Another week low on photos, just how things go sometimes. Here are some snapshots from our week:

While I was gone for the weekend, Jake’s parents were here and they went exploring with the kids, collecting pine scones and leaves, etc.

And then built time machines.

Nathaniel’s comes with food, too, just in case.

David’s been doing homework.

accommodating me as i interrupt to snap photos.

and the little one’s been playing quietly so david can focus.

david was star of the week this week, so we went to his classroom on Friday morning.

I snapped some shots while I was there.

all the kids initialed a star for david.

he shared his packet, some stories and then we all sat to listen things his friends wrote about him. it was incredibly touching.

the light’s still been terrible but I love family photos anyway.

the boys kept making funny faces.

so there was much tickling.

and laughter.

and more laughter.

and here we go. so grateful for my life. i hope your week was lovely, too.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2013. You can read more about it here.

Here are some snapshots from our week:

Army men’s been a big hit.

David’s been teaching Nathaniel how to strategize.

he’s also been building more of his legos. This boat is from the Lighthouse which is awesome!

Nathaniel’s been playing with his toys, too.

finding creative uses for all of the toy’s parts.

we took a short trip to the Palo Alto Jr. Museum and Zoo and got to see bobcats, spiders, bees, bats, birds, fish, and many other animals.

and I snapped some photos of the kids, of course.

we played Blokus. Even Nathaniel’s pretty good at it.

our Christmas tree is still up and will be until mid January this year cause I will be away at a course next weekend and can’t take it down. Oh so sad. Not.

David’s been playing with the Origami Yoda books too and practicing his origami.

We’ve also been playing with paper and punches. Tons of fun.

the dark weather hasn’t been helping my photos.

but I soldier on anyway.

and here we go. i hope your week was lovely, too. here’s to a wonderful, incredible, peaceful 2013!

Weekly Diary is a project for 2013. You can read more about it here.

You saw most of these on my December Daily pages but still…Here are some snapshots from our week:

presents under our tree. each wrapping paper is a different person.

nathaniel’s advent calendar.

my boys at the Train of Lights.

nathaniel making a gingerbread house at a classmate’s birthday party.

he focused hard.

and didn’t like when his hands got sticky.

then went back to work.

we even got to take it home.

so i could snap more photos.

i got to have a mini for christmas so now i can read on a much lighter machine. yey.

the boys watching a nature movie about a leopard running.

at the doctor’s getting a flu shot.

nathaniel and dad built gears at school.

he drew some pictures while I worked.

and played with my watercolor pencils.

David performed at school this week and Nathaniel and daddy had a laugh on the way home.

i love seeing the joy on his face.

and his.

we then did some art at home.

the kids played with the christmas tree, putting legos in it

and playmobil toys on the presents.

my very lovely sweet friend linda dropped me some home baked goods that were so super delicious and i LOVE that seal.

we had to take out family photos outside again.

there was much laughter.

and here we go. i hope your week was lovely, too.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2012. You can read more about it here.

You saw most of these on my December Daily pages but still…Here are some snapshots from our week:

the kids at breakfast with santa. their favorite part was the juice this time.

photos with santa.

nathaniel was scared of him again but wiling to stand next to david.

writing letters to santa.

david took his extra seriously.

then they made ornaments.

and colored.

david liked creating his pattern.

then we took david to swimming where nathaniel played with the umbrella while david swam.

and i just snapped photos.

of my super cute boy.

who had fun with it.

and the swimmer, too, of course.

and then it was advent time.

the boys had forgotten all about it so they were very excited.

both got playmobil this time. David got the knights and Nathaniel the forest animals.

David’s came with a poster which he loved.

Here’s the full photo the babysitter took on our anniversary.

and me volunteering in Nathaniel’s class.

we played with all of his toys.

he loves this magnetic numbers.

and playing outside.

i think he liked having me around.

while i was there, Jake was in David’s class where David presented about The Train of Lights, a Christmas tradition we have.

David had his favorite spelling homework this week.

he got to write the words into puzzle pieces and draw pictures. (then we cut them up and he put them together at school the next day.)

the boys have been playing with legos a lot lately.

this week was unusual for us and I am out of town all weekend so we had to take our shot with no natural light. Still better than no shot.

so grateful for my family.

and here we go. i hope your week was lovely, too.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2012. You can read more about it here.

Here are some snapshots from our week:

the kids were home all week. So there was a lot of pajama-wearing. And wii playing.

and lego playing.

with long involved projects.

watching squirrels in the backyard.

we had a quiet thanksgiving dinner, just the four of us.

a lot of whole foods and yummy rice and rolls.

and then we put up the christmas tree.

David helped a lot.

and so did Nathaniel.

the boys were happy during photo time (nathaniel’s been having a runny nose and so a lot of red around his nose and mouth.)

they laughed and laughed.

we talked about what we loved.

and hugged.

and even tickled a bit.

and here we go. i hope your week was lovely, too. happy thanksgiving.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2012. You can read more about it here.

Just a few shots this time. Here are some snapshots from our week:

David was the class reporter this week at school so we all went to watch him and Jake played with Nathaniel while I ran to get some coffee. This is what they built:

Here’s the librarian presenting before David. She is talking about creating clean water by using different filters. She also talked about doing that with our thoughts and checking for three things before we talked: Truth (is what I am saying actually true?), Goodness (is what I am saying something good?), and Usefulness (is what I am saying useful to this situation?). I loved this and have a lot more to say once I can get myself to sit and write again.

here’s David presenting. He talked about learning about the digestive system. Here’s what he said: Hi my name is David and I’m in Ms. X’s second grade class. In science we are learning about the human body. First we learned how you bite into an apple. You use your incisors to tear down the apple then your molars to grind it up. Then we learned about the digestive system. First it goes though the mouth, then the throat, the esophagus, the stomach and then the small intestine. I wonder what we’re going to do next! Thanks for listening!

here he is drawing the digestive system at school.

he also came home with another puppet this week. I loved this one.

Tuesday, we all went to vote and then watched the election coverage all night. It was great to see the kids so interested. David and I talked about the electoral college, the house, the senate, etc.

then it was photo time, Nathaniel was in great form.

he made us all laugh with his antics.

it was quite wonderful.

Since tickle-time was getting a bit more stressful, we’ve changed things up a bit and are now trying family hug time instead.

and here we go. i hope your week was lovely, too.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2012. You can read more about it here.