Us Right Now & Weekly Update – November 12

jake
This week was full of professional ups and downs for Jake and then he had to leave for a trip to San Diego. Even though he stayed with a friend, our car ended up being broken into overnight and he had a few small items stolen. The scariest part, of course, was the broken window. Not the greatest way to end the week but we’re all safe and sound and that’s really what matters, of course.

karen
I spent most of this week feeling sick. I’d like to say that I’m all better but I still feel quite ill and I can’t wait for it to be gone. I ended up taking a sick day on Thursday and a day off on Friday. Work was relatively quiet except for some excitement on Friday. I had book club which was really fun for a change, and also got to watch Sir Ken Robinson earlier this week which was entertaining and interesting. The last few days of the week was all about resting, watching TV and reading a book. Trying to get well as quickly as I can.

david
David had a good week at school. Nothing super-eventful. He read more books about Origami Yoda and and Darth Paper and he now has a spy club at school called Mouse Hole Spy Club. I am not sure what they do but I am grateful he seems to be making more and more friends. He’s been coming home with fortuneteller things, too (not sure what those are called in English) and we have started our 2012 project already so it’s been a fun week. He also got his first desk in his room this week which he loves. I am so proud of my big boy.

nathaniel
Nathaniel’s really enjoying looking through all my notebooks and art journals. He loves looking through the scrapbooks and naming everybody. He’s becoming even more vocal and I love listening to him talk. I love that he likes looking at my art and that he’s interested in the scrapbooks. He no longer sits in the high chair and has to eat at the table off of plates and bowls just like David. I hope this means potty-training will be easy, too.

Here are some of my favorite captured moments from this week:

Nathaniel is still obsessed with trains:

loves having them all over the house:

last week’s family night was smath: scrabble math.

there was also a lot of playing on his own for Nathaniel since I was so sick.

He found many ways to entertain himself.

and, thankfully, he was happy most of the time.

he also spent a lot of time looking through my notebooks.

he begged not to eat the meatballs and veggies (but had to anyway).

David got his first desk this week. He loves it.

He also got some books from the library that he loves (and Nathaniel wanted to read, too, of course).

My super-beautiful boy.

On Friday, I was really sick and had an emergency at work. David was upstairs in his room. So Nathaniel decided to make a bed from all of his diapers so he could sit and read.

Later, David came down to tell me a story.

And I just snapped photos as he talked.

Today, Nathaniel went through my scrapbooks.

and David played Wii.

most of the day was just relaxing since I am still sicker than I’d like.

and there was hugging of course.

I love the way David’s looking at Nathaniel in this picture:

And those are some of the moments from our week. All in all, despite the sickness and break-in, another good week. We’re all healthy and safe. That’s all that matters.

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Us Right Now is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.