A Day in the Life

Many of my new clients don't know that aside from Red Clay, I also work in the real world at a Monday - Friday, 8 to 4:30 job. I hope that one day Red Clay will take off enough that it will provide enough of a means to support my family, but for now, I stick to weekend sessions.

Needless to say, days off are few and far between. Today was an exception. One of the many generous benefits of working at my day job, is they provide something called Summer Fridays. Employees can select 1 Friday during the months of June, July, and August, to take the day off to enjoy the summer. If you own a company, I highly encourage you to add this as a benefit. Time off is magic.

Today, was my June Summer Friday and I thought it would be nice to document the day, at the prompting of an online photography group. As I've learned with my 365 Projects, the most mundane photos can comprise something so near and dear to your heart. As expected, today's photo series follows suit. Hover over the photos to read captions.

The day begins.

Approximately 6 minutes later and Hayden is already up building LEGOs

6:55 a.m. Blueberry scone baking

7:06 a.m. Look who else is up!

He's getting too big for the changing table.

7:11 a.m. Coffee.

7:18 a.m. Pack the daycare bag.

7:27 a.m. This child is obsessed with the movie, Bolt.

7:39 a.m. Blueberry scones complete. Time for breakfast.

7:45 a.m. Lennon teases Gatsby.

7:48 a.m. Finally corralled the big boys.

8:08 a.m. Engage in 15 minute wrestling match.

8:15 a.m. He's taking big boy antibiotics (pills) like a boss.

8:24 a.m. Shocker. It's raining again.

8:39 a.m. Daycare drop off

8:46 a.m. More drop off

9:12 a.m. Time to sweat.

10:59 a.m. Gift card spending!

11:00 a.m. Double shocker. It's still raining.

11:20 a.m. Back at the house. ALL TO MYSELF!

11:24 a.m. First order of business...lunch.

11:48 a.m. Work.

1:12 p.m. Surprised them with an early pickup!

1:21 p.m. Straight to the pool.

1:22 p.m. Time to slide!

1:38 p.m. Not 15 minutes later, they were done swimming.

1:46 p.m. All that rain sure made some nice puddles.

2:01 p.m. Even bigger puddles to be found.

2:05 p.m. Wild weeds

2:15 p.m. Waffle PB&Js for my boys.

2:18 p.m. A little movie time.

4:24 p.m. He sits.

2:50 p.m. Finishing up on a project.

3:34 p.m. Alert the warden. The natives are restless, and fighting.

3:59 p.m. Muddy puppy. Time for a bath.

4:17 p.m. Bike ridin'

4:18 p.m. Reluctantly, Hayden came along...in his slippers.

4:19 p.m. Sebby said they looked like butterflies.

5:01 p.m. He's begged to bake cookies for a week now. Now is just as good a time as any.

5:27 p.m. Gatsby smelled cookies and promptly licked the pillow.

5:28 p.m. McGee naps.

5:43 p.m. And then, Sebastian insisted we add sprinkles.

6:06 p.m. All this rain has done a number on our tomatoes. More tomato picking.

6:56 p.m. Dinner...er, ummm, cookies are ready.

6:59 p.m. Giggles matching wits with tickles.

7:25 p.m. Noshing on those cookies.

7:41 p.m. A surprise phone call and Hayden is off to spend the night with his cousins.

8:41 p.m. Bath time.

8:53 p.m. Sebastian joins the bath time party.

9:14 p.m. Crazy thing is, one day those pj's won't be so big.

9:20 p.m. Bedtime to commence in 3...2....