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

September 15: A Day in the Life of Claire Carpenter of Studio Claire; all taken with iPhone

I spent almost all of the month of September traveling to Texas then NYC then Boston then Texas again where I spent a week and a half with my family. On this day, we went to the Houston Children's Museum with my sister's regional homeschool group. The museum is closed for the day to everyone except homeschoolers, so it was much less crowded than usual!

 My parents' coffee table covered in kid clutter :)

 On the way to the museum, singing and reading and playing.

In "Kidtropolis", working in the police car and ambulance. 

Fun road-building activity table in the City Planning area.

Eating lots and lots of fake food in the restaurant. (Note: plastic salad looks exactly as gross as you think it would.) 

Veterinarian Madeleine to the rescue!  

Benjamin charges steep steep rates for his veterinary services. 

Fun on the Kid Pulley (taken by my sister) 

The highest air pressure we ever built up under the rocket was 25psi and then let it fly! (You can see the speedy whoosh of the rocket in the middle tube.)

Tired kiddos reading with their Mia :)

And then I forgot to take photos the rest of the day. But just imagine naps, dinner, playing, and bath time...all with perfect attitudes....

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!

Oh, September…

Crisp, blue skies and rich, velvety browns are what September is all about. Here are some of the latest photographs from the FPOE Team:

Autumn Leaves by Studio Claire

Library Case by Briole

Rustic Door by Magalerie

Wild Mustangs by The Shutterbug Eye

New Zealand by Karin Elizabeth