Where do you get your Monday motivation?

I get it from opening my phone's photos, and looking at photos of the weekend.
It is an extra bonus when Little Miss also added to my collection!

Where do you get your Monday motivation? Please share!
(The weekends are waaaaay too short!)

Wordless Wednesday #230 - Ladybug

Wordless Wednesday #229 - Pole swinging

Morning's first photo at day care #29 - Visiting Little School with my sister

The Toddler was so excited this morning to go to her previous day care, especially since it is with her sister who works there during the holidays!

Her princess shoes on (with back-up shoes in the bag).

She was not that impressed to be separated from her sister later, but she could go to the class of last year's teacher.

This week her pre-primary school is closed, and we had to make a plan for each day of the week!
Thanks to a nearby grandmother who also helps a lot!

What do you do with the children when the schools are closed?
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Morning's first photos - no tears today



Breakfast in the car, waiting for the school gates to open



Photo through window:
She did not want to give me the satisfaction of waving, but was happy to look at a DVD

Some days are better than others!
We still get the days with tears!

Tomorrow the school are starting here.
I hope that the structure of going to her own class with her own teacher would help to settle her in the new school.

Morning's first photo #30 - Day 2 at the Big School

I still could not get her to give me a smile, but she was happy to go today.

She asked me when we left at home where we are going.
When I told her that we are going to school, she said "No, she wants to go to the Big School!"

We placed her bag in an empty classroom, and she asked me where the person was. She wants to go to somebody. I had to reassure her I would not leave her in an empty classroom.

So we went to where the other children were gathering, and the teacher gave them some clay to play with!

Day 2, and it is going well already!
Shew, nothing like a happy child that makes for a happy working mother!
2012 is going to be a good year!

You cannot have too much photos of your children

In the studio

You would think that by taking pictures of the Toddler every snap we can, we would feel satisfied about the amount...

But I have found that you can never have too much photos of your children.

There is always that search for the picture or the perfect pose.

What did they do in the age before digital? It seems unimaginable by now...

I try to take at least one photo of the Toddler each day, if only for the Mornings' first photo. I love it that I can take photos on my cell as well.

I go back and look at it during the day at work. Especially on a Monday when we had such a good time together during the weekend and I miss my little one!

We were at a photo shoot yesterday. Luckily my sister-in-law Elise wants to make some Christmas presents with family photos!  Can’t wait...


How much photos do you take of your children in a week?

Thursday photos - clouds & ice-cream

Johannesburg traffic on Beyers Naude

I had a bit of a traffic fail yesterday when I decided on a whim to drive another route to work...
There is a reason why we take the suburb routes to work in the mornings. The rest of the roads are a no-go! A murdering-no-go-not-moving-hell!

I had to turn back and go my usual route.
(I will not do it again!)

I love the clouds, especially now with the heavy downpours we have. See also the photos taken yesterday afternoon of the clouds from the University of Johannesburg.

Johannesburg city in the background

University of Johannesburg - Auckland Park campus

Another photo taken from the bridge from UJ over Kingsway

As I spend most of my working days indoors (without a view on the world), I love it when I have an opportunity to be outside.
 Although we are in the city, we can still enjoy a bit of Mother Nature, can't we?

Clouds are one of my favourite things to look at!
What do you love looking at in nature?

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And we had a perfect ending to the day.
Totally unrelated, but also totally worth it!

Ice-cream at Milky Lane

Morning's first photo at day care #25 - Yawn!

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Wordless Wednesday #92 - Dog in car, waiting patiently for his driver to return

Morning's first photo at day care #23 - My sister!

The Toddler was extremely pleased this morning. Her sister came with her to day care...
The Teen is going to help out for a few days!

Morning's first photo at day care #20: Monday morning sleepy

Not a good way to start on a Monday... The result of not going to sleep at 8 last night. Although Mom and Dad tried!
I was thinking of the "Go the fuck to sleep" book that was a topic on last week's blogs via Reluctant Mom... It really helped!

(Book: Go the f to sleep - Adam Mansbach)

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Morning's first photo at day care #19 - "Plane, not school today!"

Mieka with much-loved Teacher Lee-Anne

The Toddler had other plans for this morning. She wants to go on a plane! NOT to school! I totally agree with the Monday morning sentiments!
I don't know where the plane idea is coming from. She has never been on a plane, and there has not been any discussions of us going on a plane trip...

I promised! We are going on a plane trip in the future! I like the idea!

She is also now saying the word plane in Afrikaans correctly. She used to say "vlieghuis" (fly-house), but now the correct "vliegtuig"! (That's why we need to write down theese cute word creations before they are not heard anymore...)

Wordless Wednesday #72 - "Smile!" for the camera

Mornings first photo at day care #1 - the toddler

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Cellphone photos of the toddler this weekend

I DO play with cars as well!

Swimming - this is as far I got into the water

Shopping - this is the way I sit in the baby chair - standing facing backwards

Feeding the ducks