I actually scrapbooked today. It had been a long time. But I had a lot of fun and there were so many things that it ended up spreading over to the little boy’s table. So he took a look at them, of course.
He was quite fascinated.
The big boy played quietly most of the day and then wrote in his gratitude journal.
He was already dressed for his soccer class.
and the little boy kept playing with the containers of my scrappy goodies.
I have been on fire with the art journaling ever since yesterday’s big revelation. I’ve made 3 pages and have already thought of my fourth. I am so thankful and excited. Let’s hope it lasts.
Plans this weekend include at least one more layout and a bunch more art journaling. That’s about it. Reading, playing, hugging the family, too, of course. Happy weekend!
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for some pastel pencils I just got in the mail.
2. I am grateful for some scrap time. It felt wonderful.
3. I am grateful for getting my license renewed. I was dreading the DMV but it was relatively painless.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I watched some lego movies. * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I played with Nathaniel’s new knights playmobil toy.
3. I am grateful that I had my last soccer class.
Today was a day without great photos. Just the way it goes sometimes. there was staring.
there were more silly faces.
and little boys imitating.
little boys who are just too cute.
going on tippie tippie toes to reach way above his height.
and a big boy who was super-delighted to make it to level two in his swimming class. rock.star.boy.
Things are still going swimmingly here. Life is full but not stressful. I am thankful. I am grateful. I have more to say but I have about 14 posts to schedule (a LOT of art journaling coming up in the next few weeks) so I better get started. I will be posting so much in the next few weeks, you might get sick of me. I hope I don’t scare you away permanently.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for a good dev release despite a few hiccups.
2. I am grateful for finally finally finally having found my art journaling voice….maybe.
3. I am grateful for my husband who is always always always the light of my life.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I played with my lego men. * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I had a treat.
3. I am grateful that I moved to level two in swimming.
I am trying to post early today because I have guests coming today and a meeting later so I am just sneaking this in. I love this photo of Nathaniel with his blanket. Look at those eyes.
I love David’s smiles.
especially the huge ones.
then I told him to make a funny face.
within minutes, the little one was making it too.
I love how he’s looking at his brother to make sure he has it right.
And this, my friends, is life with boys.
I love my boys. Crazy as they are.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for good, solid work today.
2. I am grateful for guests tonight.
3. I am grateful for my wonderfully clean house.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I got a rocks and minerals sticker book. * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I got a pokemon book.
3. I am grateful that I played with my legos.
Quiet day today even though I went to work for lunch and had to coordinate with Jake and then David went to a playdate so I barely had time to snap photos. But I got one of Nathaniel with his beloved blankie.
And then I tried to get another photo but he wouldn’t accomodate.
despite all my acrobatics, this was the best I got.
when David came back, I snapped one of him. He was considerably more accommodating. This is one of my favorite photos of him.
I am starting to believe that maybe the peace I crave so deeply is becoming more and more a part of my life. I don’t want to say it out loud in fear I might jinx it but I do feel peaceful lately. I feel like I am working on goals I’d like to work on. I am trying to read, exercise, do art, spend time with my family, journal, scrap, and of course work. I do almost all of them every single day. I also rest.
I am learning to find ways to deal with my weaknesses instead of putting myself down for them. I ask for help when I need it and I don’t worry about looking bad. I pay attention to how things turn out so I can remind myself next time I find myself leaning towards worrying. I let myself off the hook more than I used to. I work with my strengths and don’t fight my shortcomings. I try not to beat myself up as much as I used to. I am learning that I am exactly who I need to be. I will work on things slowly because I want to but not because I need to and not because I have to.
I am also trying to be more patient with myself. Not needing to know the answers right away. Waiting for things to unravel slowly and take me down their path instead of designating the path each time.
And finally, I’ve been thinking about the fall and working with my kids’ schedules. David starts a new school. So does Nathaniel. Their schedules will mean coordinating new nap times (Nathaniel), exercise time (me), moving some meetings around, and making sure I am there to support them through possibly some big transitions (especially for Nathaniel but also for David since it’s a new school and new friends.) It will also mean trying to figure out how to do my work efficiently with this new schedule, especially since my work will get considerably busier right on the same day my kids go back to school. While all this really stressed me out for a few days, I decided to just let it go. I planned a bit and then I set up some help in case things go unexpectedly. And then I told myself I needed to let go and enjoy all the days between now and then. That’s that.
So I’m working on it. I think I’m truly embracing my word this year.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for a nice lunch at work.
2. I am grateful that I will meet my friend Holly at a bookstore tonight.
3. I am grateful for a few more weeks of summer.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I watched Harry Potter at Ece’s house. * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I traced my Pokemon cards.
3. I am grateful that I played with my legos.
Well the calm, peaceful days continue here. I love love love them. I love how Nathaniel plays right next to me. Creating his own lego constructions.
And David played for hours with his legos today.
He wanted to be in his room so he could spread out and do what he likes. I went up there to snap a photo.
and then around dinner time, they get to watch a bit of a movie. This is a terrible photo, I know, but it’s just to give you context for the next one.
nothing like tiny toes that sneak out of the covers.
Love my boys. Love these peaceful days. Feeling wistful since I know the fall, school and more chaotic schedules are coming up really soon. Alas, time moves and we move with it. The goal for now is just to enjoy these blissful days while they are here.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for getting a ton of work done today. Feeling more organized and in control.
2. I am grateful for giving myself permission to skip Nathaniel’s class today. I feel too much guilt with those decisions but today I let myself off the hook.
3. I am grateful for being in the “can’t put down” part of my novel. I love when I get to this place in a book where I am completely absorbed in the story and really cannot wait to read more.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I played with my Legos. * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I watched Stuart Little.
3. I am grateful that I came up with a few lego designs.
Happy Sunday. This morning, I exercised and then it was family photos time. I now snap a few as I set up.
That’s how I get these gems.
See Nathaniel crying? (cause he didn’t have the remote.)
and then getting antsy. He did not want to sit still today.
so we started the tickles early.
but even that was more challenging today so we just took a few. you have to go with the flow with these.
Then David went up to his room to play and Nathaniel lined up the legos.
One fell so he grabbed it.
I just love the way he’s so focused.
And I love that he loves playing with legos.
After a bunch of surfing and reading and napping, I finally got up to sketch and do some art. I love that Nathaniel read next to me while I worked.
And David finally decided to grace us with his presence so I snapped a shot of him, too.
Then it was dinner time and family night time. We played the Dino Math game my sister sent me (thank you Yona!) and then a few rounds of Boggle. Now the kids are doing their bedtime playing and I am going to have a little more snuggle time with Jake before he leaves for a dinner. My plans tonight involve either reading or doing some art, I haven’t decided yet. Maybe both?
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for a super-relaxed day even though I didn’t get any of my todo list done.
2. I am grateful for family night.
3. I am grateful for a few more hours on this Sunday night.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that we have family night. * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I played connect four with daddy.
3. I am grateful that I played with my legos.
Our day started with exercise and then family shots.
The little boy wasn’t looking at the camera.
Then he was obsessed with my watch.
even when I got him off that, he still wouldn’t look.
so we just gave up and called it tickle time.
during which no one looks at the camera.
Then there was naps, art journaling, wii, sketching, and when Nathaniel woke up, I tried to get him to let me take a photo. This is what he did.
I told him there was a bird behind me and snapped one more.
His older brother was much more accommodating.
We made a trip to the grocery store and filled the fridge with fruits and salads and protein. Then the kids took their baths and now I am off to read to Nathaniel and then it’s Jake and Karen cuddle time. Yey for lovely Saturdays.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I made an art journal page.
2. I am grateful for Bones which is what I watch when I sketch and do art journaling.
3. I am grateful for cuddle time with my awesome hubby.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I Lego Star Wars, Clone Wars on my Wii * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that it was Wii day.
3. I am grateful that I got a candy at the store.
Today, all I got is smiling photos.
of my wonderful kids.
with their funny smiles.
and sweet faces.
Oh how I adore them. All is well here. Quiet. I am playing with my kids, watching movies together, walking, art journaling, reading. All around wonderful days. I wish you a super-awesome weekend.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for smiley-face photos.
2. I am grateful for a lovely book.
3. I am grateful for a quiet weekend.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I had a private soccer class * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I watched a movie.
3. I am grateful that I played with my legos.
There’s nothing like having these treasures in the house.
Playing legos.
wearing hats (backwards of course).
sticking things in his mouth.
And then this other treasure
who can easily melt me with one look.
I cannot tell you how aware I am these days of how lucky and blessed I am that I get to be with these boys all day. That I am married to my best friend. That I have this wonderful job I adore. I really really feel blessed and while that comes hand in hand with a huge fear of losing it all, I am trying to keep that in check and just live in the gratitude of it all. I am trying to fully be in the moment and appreciate its gifts.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for breakfast at work.
2. I am grateful for a lot of videos to watch on my ipad while I exercise.
3. I am grateful for fun TV, fun books, and fun music. They always put me in the best mood.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I played with my legos * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I had a popsicle.
3. I am grateful that I wrote perfectly in my journal today.
I must admit that legos are one of my all-time favorite toys. My six year old loves playing with them.
My two-year-old loves to join in.
And even steal his creations.
Which leaves him with “It’s not fair!!” face.
The little boy runs away and makes faces of his own. There’s crying and yelling and sometimes even a bit of shoving (which I get seriously mad about and shut down right away.)
But then within minutes they are playing together and laughing again.
Showing me their stickers, which they lovingly put on all their clothes.
And they are so cute. So edible. I think my lucky lucky stars that I get to spend my days, my minutes, my life with them.
Jake’s making dinner for the kids right now and I am relaxing and organizing a bit. I have some ideas brewing for tonight but many of them involve watching TV and being on the couch!
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for no more gray hairs. Woot!
2. I am grateful for feeling calm. I rarely ever feel calm. I’m hanging on to this as long as I can.
3. I am grateful for a difficult decision I made today. I don’t mean to be cryptic, it wasn’t important what it was, just that I walked away from something I’ve been struggling with. I am a people-pleaser and have a really hard time disappointing anyone and I am very loyal to keeping my commitments so it’s hard for me to walk away from things but today I did and I am grateful I did it.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I played legos with my brother * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I watched some lego comic books .
3. I am grateful that I played cars with my brother.
So we’ve been having quieter and more relaxed days here where things are consistently moving forward and getting done. Nathaniel is learning to communicate more.
He looks up to his brother with awe.
And is still super-cute.
In the afternoon, once all the math and walking and reading and napping was done, I put on another movie for them.
I love how focused he is (only for a few minutes though, he has no patience for these movies.) I love the way David’s sitting with is hand on his chin, too.
Here’s the only shot David let me have today.
We get to go out on date night again tonight. I am so excited. I love going to the movies.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am still grateful for our quiet, calm, productive days.
2. I am grateful that I will hopefully get my hair dyed soon.
3. I am grateful for another date night.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I watched a movie * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I am building a lego project.
3. I am grateful that I got extra computer time today.
Happy Monday. We had a relatively productive and also pretty quiet day here. I tried to take some photos of Nathaniel.
But he just wasn’t having it.
He kept showing me other things instead.
So I got one of my sweet David.
I tried Nathaniel again.
But all I got was a blur.
After my meeting in the afternoon, I put on a movie for the kids and took a photo while they watched.
Now they are getting ready for bed. And I am feeling calm and full of gratitude for the ordinary day. I still have two blog posts gnawing at me for today but I’ll get to them eventually.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for our quiet, calm, productive days.
2. I am grateful for kids who know how to keep quiet during a meeting and for video chat.
3. I am grateful for Christy’s new class. She never stops inspiring me.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I played with Nathaniel * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I watched Because of Winn-Dixie.
3. I am grateful that I played with my Star Wars ideas.
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