Daily Diary – June 12 2011

So this morning I woke up and exercised and as I was setting up the family shot, I got this gem. Little boy is torturing the big boy often lately. And the poor boy cannot really do anything about it since Nathaniel doesn’t get what he’s doing wrong at all.

Then it was time for all of us. Little boy in charge still, of course.

Here’s David asking for the remote and Nathaniel totally ignoring him.

And finally tickle time.

Then David went out to play with his watercolors.

Little one watched him the whole time.

But I did catch one sneak.

Then he went down for his nap, David got a tiny amount of Wii time and I worked on my sketching and art journal. By the time I was done, little one woke up and we all headed for Muir Woods, one of my top three favorite places on earth. Nathaniel absolutely adored it too. Here he is smiling for the camera.

David loves the forest, too and walked around, enjoying nature.

Some kind person snapped a photo of all of us. Even though it’s blurry, I love it.

Nathaniel held my hand most of the time but towards the end, he didn’t want to anymore but the ground was pretty uneven so I was worried about him walking alone, he decided he wanted to hold his brother’s hand and they walked around hand in hand and it made both Jake and me tear up. We felt so deeply grateful for our little boys.

After Muir Woods we stopped by Jake’s friend Geoff’s house and the kids played with their son and we all chatted and it was wonderful. By the time we got home it was two hours past bedtime so both kids went down right away and I am going to bed myself really soon. Fresh air does that to you. It also fixes your grouchy mood apparently!

Here’s to a very fantastic week for all of us!

Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for Muir Woods. That is my peaceful place. There are two spots I found in the United States where just being there makes me feel full of gratitude and peace. One is Torrey Pines State Reserve in San Diego and the other is Muir Woods. I am blessed and grateful to live relatively close to both.
2. I am grateful that while I feel exhausted, it’s the good kind of tired you feel after a day of sunshine, laughter, family and friends.
3. I am grateful that I am still doing art, sketching, and reading. These things truly make me happy and I am lucky to be able to make the time to do them daily.

Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that we went to Muir Woods. {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I got to play with Nico.
3. I am grateful that I played Wii for a little bit.