19/52

 Tom: Those freckles.

Gracie: Calling for her brother to come and run amongst the corn stalks

This week we have:

Celebrated a birthday

Had an early Mother's Day

Scored at soccer

Bought a wedding gown

Commenced renovation plans

Split a skirt

Bought a fish (welcome little Sushi!)

Joining in with Jodi - A portrait of my children once a week, every week in 2014.

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Tom: This photo just feels so eerily nostalgic to me...

Grace: standing in the cold May wind, her hair still highlighted from the summer past

This week my thoughts have included:

* How am I ever going to finish this Leadership course? The content is airy-fairy, not the art and science like I am used to.

* Can't school work be done in school time? I want to afternoons to be free from deadlines, reading lists and handwriting

* Does my hips look big in this? Planning wedding dress appointments, sampling menu's and laying down deposits on trestle tables and bentwood chairs

* Why can't Autumn linger for a little while longer? The Winter wind got to my bones this weekend.. 

playing along with Jodi - a portrait of my children once a week, every week in 2014

17/52

Gracie: bringing in the washingTom: Down at the farm with his little shadow, Mollie
It has been a lonely week here without their little faces. We speak every night on the phone.. for this, I am grateful... but it doesn't fill the void like a big cuddle does.
Linking in with Jodi on the 52 Project x

16/52

Grace: She sits under the Weeping Mulberry, telling me stories and slapping away the mozzies
Tom: 'I want my picture.... here'...

Easter Long Weekend.. I plan for mine to be filled with a little chocolate indulgence and farm visits, leadership essays and a bit of an op-shop clean out.

A portrait of my children once a week, every week, in 2014.

Playing along with Jodi x

14/52

Tom: The best part of our engagement was the balloons. Aside from that, it was a 'boring adults party'
Gracie: I'm the Oh! in 'LOVE'.

This week we have been organising the biggest party of our relationship thus far. I had been stressing over what I would wear, what the kids would wear, my hair, makeup etcetera. and felt so overwhelmed, even though Ian's Mum had organised most of it. I kept thinking, 'how am I going to plan a wedding?!'. And then Saturday came. All our beautiful friends were there, and all that worried me though the week didn't even matter. I had such a good time, Ian was there, I was there, and Grace and Tom were having a blast. That's what counted the most.

Linking in with Jodi x

12/52

A portrait of my children once a week, every week, in 2014.

Tom: We planted an Australian White Cedar in the back corner of our yard. Tom found a little berry it produced and naturally I took a picture of it in his hands.. we then googled together if they were poisonous and low and behold... humans and dogs should not consume!

Grace: Waiting, waiting, waiting. 

This week has been just plain crazy. My house is a whirlwind of destruction. The end of term can't come soon enough. We are all tired and cranky. On the plus side this weather has been providing in relation to my hunters and gatherers.. beautiful fish, mud crabs and eastern rock lobsters have been making a regular appearance on the menu. Spoilt.

Playing along with Jodi.

11/52

Grace: She was leaning against the wall chatting to me while I was cooking dinner, I went and picked up the camera as I loved the way the light was falling on her sweet profile
Tom: Taken during a walk around the block, a ritual we have after school to wind down and get Mollie out of the house

This week has been a week of re-evaluation and reflection (fitting for this weeks image of Tom). Collaborating with the beautiful girls from Wholehearted has opened my mind to so many things - I have connected with them more than I ever thought I would. We have been sharing our own personal stories with each other, acknowledging our different challenges, thoughts and ideas on parenthood and life.

It has been healing for many.

Identifying strengths and weaknesses we have as individuals and our motherhood journey has resonated with so many of our readers. Differences we all have are our commonality.

Linking in with beautiful Jodi for Project 52 x