On Wednesday I decided to play along with Our Little Sins on Instagram to take 12 photos during the day in honour of the date being 12/12/12. Starting at 7:12 am, I took a photo every hour until I had twelve photos. By about the third photo I was realising that I may not have picked the most interesting day to document. It was a very boring, quiet, stay-at-home day actually.
But there is method to my mundanity! You see, I knew the next day we were headed to the shops – which at this time of year can be a recipe for disaster with a preschooler and a toddler. So by having a perfectly ordinary day the day before I I figured I was reducing the chance of tantrums and trials by a significant amount. And apart from a little medicare whinging (and really who could blame them), the shopping trip was smooth sailing.
And for that I am very, very grateful.
Linking up with Maxabella Loves for 52 Weeks of Grateful
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Oh, your collage is very colourful! Love the tea cup in the top right corner 🙂 x
Thanks Grace, the cup is a treasure gift from one of my sisters. 🙂
Ordinary days are lovely, you learn to appreciate them so much more once you have kids and lots of crazy days.
Too true. Some lovely little moments happen on ordinary days. xx
I love stay-at-home do nothing days. I need more! And I do the same trick, stay home when there’s a big day coming up! It works! 🙂 xx
It does work doesn’t it Elisa? I’m lucky to have the luxury of being able to plan a nothing day before a big one. xx