A Day in the Life of Claire Carpenter

November 15: A Day in the Life of Claire Carpenter of Studio Claire and January Sun Yarnworks

Our mornings start at 6:50 and often involve reading a book or two before heading downstairs.

Must.make.coffee. (in our teeny tiny 4-cupper)

Playing with cards! Love those card holders. Makes games so much easier for tiny hands.

Looking at his photographs on the back of his little camera :)

Playing with rubber balls and marbles. The rubber balls are obviously the mommy and daddy :)

Snack time!

While my sweet hubby watched the kiddos, I headed out for lunch by myself at Panera and some writing before meeting up with my dear friend Hannah for the afternoon. (Note: Their creamy tomato soup is my absolute favorite.)

A quick drink at Coffee Culture before heading to Darkside for a movie.

We may have accidentally bought the bacon pastry.... And then eaten it all.

I've always loved the lighting in the Darkside. We saw "My Old Lady" with Maggie Smith and Kevin Kline and it was excellent.

After the movie we went out for sushi. The sushi bar was busy busy, so we had a long wait.

It finally arrived! So yum!

And then we went to Francesco's for hot chocolate because, why not?

A Day in the Life of Claire Carpenter

August 15th:

Friday was a fun day at home. Our friends--the family of five--were still living with us, which made for lots of fun during drawing/craft time, snack time, and tv time. This time I managed to remember to take photos throughout the day, all with my 50mm.

Scissor time! As you can see, her technique is flawless.

Writing on his scroll to join the other kiddos in playing Zelda.

Evidence of littles everywhere! Snack time outside in the cool morning sun and some My Little Pony time.

I may or may not still be addressing our "We've Moved!" cards.... (designed by the fabulous Ann over at acbc design)

Library book time with Daddy :)

Reading my address book to discover all sorts of mysteries!

Flying with Daddy

In the bath.... How I love this boy.

Squeezing in a quick game of MarioKart before bed

But I don't want to go upstairs!

Toothbrushing time

Bedtime reading with Daddy

So yeah, I could watch him read to our children all day long....

Reading feet :)

After bedtime, chocolate ice cream with a drizzle of caramel and a sprinkle of sea salt for Mommy and Daddy :)

Find more of Claire at her Etsy shop!

day in your life ... Claire Carpenter ...

Yesterday we got to spend a day with Blaire Ring ... so fun seeing what you ladies get up to ... & today we are spending the day with Claire Carpenter of Studio Claire (& you can check out more of her beautiful photography on etsy). & we will be back tomorrow with you know another "day in the life"! Have a wonderful day. xx

I try to keep Mondays nice and slow, for me and my two kiddos. So on this day, we stayed home most of the day: I baked our weekly bread, folded diapers, took my 18-month-old on and off the little potty at least 32 times, ate snacks on the fold-out sofa, brought in the newspaper, played in the tents, read books, and hid in the pillows before naps. And then Daddy got home and we ventured out to Subway for sandwiches and yogurt parfaits. It was a good day. A slow day. And a quiet night with a lovely moon.