Love, bubs and life on our little farm

I have decided to participate in Tracey's project where you photograph a day in your life - you can find it here if you would like to join in.

No I know a lot of people were excited about picking a day in May that they were doing something different or fun on. But I decided to go the other way and record my plain vanilla day - the regular days that I have at home when Jase is working and I am not and I am minding Elka. Often I go shopping or to meet a friend but this particular day I didn't even leave the farm. Yes its boring ;) but its what I wanted to remember for future reference :) PLus the photos aren't the best, I was trying to take quick snapshots whenever I had time...

6.30am - brr its cold and time for slippers, I get up as Jase leaves for work and get a few things done before Elka wakes up at 7am


8am - Breakfast time for Elka - so much cleaning for me!


10am - Elka is asleep, I have the baby monitor (down my bra!) and I am calling in the horses.


10.10am - groomed and saddled up for a ride - my beautiful boy Spech and his gentle eye.


11am - clipping the horse for our competition on the weekend (Elka still sleeping and baby monitor still attached to me)


12pm - Elka stealing the rice cakes out of the pantry and upending them everywhere. She proceeded to take one bite out of as many as she could before I could get them cleaned up!


2.30pm - Doing some work from home while Elka is having her afternoon sleep.


3.45pm - Elka likes to watch 5 minutes of Hi 5. That is all the tv she watches and 5 minutes is the longest she will sit still anyway but she loves it and always turns to make sure I am watching the funny bits so that I will laugh with her.


4pm - my milo - I have to have a daily milo, its an addiction left over from pregnancy. I don't drink coffee anymore so I have just transferred over to sugar as my pick me up really!


4.30pm - putting the chickens to bed. They wait for me at the garden fence like clockwork every afternoon. They are lovely gentle girls who love dirtbaths in the sun.


4.45pm - walking up our driveway to the mailbox - its a decent walk since our driveway runs nearly the length of our property plus it meanders and has a hill at the end :)


5.00pm - feeding the ducks whilst I mix up the horse feed in the shed


5.05pm - feeding the horses their night feed and putting on their night rugs over their day rugs to keep them toasty warm!


5.30pm - playing with Elka in the garden. This is becoming a familar view now that she is walking and running!


6.30pm - Daddy is home! Elka has had her bath and is having her night bottle and some Daddy cuddles before going to bed at 7pm.


7.30pm - Dinner is eaten, kitchen tidied and time for me to sit down and chill out...


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