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CATALYST THREE - US
This week's catalyst
is about "the best part of your day." I took a bunch of the photos I've
taken of David this year and made this.
The journaling reads:
Since the beginning of this year, I’ve been taking daily photos of
David. It guarantees that we spend some quality time together every day.
In the last month, we’ve also started taking walks when I come home and
it’s our time together. Now when I walk through the door, David says,
“Go for walk, Mommy?” I grab my camera and we run out the door. We hold
hands, we talk, we look at the flowers, we laugh, and I cherish each and
every moment.
What started as a fun little project has become the best part of my day.
POTD - DAY 90
Something a bit different today. From Shoreline Park's parking lot.
DD - DAY 90
We took a walk on Shoreline Park today and David had a ton of fun that
the little playground in the shape of a ship.
DAILY ATCS - WEEK 13
The last day is still waiting for the photo to be printed out. I will
replace it when I have the photo. I am almost caught up.
DAILY ATCS - WEEK 12
POTD - DAY 89
Another one from the library. Not so great, I know.
DD - DAY 89
At the library. And here's another one from the Gyro place we were at.
AMM APRIL KIT - MOMMY SAYS MINIBOOK
A little minibook to remind David all the things he should remember to
have.
And that's it with this month's kit.
AMM APRIL KIT - MARCH 2008
My calendar page for March.
AMM APRIL KIT - IN MY HEART
This has e.e.cumming's poem on it.
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
AMM APRIL KIT - LOVE
My mom and David.
AMM APRIL KIT - CHINA DOLL
April is not my month usually but Michelle did us a favor. Isn't the kit
magnificent?
POTD - DAY 88
and another one from today.
DD - DAY 88
Love this little boy.
DAILY ATCS - WEEK 11
The beginning of March now almost there.
DAILY ATCS - WEEK 10
POTD - DAY 87
More backyard fun.
DD - DAY 87
David and I had some fun this morning while he was inside the house and
I was photographing my ATCs outside.
POTD - DAY 86
Leftovers of a flower.
DD - DAY 86
Here's a shot from our walk today. And in the middle of our walk, David decided to call his dad.
DAILY ATCS - WEEK 9
Here are the ATCs from this morning. Sort of subtle today.
POTD - DAY 85
Another one from our backyard.
DD - DAY 85
David found some of the chalk he's been hiding all over our yard. Here's
another one.
DAILY ATCS - WEEK 8
And the ones from this morning. A lot of blue today. Can you tell I got
some new stamps?
POTD - DAY 84
My neighbor's tree.
DD - DAY 84
We had very little time together today because I had a really late
meeting at work. But here's a small capture of David peeking into the
bushes.
DAILY ATCS - WEEK 7
Here are the ones from this morning. New stamps coming soon, can't wait.
CATALYST TWO - NATURE
Here's my second
catalyst. This week was about "a place you go to find your center."
Journaling Reads:
when i feel like my problems are huge
and about to swallow me
i visit nature
i look at the towering trees
the endless ocean
and it reminds me
that i am a very small part of this earth
tiny
and my problems, i realize
are not so big.
CATALYST ONE - THE GIRL BEHIND THE CAMERA
Here's my art for the first
catalyst. It was about "something you lost".
Journaling Reads:
I am the girl behind the camera. I am the one who takes photos I capture
the moments I preserve the memories. There was a time when I was in
front of the lens. When I let people take my photo, but now when I see a
photo of me I cringe. I see all the flaws all the fat all the ugliness.
I lost the ability to see myself clearly. I can’t remember what it felt
like to look at the photo and see me. I miss that.
POTD - DAY 83
Not such a huge fan of this one either but it's been a busy day so here
it is.
DD - DAY 83
DAILY ATCS - WEEK 6
And here's to week 6. Will be all caught up in about 10 days.
POTD - DAY 82
Snapped on the way to the library.
DD - DAY 82
Another shot right after the afternoon nap.
DAILY ATCS - WEEK 5
Almost finished with January. Catching up is half the fun. Hope you like
these.
POTD - DAY 81
A not-so-great one today. These flowers are right outside our door and
they smell incredible.
DD - DAY 81
This is David when he wakes up from a nap. Bright red cheeks and you
can't see but he has dreamy eyes. He's so cute. And tonight when I
changed him, he said "I have big muscles!"
Growing up too soon, that little boy.
21 - INSIDE BACK COVER
And the inside of the back cover. All done with this little project. I
love how the book turned out. Now on to
painting ATCs.
21 - INSIDE COVER
Since my little book only has 20 pages, I decided to paint the insides
of both the front and back covers to ensure I went all 21 days.
POTD - DAY 80
These looked so iridescent to me.
DD - DAY 80
"I Batman!"
"Batman? You're not Superman?"
"No Superman. Batman. I block cars! 2..3...5 block!"
"Ok you're Batman and I'm Supergirl."
"No supergirl! You're Mommy."
"Yes, I'm Mommy but I'm also Supergirl."
"No supergirl! You Karen. No Supergirl!"
I spent a chunk of our walk trying to explain how I could be Mommy,
Karen and supergirl. But he wasn't convinced. He did keep blocking cars
though.
21 - DAY TWENTY
One more day left. This one is quiet, or at least I think so. And
there's a secret shiny butterfly below.
ON A GOOD DAY
A long while ago, I wrote about this concept of the
in-power you and the out-of-power you. And, lately, I've been
thinking about this a lot. I've had these incredible six weeks where I
had the whole life changing experience that led me to eventually start
creativeTherapy and
then I took this amazing energy class (which I still plan to write more
about) and then I took this innovative leadership class. And my whole
life changed.
Since then, I've been optimistic, happy, and much more fulfilled. This
trickled over to my family and our relationship got more solid and I am
now spending so much more time with David. I feel like I am definitely
the in-power me. Strong and generous. And so very thankful.
NEW CHANGES ABOUND
So a while ago, I created this sub-site for my scrapbooking fun. At the
time, I thought the regular readers I had might not be interested in my
scrapping stuff and my scrapbooking readers might not be interested in
all the writing I do. But today, I decided that's over. Scrapping,
painting, art are now a part of who I am. Just like everything else. So
it's all one page now. If you don't like it, you can always just read by
category. Those are still around.
Hope this is not a big deal. But this site has grown and changed with me
for nine years now so here's another one.
POTD - DAY 79
I decided we will do all the flowers in my neighborhood. How about them
apples?
DD - DAY 79
Look at me, all on top of things. Posting photos from today!
DAILY ATCS - WEEK 4
Here is week four. More coming soon.
DAILY ATCS - WEEK 3
Here is week three.
DAILY ATCS - WEEK 2
Here is week two.
DAILY ATCS - WEEK 1
Here is week 1.
DAILY ATCS
This is a new project I started to do a little painting and daily cards
with David's daily photos. I will put a section on the side so you can
see them daily and I will only post them here weekly. The first two
weeks are scrapping. The rest will be painting.
21 - DAY NINETEEN
And here's the one from this morning. Almost at the end of this journey.
Quite sad.
21 - DAY EIGHTEEN
and here's a side look:
POTD - DAY 78
Continuing with the flowers.
DD - DAY 78
Not very cooperative today.
21 - DAY SEVENTEEN
Not a big fan of this one, but today's been a bit chaotic so I am glad I
painted at all:
21 - DAY SIXTEEN
21 - DAY FIFTEEN
21 - DAY FOURTEEN
21 - DAY THIRTEEN
21 - DAY TWELVE
Here's another view:
21 - DAY ELEVEN
Apologies for the delay in posting these. I have actually been doing
them daily. Here's another look:
POTD - DAY 77
It's amazing how many different types of flowers we run into in our
daily walks.
DD - DAY 77
This is how my boy eats his cheese sandwiches.
POTD - DAY 76
You say you don't like flowers? Too bad. I love them.
DD - DAY 76
Checking out the sprinklers in the backyard.
POTD - DAY 75
Back to flowers, we are.
DD - DAY 75
David was playing with the neighbors. They find him very amusing and fun.
POTD - DAY74
I loved the color of the paint on this wall. Sort of inexplicable, I know.
DD - DAY 74
I had to go to Michael's for some spray paint. So David got to have a
present. A ball that lights up. It's been his favorite toy for days now.
He even goes to bed with it.
POTD - DAY 73
And more flowers. There are many more coming.
DD - DAY 73
Apologies for the delays. Catching up right now.
CREATIVETHERAPY
It's live. Come play.
POTD - DAY 72
Another magnificent flower spotted in our neighborhood walk.
DD - DAY 72
David's really into hide and seek lately so he loves hiding behind the
tree and just popping out and saying "boo!!."
POTD - DAY 71
Recenly Ali wrote about
looking up, so here's my shot, looking down.
DD - DAY 71
Little boy with funny face.
21 - DAY TEN
I took it easy today since I was sick. Very shimmery though.
21 - DAY NINE
Almost halfway.
21 - DAY EIGHT
And here's day eight.
21 - DAY SEVEN
And here's another view.
POTD - DAY 70
I am feeling really sick today so you're stuck with photos from my
backyard.
And look what Jake's mom got me:
DD - DAY 70
My parents bought this blackboard for David months ago but he's just
started using it.
POTD - DAY 69
And a shot of the basket full of eggs.
DD - DAY 69
Jake's mom was here for the weekend so we did an early Easter this year.
David didn't complain.
POTD - DAY 68
Just to put a break in between all the flower photos. This is from
Hidden Villa Farm. More from there is coming soon.
DD - DAY 68
It's really quite amazing how happy my little boy is. So many times a
day, he says "Mommy, I happy." I am so blessed.
POTD - DAY 67
Aren't these flowers absolutely amazing?
DD - DAY 67
Walking with David in the neighborhood when I come home from work has
become a daily habit. The best part of my day.
POTD - DAY 66
Another gem from our walk.
21 - DAY 6
And the one from this morning. Nothing like starting every day with some
paint.
21 - DAY 5
Still going strong on these.
DD - DAY 66
David and I played peek-a-boo this morning. It was so much fun. Here's
moments before this photo:
POTD - DAY 65
More from our walk around the neighborhood. I used to love these as a kid.
DD - DAY 65
I came home before the sunlight disappeared yesterday just so I could
take a walk around the neighborhood with David again but it didn't go so
smoothly this time. Let's see what happens today.
AN AFTERNOON WITH DAVID
Since Jake was out of town, David and I spent the last two days
together. The sun is finally coming out here in Palo Alto so, this
afternoon, we took a walk around the neighborhood. We had a little
conversation on our walk:
me: David, you know what?
David: You know what?
me: No, David when I say 'You know what?' you say 'What?'
David: What?
me: I love you!
(a few seconds pass)
me: David, you know what?
David: I love you!
My boy, he's all about skipping steps and getting right to the point.
POTD - DAY 64
More flowers. And one more for Kim. Thank you for making me feel less
guilty about posting these.
DD - DAY 64
My wonderful boy.
MORE PAINTING
Here's the current state of the painting I posted before. See the
resemblance? Me neither.
21 - DAY FOUR
Day Four!
21 - DAY THREE
Day Three.
21 - DAY TWO
21 - DAY ONE
Here's day one.
21 - COVER
I am doing Rhonna's 21 Day challenge where you do something for 21 days
so it becomes a habit. For my theme, I chose 21 days of creative
freedom. So I am applying some of what I learned at Paulette Insall's
class. I hate my handwriting but I love painting daily. I've also added it to the side so you can see the full
thing at once.
POTD - DAY 63
These tiny flowers were in my neighbor's front yard. Aren't they amazing?
DD - DAY 63
It's finally getting warm outside but we're still not taking as much
advantage of it as we should.
POTD - DAY 62
Back to the backyard. Same exact flowers as yesterday.
DD - DAY 62
Funnily, these legos have been around forever but David's finally coming
around to enjoying them.
BIRTHDAY PARTY - AMM MARCH
And finally the minibook I made with AMM's March Kit. I love the
Scenic Route album so much.
TURNING THREE - AMM MARCH
Here's another layout with AMM's March Kit. Photos from
the little celebration we did on David's actual birthday.
CONFIDENCE - AMM MARCH
Here's another layout using AMM's March Kit. The
journaling is about how David has so much wonderful self-confidence
right now and how over the years, if he ever doubts himself he should
pull out this page and remember how he was now and remember that he's
amazing and has no reason to doubt himself.
FEBRUARY - AMM MARCH
Here's the February calendar with the laftovers from AMM's March Kit. I love doing
these so much!
MICHELLE - AMM MARCH
Here's one of my layouts with AMM's March Kit. This is to
commemorate David's first best friend and speech therapist, Michelle.
Here's a closeup of the journaling:
POTD - DAY 61
More backyard fun. Happy March first!
DD - DAY 61
David wouldn't come out to the garden to let me take photos so instead I
captured these.
POTD - DAY 60
My neighbor's tree is blooming. I love spring.
DD - DAY 60
Cutie Pie.
POTD - DAY 59
A wonderful night with friends, enjoying the Raclette.
DD - DAY 59
David's huge Turkish book. My favorite part is how he holds it up with
his little toes.
POTD - DAY 58
More from the beautiful Hakone Gardens.
DD - DAY 58
David looking through the bead and saying "I see you!!" We've been
making a lot of necklaces lately.
POTD - DAY 57
This is from Hakone Gardens where I was taking a class. A bunch more
from there, is coming.
DD - DAY 57
This is David concentrating on making bead necklace.
POTD - DAY 56
If you don't like flowers, you're probably not enjoying these but I love
nature, so I am.
DD - DAY 56
We have this one drawer full off goodies. It stores all of our candy.
David has discovered it and has even found an amazing way to get his
hands on it. He opens the cupboard below so he can get a tiny bit of
lift. He gets on his tippy toes and then he can sneak a peek. Or
aimlessly grab without seeing. Sneaky, little boy.
POTD - DAY 55
Life, about to bloom.
DD - Day 55
Apologies for being behind on these but I have been taking photos daily,
still. I must say that I am quite proud that I've been able to stay
authentic with these and each of the photos have been taken on the
actual day. This is David right after bathtime. Here's the next one:
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