Motherhood
This blog celebrates the navigation of motherhood through colorful photography, focusing on joy, curiosity, and everyday magic found in between the normal everyday tasks. It highlights bright moments like sunlight, flowers, playful textures, and seasonal color, showing how art can be found while navigating motherhood. The tone is upbeat, hopeful, and visually driven, with photography as the heart of each post.
Chasing Sunlight: Finding Joy in Bright, Everyday Moments
Motherhood is a constant balancing act. Days blur into schedules, meals, and errands, leaving little room to breathe or to notice the tiny moments of happiness that quietly surround us. Yet in the midst of the chaos, I’ve found that sunlight has a way of slowing things down, even for a moment.
Blake, my three-year-old, loves being outside. She runs, explores, and pauses to marvel at the tiniest things: a ladybug, a shadow stretching across the sidewalk, how giant a leaf looks on the ground to her. Watching her reminds me how different childhood is now compared to my own. I grew up in New York City, surrounded by concrete, noise, and walls that left little room to wander. The world outside wasn’t always a place to play or pause; it was a place to rush through.
Being outside with Blake has shown me that the smallest moments can be the most special. Even on our busiest days, going outside feels like a break from the chaos. After all this time of trying to control and stick to a rigid schedule, I’ve learned that joy isn’t found in planning perfect moments but in noticing the ones that are already there.
Blake’s excitement can be contagious. She points out shadows that dance on the sidewalk, spots a flower in bloom, and laughs when an airplane passes by. She constantly reminds me to pause, breathe, and really see the world around us. In these moments, the noise of daily life quiets down, and I feel present instead of hurried.
Sunlight Play Activity: Finding Quiet in the Chaos
Even on the busiest days, you can carve out little pockets of calm. Invite your child to help you find the sunlight wherever you are outside on a walk, in a park, or even on a patio.
Ask questions like:
“Where is the sunlight shining right now?”
“What looks bright and warm?”
“Can we follow the light together?”
With my daughter, this often becomes a playful game of stepping in and out of the light, noticing shadows, and discovering glowing corners of the world that I might have overlooked
Here are some ways to explore together!
Shadow Watching
Watch how your shadows grow and shrink as you move back and forth with your little one. Blake loves to wave her arms and see her shadow copy her movements.
Golden Pause
Sit together for a minute in a sunny spot. Feel the warmth and talk about how it feels.
Sunlight Memory Moment
At the end of the day, share one bright moment you both noticed. Blake often remembers details I completely missed, reminding me that slowing down is always worth it.
Color Walks: Turning Nature Into Playful Art
Some of the most creative days don’t start with a plan. They start with curiosity leading the way. Over time, I’ve learned that the outdoors offers endless opportunities for art if we’re willing to slow down and really look.
That’s how our color walks began.
Before we step outside, Blake and I choose a color together. Sometimes it’s deliberate, sometimes it’s spontaneous. Once the color is chosen, the world shifts. A regular sidewalk becomes a canvas. A quiet neighborhood turns into a gallery filled with discoveries waiting to be noticed.
Blake spots colors with confidence and excitement that I admire. She points, pauses, and crouches down to look closer. I start noticing patterns and textures I would have walked past before the layers of leaves, the cracks in concrete, the way sunlight changes the shade of green on the same tree. The walk slows, but it never feels stagnant. It feels alive.
These walks have taught me that creativity doesn’t need to be structured or productive. It can be playful. A three-year-old’s sense of wonder can lead it. Nature gives us colors, shapes, and textures freely; our only job is to notice them.
Sometimes we bring an instant camera along, and the walk transforms again. The act of photographing what Blake notices adds intention without pressure. It turns observation into participation, giving her ownership of the experience.
Color Walk Polaroid Adventure
For this version of our color walk, we bring a Polaroid camera.
Before heading out, Blake chooses one color for the day. As we walk, she points out anything she thinks matches flowers, doors, leaves, signs, and shadows. When she decides something is “the right color,” we stop and take a photo.
The magic is in the waiting. We stand together and watch the image slowly appear. Blake gets quiet, then excited. She narrates what she sees forming, sometimes noticing details she didn’t mention before. These pauses naturally slow the walk and turn it into something intentional and calm.
When we get home, we lay the photos out on the floor or table. Blake helps line them up, chooses her favorite, and talks about why she liked it. Sometimes we tape them to the wall at her height. Sometimes we tuck them away. The art doesn’t need to last forever; the experience already did.
Try This With Your Child
Pick-a-Color Walk
Let your child choose one color before heading outside. Follow their lead and celebrate every find, no matter how small.
Texture Touch Stops
Pause to gently touch different textures: tree bark, smooth stones, crunchy leaves. Ask your child how each one feels.
Polaroid Photo Mission
Bring an instant camera and let your child decide what’s photo-worthy. Watch the image develop together and talk about what you see.
Memory Sorting at Home
After the walk, ask your child what colors they remember most. You may be surprised by the details that stayed with them.
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