Daily Diary – January 8 2011

Well, today didn’t go as planned. I went to sleep last night after sending myself a list of what would get done first thing in the morning. I woke up, ignored my list, and went on to make some of the altered items I’d bought for my CHA projects. And they took up my entire day. I am also only two thirds of the way there.

So much for my list.

Jake started the day by videoconferencing with his brother and their little baby. David loved talking to both.

Then I got them all around the tree so I could take a family shot. Here’s a shot I took while I was setting things up.

And here are two of the boys. As it turned out, I’d left the shutter wide open which made the depth of field way way shallow so having four of us meant one or more of us were blurry at any moment in time. Oh well, there’s always tomorrow.

Nathaniel had to entertain himself since it was David’s Wii day and he didn’t get to watch choo choo. So he played with legos instead.

He was so cute even David wanted to give him a hug (though Nathaniel wasn’t a fan).

And here’s David’s “please please let me play” smile. What I love is that Nathaniel always likes to be around his brother. He will sit with him on the couch or play near him. It’s so wonderful to watch. Especially since David’s very kind to him and never complains.

David and I read our book this morning too and he did a writing workbook today. He’s getting so good. His workbook was for grade one and he sailed right through it. Now that they are asleep, I have a bunch of todo list items I quickly plan to get off my list so that I can alter that last item sitting on my desk. I didn’t do a portrait yesterday and likely not today so tomorrow the plan is to do my art journal page and two portraits. Let’s see if I can…

Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that both my altered items turned out somewhat cute. I am really really sucky at altering anything. Really. So this is a big achievement.
2. I am grateful that despite the pain, the aches, the tiredness, I am still going in the garage and exercising every day. Every single day.
3. I am grateful that Jake got us sandwiches tonight. A rare treat for me and one that I love.

Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I have a nice mommy {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I played wii
3. I am grateful that I have a nice daddy