Since David’s actual birthday was today, we all got up early and went for a pancake breakfast. I was expecting to have a stressful day at work and didn’t want David to feel sad. He loved his Mickey Mouse pancake and was delighted when they brought him a little strawberry/pineapple dessert with a candle as a surprise.
Nathaniel wiggled around the whole time but was generally well behaved.
My sister and her kids stayed up to sing Happy Birthday to David so we set them up right after he came back from school. They sang in English, Turkish and French. David was thrilled.
I spent the rest of the day working pretty hard. At some point, David was playing a game and I was on the phone when we heard Nathaniel complaining. When I looked over to tell him to be quiet, this is what we saw.
Of course I grabbed the camera before I rescued him. He was trying to grab a toy and fell right in. Just like him to try to grab something out of his reach. Cutie pie.
Note to Self:
Today was a super-stressful day and nothing even got done. I was worried about work and stressed myself to the point of paralysis so even when the plans for what I had to get done at work fell through, I couldn’t pick myself up and get something else done. I couldn’t even just let it all go and play. I basically just kept stressing more and more and drove myself insane and got nothing at all done. Nothing at all. No work. No play. No personal todo items. Nothing. What a waste of a day. And now my stressful task for today has been postponed to tomorrow so I will be stressed all over again tomorrow. Ugh.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. A loving and wonderful phone call from my husband. He’s so amazing. I am so blessed.
2. My kind and generous sister who is so wonderful to me and my kids and I am so grateful to have her in my life.
3. I am grateful that there are so many people at work who have my back. So many people volunteered to help today and I am grateful for the support and kindness.
Beautiful photos.
Love the one of Nathaniel head first in the toy container, love that you grabbed the camera before you grabbed him too.
LOL.
Hope you have a better day today.
actually i am grateful for you my sis !
love you too too much
yona
Absolutely lovely shot of David at the top with his pancakes. You can’t fake THAT smile. I’m glad he had a great birthday – I forgot how close our boys are (Riley’s is Wednesday). Here’s wishing a less stressful day than you anticipated for today.
So sorry to hear about your stressful days. I’ve had some of those and no matter what you do, nothing turns out right. Try and just let it go and breathe. Things will eventually get got, just at a slower pace. I sometimes over think problems, and when I get to actually doing it, its at half as bad as I thought. Love the pictures of the little ones. Hoping today will be better.