home life project {february}


If you're not in the mood for sentimental, then it's probably best to look away now.... okay, I warned you! 

One of the reasons I am excited to be doing Home Life Project this year, is to track those subtle changes in our everyday family life over this year. I know that by December, the games that were favourites in January, the clothes the children wore in April, and the faces of my little three will all have changed; maybe only a little, maybe a lot. But a year is a long time when you're little, and it's nice to record these moments and acknowledge those changes. 

But that isn't the only sort of change this year brings. Amongst all the little changes in our ordinary life that these monthly posts will record, there is also a big change. 

This month is the last one in our first family home.

By the time Home Life Project rolls around again in March, we will be calling a different four walls home. Which is yet another reason I'm excited to share our every day lives at home. Because I feel like that backdrop will change and adapt as we settle in and make it our own. 

But this month it's all about the end of an era. The countdown is on. Before the month is out... we will be be out.

I won't pretend that the whole thing isn't really laden with messy emotions for me. I hate goodbyes at the best of times. I'm ridiculously sentimental about... well... everything. And while I've been brave and avoided tears thus far, I'm not sure how much longer it will continue. Thinking about leaving the place we brought all our newborn babies home to already lodges a lump very firmly in my throat. We grew so much here, in more ways than I could possibly count, or list, or even remember. Walls have been painted. Pictures have been hung. So much has been learnt here. Fights have been fought here. It's been the scene of so many cuddles and kisses and tears and laughter, and so so so much love.

I wanted to capture this ordinary day in all it's glory. The mess and chaos of life with three little people. The laughter and smiles and fun. I wanted to capture our local park, where we have spent many sunny afternoons, and which we always seem to have entirely to ourselves (who will play at that park when we move? Poor park!) 

So here it is... one of our last quiet, at home, weekends in this home.


^ Quinn's favourite thing at the moment is to read books on her sister's bed. We find she's snuck off here so often.



 ^ These two are loving The Go Jetters at the moment.





 ^ Kit is very too far away from Quinn. She sure does love him!
 ^ This cheeky face here is just so Everly. It says "I'm planning something I shouldn't be".



 ^ Such a shame this one is blurry. But I'm including it anyway. My biggest girl seems so big lately.



 ^ The clock struck midnight and Cinderella's coach had turned back into a pumpkin.



 ^ Dylan is so excited that he can play on Daddy's X-Box now his hands are finally big enough.
 ^ He's a "super championship player"... apparently!




 ^ The ducks were chasing us in hopes of food.



 ^ He was feeling a little under the weather by late afternoon.


^ Home from the park to a bed on the sofa.

To find out more about Home Life Project, check out Maybush Studio for all the details, this project is her baby; and a beautiful one it is too. I'm so excited to take part.

Oh, and because I feel like it ties in so much with what Home Life Project means for me; I'm also daily vlogging as we countdown to our move. I may not make it the whole way to moving day, but I'm trying to capture our every days in this home before it is a thing of the past. I'd love you to pop over to our YouTube channel and check it out, and subscribe too if thats your thing.

15 comments

  1. Ahh, what a lovely set of memories. I know what you mean about being sentimental when moving house. I still miss the house we brought our babies home to & its been three years since we left! Hope the move goes well! xx

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    1. Im excited for new memory making, but it will be hard to say goodbye to our first family home. x

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  2. How emotional must it have been capturing these! What a great project to have these memories to look back on. I love the pictures of your little lady loving her books.

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    1. She's such a total bookworm all of a sudden. And thanks, I'm so grateful to have documented so much of our lives here. x

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  3. Oh, I can't imagine how emotional it's going to be moving but you'll have a whole new house to fill with amazing things and make new memories. Really lovely photos, looks like such a nice day full of colour and lego!

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    1. I am so excited about all the new memories we can make in the new place, it's just always sad to say goodbye I guess. x

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  4. Oh Lucy - you have such a colourful life. And I have realised this month that it's so nice that your children's names are now on the blog. It lets us get to know them and relate to them just that little bit more. I know how hard it was leaving our old home - when I was about a week into my pregnancy with Athena and had no idea - I was so emotional, the house had seen so much and had helped us create so many memories. I cant imagine leaving a house that helped us build our family memories too. What a change it will be. But I am so excited for you x

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    1. It's not til you mentioned it that I noticed what a colourful month it is this month. I do like a splash of colour! And thank you, that's part of the reason I "outed" them, because I know I feel more connected to those families where I feel I really know them, and so many people have said that to me since. x

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  5. What a beautiful post Lucy! Such a wonderful idea and so full of emotion. Moving will be such a wonderful adventure for you but I can understand how it will be stirring up so many feelings for you. This is our second home as a family, but I can imagine it will still be a wrench to leave it when we move too. xx

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  6. Beautiful pictures of your family life and oh what an emotional time moving house. You'll have lots of memories to look back on x

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  7. I'm sentimental too, so can imagine how you are feeling. I bet you are gaining so much in the long term from moving. I love all the colours in these photos. Beautiful photos as ever. I'm loving your daily vlogs too. x

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  8. I love this, I am so sentimental too and at the moment ridiculously emotional about time flying and capturing every second. I might even join in too. It looks like a lovely weekend x

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  9. Aaaah so lovely to record these memories of your last days in your old home and then the new one. Absolutley gorgeous. Loving the face that suggests mischief and the little pjs over the feet. Just beautiful xxx #homelifeproject

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  10. "A year is a long time when you are little" Yes! I love it when someone else sums up what I didn't realise I was thinking! :-) It's a joy to look through your photos but I had a particular soft spot for that first one as soon as I saw it on IG, I have a thing about peering through at things, gaps in doors, spaces between sofas, like we are the unobserved observer. Good luck with the move!

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  11. I love Everly's 'up to no good' face - fab photo.

    Eeek I got really excited reading your post as we've just sold our house and will be moving in the near future too. This has been our first family home so I can totally relate to your mixed feelings. Hope it all goes well.

    #homelifeproject

    Jenna at Tinyfootsteps xx

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