaos of getting them into bed begins. The photo below makes me laugh so much..my face plus two children climbing on me, it literally sums up how you feel as a parent by the end of the day!

We usually let them play together for twenty minutes in Lily's bedroom before separating them for bed. Archer cries every single time!

Peace at last!

9 comments :

Mummytodex10 January 2018 at 18:50
You’ve captured some really stunning photos of your day. The woods look so beautiful in the December light, it must give you so much pleasure to traipse through them every morning.
Jenna10 January 2018 at 19:32
I love this idea! The photos are amazing x
Hannah | Make, Do and Push!10 January 2018 at 19:54
Beautiful photos! My photography mentor challenged me to do this last year and I still haven't gotten round to it... Have added to my list for next week! xx
Mummascribbles11 January 2018 at 13:06
These photos are absolutely stunning. I love the buttons one - I wouldn't be able to do that with Oscar as he tries to eat everything 😂
Emily Nellist12 January 2018 at 00:13
Oh wow, these are just such beautiful photos. I absolutely adore the idea of this post.
Kira12 January 2018 at 09:54
I love this idea , stunning photos x
Mummy and Monkeys12 January 2018 at 18:37
Oh wow this is so lovely! Such beautiful, natural photos and some lovely memories captures. I think you have just inspired me to do this too!
Unknown12 January 2018 at 21:59
This is so lovely - as always. I really will need to follow in your footsteps - imagine being able to look back in a year, or 5 years, even 10 years time and be able to really know exactly what your day used to look like! xxx
Unknown17 January 2018 at 14:08
This is PERFECTION, and I feel so honoured to have inspired something so beautiful!

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