Daily Diary – May 8 2011

Happy Mother’s Day everyone! I woke up this morning and came downstairs to find this:

David tells me the banner was his idea and Daddy cut the hearts and he colored them. It says Happy Mother’s Day. Before anything else, I wanted to get my exercise out of the way so I worked out, showered and I then got to have some delicious yogurt and fruit breakfast with my boys. I got some beautiful pink tulips and lots and lots of love from my boys.

Then it was time for the family shoot. I always have to wait for Jake to sit cause when I am setting up the tripod, he’s always taller than I envision. Every now and then I catch these wonderful moments in the process.

Here’s Nathaniel looking at the camera (which he only does when he’s clicking.)

The rest of the shoot went something like this:

Then it was time to read to David so Jake got to rest and we read four chapters of our book while the little boy played. Then it was quiet time while nathaniel napped, Jake worked, I sketched and David played. After Nathaniel woke up, the boys ate their veggies:

And I took advantage of some nice light.

And the fact that Nathaniel was in the high chair and couldn’t run away.

Then we got to do part two of Mother’s Day celebrations which was to watch Bambi. None of us had seen it and I already told David that the mom died so he was prepared for it and didn’t take it badly. It was amazing to see how much Disney movies have changes since then. (And wow how many Disney movies don’t have a mom at all or have an evil one.)

Then Jake went to exercise and I read my book while the boys played. It’s been a while since I read a book for hours during the day and it was wonderful. Right as I was in the bathroom, David ran in and said I wanted to get a photo of “this!” When I came out, he was sitting at the table with Nathaniel and letting him color in his workbook.

I tried to get Nathaniel to look at me but he wouldn’t until I took the pencil away.

Which then made him super-sad.

So I gave it back, of course. Then it was dinner and family night. We played Atari together. Mostly the boys played and I worked on my photos and finished my book. Now the kids are down and I still have to do my art journaling, journaling and leg exercises. But, all in all, a truly wonderful and relaxing day. I didn’t make an art journal page which would have been nice and I didn’t cross off many items on my todo list. But I had a nice, relaxing weekend and I spent a lot of time with my boys and a lot of time alone, resting. So I am truly grateful and content.

Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I had a wonderfully relaxing weekend.
2. I am grateful for all the inspiration out on the internet. For artists who share so I can get inspired to sketch. For writers who write books I can get lost in. I am so so grateful.
3. I am grateful for my boys who made my day so special. Who make all my days special. For my mom who’s extraordinary. For my sister who is absolutely the best person I know.

Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that it’s Mother’s Day. {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I made a banner for mommy.
3. I am grateful that we are playing atari for family night.