Day 251 - Natural

Today's photo prompt was "natural" and that's certainly what this is... Henry is a natural clown in front of the camera some days!

Day 249 - Flat Out Reading

A little still life left for me in the classroom by one of my students :)

Day 248 - Bedroom Makeover

Today's Clean Up Challenge was the main bedroom. So far so good, although not completely finished yet. I am amazed what a difference it makes having everything so tidy. I truly think that this could lead to sleeping better!

Day 247 - Being an Organised Housewife

So I am not a housewife, but even so, I love the ideas on The Organised Housewife's blog. This month The Organised Housewife is running a 20 Day Challenge to Clean and Organise your home. I don't know if I will be able to keep up or complete everything, because I can't start any of the main tasks until after 8.30pm, but there are always up and coming school holidays available to finish it off. Tonight's task was to clean the kitchen... REALLY clean it. I got rid of every bit of clutter, cleaned the cupboard fronts, the stove and under the sink. I put the rangehood filter in the dishwasher (there's a handy hint for you) and generally got it all looking good! Now the challenge is to clean it up every evening straight after dinner, before collapsing on the couch!

Day 246 - Father and Son

Before I finally got this cute shot, I did get a rather amusing series of Dale and Henry while trying to get them closer together for a Father / Son shot. With Henry in the bath and Dale out of the bath, it wasn't easy!

Day 245 - Bed Time Lego Man

This is what I found this evening... Henry putting all of his Lego Men into our bed! He neatly tucked them in, with their faces poking out and turned out the lamp that he had on when he was done. It was all just so cute. Henry is very attached to his Lego Men... so much so, that they have to have baths with him some nights and also sleep with him sometimes (so cuddly?!). He has recently started with a lot more imaginary play which is so amusing to watch.

Day 244 - Hidden

Last photo for the month and its title is Hidden. It is the cute little lock on my jewellery box. Looks more sinister than it really is, right?

It's my aim to get back into the photos with stories behind them a bit more in September. Let's see how I go. It is so easy to fall back on Photo A Day, which has produced some photos that I am very happy with, however for this blog it is my aim to document our life a bit more. Let's just say that life right now is busy!

Day 243 - Card

No story behind today's photo (I seem to have fallen into that this month with being busy and trying to complete the photo a day challenge...) but my interpretation of card.  I did intentionally choose all the heart cards to be on top... just because.

Day 242 - Mystery Photos

A bunch of strange photos turned up on my laptop via icloud photo streaming. After a while I worked out that Henry was taking photos of the ceiling on my ipad while we waited in the pharmacy! Henry came home very sick today with a high temperature and it seems, a lung infection. We came home with antibiotics, a puffer and spacer. Now that will be a real trick to get him to happily use that!

Day 241 - Clock

This is another item that one of the kids in my class brought in for our little unit on artefacts. He told the class that it was given to him by his grandfather and then proceeded to attempt hypnotising them as part of his 'news'! I was photographing all of the artefacts this week to put up a display and particularly liked this one!

Day 240 - Dream

Today I had to do a photo that said Dream. Easy, right? Not really, although I do dream about the new house that we will build at Googong next year quite a bit, so this little collage says it all!

Day 239 - One Bit at a Time

This was a little gardening project of mine and Henry's late this afternoon. As I hung out the washing, I realised that the little corner in the garden was looking pretty sad and weedy. We had pulled out a dead bush, a few weeks prior and now only weeds were left. So we pulled it all out, transplanted some agapanthus and filled up the bed with pine chip.

Henry enjoyed watering it with the hose. Then he enjoyed watering his trackies. And then his shoes. Finally watering time was over.

Now we just have a few corner makeovers left!

Day 238 - Park Adventure

This morning Henry and I headed down to the park for a photo session and although I took so many pics today that I really like, this one has to be the standout favourite. I love the fun expression on his face! Henry had a great time, mostly playing on the slippery dip, avoiding aggressive swans and running around trying every bit of equipment he could find!

Remember in the movie, About a Boy, how the kid throws a loaf of bread at a duck and it hits the duck? The duck doesn't make it apparently, and I nearly found out how easy that could be to do, today. Let's just say, that those aggressive swans made me get rid of our bread a little bit too quickly. I didn't hit one, but I also didn't think it would be a near miss when I threw it in a hurry!

Day 237 - Henry's Cooking

This is some of Henry's 'cooking' that he brought home from daycare today - isn't it cute? He did enjoy eating it. I think it is funny that daycare sent home the stuff made with red colouring! Heh heh... wonder why that was?!

Day 236 - Pair

Today I was on the hunt for something that was a pair. To go for a pair of shoes seemed obvious for me, but having done a shoe photo not so long ago, I settled on this pair of earrings. I like them because although they are different to each other, they are a pair that clearly belong together.

Day 235 - Home

A little snapshot of our house today, seen through the trees and a reminder for me about how many things are on my to do list for the next few months!

Day 234 - Cold

I really don't have much to say about peas, but it is the only thing I took photos of today! The theme for the Fat Mum Slim Photo Challenge today was cold which these certainly are. So a serving tip instead perhaps? Lots of salt and butter!

Day 233 - Usual Habitat

This is Daisy spotted this morning in her usual habitat. She seems to stick to the front yard mostly when she is outside - even Henry knows to look for her there, often calling out for her when we arrive home or when he is looking out through the front windows.

Day 232 - More Bath Time Antics

Bath time just provides so many cute photo opportunities, particularly as Henry is restricted to a very small area! Tonight Henry discovered a water spray bottle and got a lot of joy by spraying himself in the eyes! I am glad that he doesn't seem to care about getting water in his eyes. When the time comes to learn swimming, maybe it will be a good start!

Day 231 - Time to Relax

Most nights Henry loves bath time and it is his time to relax with Dale while watching some Giggle and Hoot and waiting for his dinner! He is pretty happy just to sit wrapped up in his towel for quite some time, before being convinced to wear some clothes!