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WEEK IN THE LIFE ALBUM

 Last week I spent any free time putting together my WEEK IN THE LIFE ALBUM ...

• Before the Week In The Life project actually started, I spent some time thinking about what my album would look like.  I really liked last year's format so I knew that I would create something similar.  I also knew that I would only use supplies that I already had.  Using album refills that I had in my stash, this is the plan that I came up with ... 4 12x12 pages for each day ...

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

• Next up I allocated 2 12x12 pattern papers for each day and then cut up blocks of pattern papers for the other pages, entirely from my scraps ... I tried to coordinate papers on a double page spread.
• Photo printing time ... firstly I selected my feature photo for each day remembering that it needed to be of portrait orientation ... I then selected 3 landscape and 3 portrait photos for each day and printed these 4x6 size ... I then printed 8 smaller photos (4 photos fitted on one piece of 4x6 photo paper) of landscape orientation and 1 medium photo (2 photos fitted on one piece of 4x6 photo paper) of portrait orientation.
• For the first page of each day and the title page I cut down a piece of 12x12 white cardstock and then cut in half ... I typed up my words using my blog post as a reference and then printed on white half of the white cardstock as I have a standard printer ... I rejoined the cardstock, added my feature photo and 2 coordinating blocks of pattern paper.
• The final step was embellishing ...  I grabbed any appropriate supplies from my stash and added page by page.

I am happy with my finished album and I am already looking forward to next year ... one note to self is to ensure that I take a variety of landscape and portrait photos ... this year I definitely had more landscape photos.

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WEEK IN THE LIFE SUNDAY

I must admit to being very happy to have made it through the seven day ... it is hard work having your camera close at hand during the day ... our Sunday was spent at home, which makes for a nice change ...

 
Breaky, everyone helped themselves with a staggered start to the morning ... Jack didn't get out of bed until 10am.

 
 
 
Colouring in and cars, you are never to old!

 
 
Evie made crowns with the kids ... I asked Freddie if he was a King and he replied that he was a princess ... fair enough.

 
 
I tried to get some work done ... photographing layouts, editing and uploading to website.

 

 
Bacon and eggs for lunch.

 
Jack and Evie chilling out together after the visitors left.

 
 
Riding their scooters which usually ends in tears.

 
Who wouldn't want to be a cat?

 
Washing piles waiting to be put away.

 
 
 
 
 
 
Sunday night is pizza night (a new tradition inspired by friends) ... we make the dough, roll it out, add the toppings and bake ... yummy and every week we get a little bit better.

So, a week in our life captured, now comes the fun part of putting together an album ... stay tuned.

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WEEK IN THE LIFE SATURDAY

Sleep in today ... yippee ... Fred loves to come into Mum and Dad's bed on the weekend ...

 
 
 
 
Fred played the ipad and I read my book ... the perfect way to start the weekend.

 
 
Breaky time, everyone looks after themselves.

 
 
 
Fred builds some more train tracks.

 
11:00 Off to town ... Evie's game of netball starts at 12:00pm.

 
 
 
Fred spent all afternoon playing with his "friends" Isabella and Madison.

 
Today the piglets were turned into pork chops.

 
 
 
 
Afternoon farm jobs.

 
Evidence of a hard day's work!

 
A little bit of egg decorating before shower time ... tonight we had visitors for dinner ... fish (caught that morning) and salad ... 8:00 bed for Fred ... 9:00 bed for big kids ... 10:15 Fred woke up and was sick with a high temperature ... 10:30 bed for Mum.

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WEEK IN THE LIFE FRIDAY

Today was a pupil free day which meant that Jack and Evie didn't have school ...

 
A sleep in for all and breaky in our PJs.

 
Some of us didn't want to get out of bed at all.

 
 
 
Team train track building.

 
Check out the cat wanting to play.

 
 
 

 
A spot of wood chopping for the man of the house.

 
Evie and I went to town for more dance rehearsal ... thankfully the Eisteddfod is next week.

 
 
 
Grocery shopping and check for mail.

 
A happy and somewhat grubby little face was pleased to see us when we returned home.

 
A new use for cucumber when you don't want it on your sandwich.

 
Dad's number one helper for the day!

 

 
 
Evie making a chocolate cake.

 
 
Visitors for the weekend ... Brett's sister's grandchildren ... perfect friends for Freddie.

 
 
Pretty afternoon light bringing another day to an end.

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WEEK IN THE LIFE THURSDAY

Thursday started early when the alarm went off at 5:00am ... showered and dressed, wake the girls and Fred .... on the road by 6:15am bound for Toowoomba (200kms away) ...

 
I had to clean the windscreen at Inglewood and it was a chilly -3.

 
Hello sun!

 
Fred and Lily wthcing a DVD.

 
 
We travelled to Toowoomba for a netball competiton and Jack was playing in the touch football comp.

 
 

 
 
 
Fred was bored after about 30 minutes so he spent the day at Gran and Darra's house.

 
 
 
 
It was a long day but both Jack and Evie had a great day ... and both their teams came second in their age groups ...

 
 
 
 
Picked Fred up and had a coffee with Gran and Darra.

 

 
A quick stop for an ice cream at Cold Rock and then off home.

 
Home by 7:15pm .... 3 tired kids and a tired Mum and Day.

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WEEK IN THE LIFE WEDNESDAY

Hump day has been and gone ... ours was a fairly unadventurous day.

 
5:00 Brett alarm sounds ... Jack and Brett have to drive to Toowoomba today for a Rugby carnival ... 5:50 I drag myself out of bed to take a blurry photo of Jack before they head off.

 
6:30 Wake up Sleeping Beauty.

 
 
Fred feeling a little camera shy this morning.

 

 

 
Super cold and frosty this morning.

 
 
Waiting for the bus to arrive.

 
Fred quite likes helping with the morning chores, even with his slippers on the wrong feet.

 
Fred also loves to leave his juice in this little dish on the TV cabinet.

 
A chat to Gran on the phone.

 
10:15 Smoko time

 
Straightening my hair ... Brett says it is the most ironing I do!

 
 
 
 
11:30  Are you watching Mum?  Fred loves an audience.

 
12:30 Fred sleeps and I try to tackle some jobs on my never ending job list.

 
Pepper and I are currently reading this book, not too bad.

 
 
3:00 Off to town AGAIN (we live 40kms out of town) to pick up Evie from dancing.

 
 
5:15 Home .... Eve's friend, Lily, is having a sleep over as we are off to Toowoomba bright and early tomorrow morning ... Brett and Jack are overnighting in Toowoomba so they won't be home.

 
Farm jobs ... play .... showers ... dinner ... kids to bed ... office work for me .... 10:15 Lights out.

 

 

WEEK IN THE LIFE TUESDAY

Another day and I wish that I could say ANOTHER DOLLAR ...

 
6:15 Alarm goes off ... the usual morning routine ... shower, unpack dishwasher, make school lunches ... kids up ... breaky time ... Fred loves having breaky with the big kids.

 
 
 
 
7:40 Out the door and in the car off to the bus stop which is about 12kms ... Fred loves travelling in the car as he watches a DVD and gets his dun dun and Boo.

 

 
A game of hangman while we wait for the bus ... just between you and I, I am the reigning Hangman Champ!

 
 
And off the big kids go to school.

 

 
8:10 Back home ... Fred talks to Dad on the phone ... then it's the usual morning jobs.


Wash Jack's footy team's water bottles.


 
Fred and his friend Pepper do some colouring whilst they watch ABC Kids.


Fred washing his hands after being to the loo ... he has been my easiest to toilet train, very good at taking himself off to the toilet throughout the day.


Buttons are a new adventure, won't be long and he will be dressing himself.


 
Playing on the verandah whilst Soxy snoozes.


A bit of an ipad fix before lunch time nap.


Yep, Fred is still in a cot at almost three ... he has a big boy bed in his room but he just isn't interested ... there are always lots of favourite things in his cot ... today it is Dora books, Eve's cat and dog ... Fred slept from 12:30 - 3:00.


 
 
3:00 Afternoon snack .... read a book ... off to the bus stop to pick up Eve ... Jack has football training in town.


4:00 Evie makes herself some afternoon tea and then does some homework.


Some scooter riding ... Jack gets a lift home with a neighbour.


4:50 Back in the car and off to town for a Swimming Club meeting.



5:30 - 7:40 Meeting ... back home .... Brett has cooked fish (caught in our river on the weekend) and chips for dinner ... Fred to bed after a couple of Dora stories ... watch Australia's Got Talent .... 8:45 Big kids to bed ... 9:45 Mum to bed.

And that is how my Tuesday went ... be back tomorrow. 





WEEK IN THE LIFE MONDAY

Words and photos for the first day of the Week In The Life challenge ....

 
6:15am the alarm sounds ... middle of winter, dark, cold and a little frosty ... shower, dressed and wake big kids.

 
6:40am unpack the dishwasher and make Jack and Evie's lunches for school.

 
 
 
7:00am Breaky and I do Eve's hair for school. 

 
7:20am Eve practises the guitar. 

7:50 Jack and Eve get a lift to town with Brett. He is going to Tara overnight.

 
 
8:00 Good morning Fred, he starts the day with some strawberries and then Nutragrain ... he likes to do it all by himself!

 
Time for me to do some morning chores ... stack the dishwasher and clean up after breaky ... washing .... straighten rooms ... sweep out house.

 
A late breaky for Mum.

 
 
8:30am Play time for Fred ... today was blocks and some ABC Kids.

 
 
10:30am Smoko time ... coffee and biscuits.

 
 
11:30am Outside time to enjoy the gorgeous winter weather ... water the plants (that are terribly frost bitten) and play in the sandpit.

 
12:30pm  Night night Fred.

 

 
12:30 Leftover pizza for lunch and jobs in the office including the Swimming Club meeting agenda.

 
2:30 Wake Fred, drive to town for school pick up.

 
3:00 Eve dance rehearsal with Lily and Ellen. Couple of town jobs and home.

 
 
 
5:30pm Home, fuel up the car, feed the chooks and collect the eggs.

 
Dotty visits for her evening snack of bread.

 
Freddie likes to put the eggs into a carton ... he counts, 1,2,3,6,11 and so on.

 
6:30-7:30pm Showers, homework and dinner.  Fred to bed. Eve, Jack and I watch The Block and then they are off to bed at 8:30.

Quiet time for me ... bed at 9:40pm.

See you tomorrow.

ARE YOU READY?

 
Today is the start of Ali Edwards Week In The Life Challenge ... I have my camera sitting on the bench, battery charged and ready for lots of photo taking over the next 7 days .... looking forward to documenting the EVERYDAY, as boring and monotonous as it may be .... will be back with Monday's photos and words tomorrrow.

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