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23/52

We are almost half way through this project and I’m still loving every week. This week there has been a lot of playing in the garden thanks to the kind weather we have been having.
This is you running around the garden with mama’s watercolours and brush

This week you:
  • Turned 18 month old and for the first time since you were born it felt like time is really flying by. These past 6 months have gone so quickly and you have made so many progress in growing up…we had to wave goodbye to the baby phase, you are a toddler now!
  • Got your first scooter to celebrate your 18 month birthday. We were going to wait for you to turn 2, but then you tried your friend’s scooter and loved it, and we loved it too 🙂
  • Learned to do small puzzles by yourself. You got upset every time we tried to help you, but then you got frustrated if you were not able to put the pieces together…we can’t win!
  • Had a temperature again over the weekend, and we really don’t know what’s happening now. Is it because of teething? We’ll find out this week when we go to see the doctor.

Happy 18 month birthday baby girl! We have come a long way and we love you more and more.

From last week’s posts I’ve chosen these two beautiful pictures of Pebble and Rocky from Octavia and Vicky. What a joyful and relaxing feeling!
If you are curious about this project and want to know more, you can check Jody’s blog @ Che and Fidel.
All my previous posts can be found here.

22/52

This week you:

  • Have been very good, for the first part of the week.You ate a lot, slept a lot, played a lot and laughed tons!
  • Had a temperature on Thursday evening and have been very grumpy, but didn’t loose your appetite or your sleep. And you got to spent the whole of Friday with mama.
  • Insisted on playing with mama’s make-up bag and pretended to put make up on everyone’s face. I’m sure I didn’t teach you that, but I guess your observational skills are something I have not taken enough into consideration.

My favourite from last week is the gorgeous smile of Lily from Sass and Spice riding the sling. It feels magic!  
If you are curious about this project and want to know more, you can check Jody’s blog @ Che and Fidel.
All my previous posts can be found here.

Walk to work

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I have been often taken pictures during my short walk to work to use them as a reference for any potential drawing/painting.  Needless to say that none of those pictures have so far made their way onto any sort of paper. So lately, I have decided to forget about my painting plans and to try making my journey more interesting by just taking a picture every day. I have been using my IPhone for taking picture as it makes it so easy and accessible, and have been posting them on instagram with the #walktowork hashtag (here). I have mainly used two filters: Amaro (my favourite) and Earlybird, and not added any frame.
The subject of the photos is very random, I shoot whatever I feel like and fancy that morning, could it be the weather, my shoes or some flowers. I don’t have a theme, but I’m thinking of picking one every week and see where this goes.
I am very lucky to say that my morning walk to work only takes about 10 minutes. It takes me through two sets of traffic lights, a nice little one way road, with terraced houses on both sides and pretty gardens. I pass by a church, two primary schools and Olivia’s nursery too, which is quite handy when I drop her off in the morning and pick her up at lunchtime. There are other routes I could use, but this one is my favourite as it is quiet and I love experiencing the seasons through the changes that happen in the front gardens along the way.
It’s a nice and relaxed walk, shame it leads me to the office in the morning!

NOTE: I have been in St John’s Wood for two days last week, and that made an interesting change of scenery to my morning walks, if not adding about one hour each way to my daily commute!  

21/52

This project is still a joy to be part of. My posting time has changed slightly over the past couple of months, and I blame the weather and the clock change for it. We are finding ourselves spending more time outdoors during the weekend, although the English weather has not been totally on our side. And that means not really wanting to spend time in front of my laptop on Sunday morning. So here I am, posting on Tuesday morning because it was a Bank Holiday weekend this week and it was unexpectedly sunny and warm and we stayed outside as much as we could.

This week you:

  • Whispered ‘mamma’ and ‘papa’ in your sleep and it was so sweet to hear it.
  • Learned to go down the big slide by yourself.
  • Had a couple of troubled nights because of teething. And for the first time we had to go for a car ride to let you fall asleep.
  • Got excited as soon as you realised we were about to change the bed sheets. You know we let you play hide and seek with the duvet and make a hammock with the sheets for you to sling in.
  • Fell in love with your new chair. It’s still a bit high for you to be able to sit by yourself, so you learned to climb on it and stand up, turn and then sit down. But we are now thinking of hiding it from you as it looks dangerous.
  • You kept blabbering pretending to read almost everytime we asked you to.
  • You got some new toys and loved playing with them.
From last week’s posts I got hooked up by ten thousand stars dance photos by Sabrina Schellkes and her approach at documenting her journey through different themes each week. Love it!
If you are curious about this project and want to know more, you can check Jody’s blog @ Che and Fidel.
All my previous posts can be found here.

20/52

Bath time
This week you:
  • Blabbered and blabbered and blabbered. And we loved listening to you.
  • Let me put your plastic bib on during meal times after months of messy clothes. And loved going around the house wearing it. Unfortunately it only lasted one day!
  • Replied ‘mamma’ with a cheeky laugh every time your dad asked you who you love the most. It seemed like you were doing it on purpose.
  • Tried on your new sandals and t-shirt and wouldn’t let me take them off despite the chilly temperatures.
  • Learned how to make the noise of a dog…finally.
And from last week portraits I’m loving Finnian and Ronan from Capturing Moments hiding in a ball pool, they must have had so much fun! 
If you are curious about this project and want to know more, you can check Jody’s blog @ Che and Fidel.

All my previous posts can be found here.