We spent hours last night putting these stars up in David’s room. He’s
been unhappy when the room is pitch black and often asks us to leave
the bathroom light on all night. I thought this would be a cheaper and
cooler alternative. So far, it’s a huge hit.
I wanted this to be our photo of the day because I noticed this table as
soon as I walked into the classroom and it looked so inviting. I only
wish when I was David’s age, my classrooms had looked like this. See the
before photo:
Doesn’t it look so inviting? It made me want to sit down and do some
art. But I must say the first thing David noticed were these gymnastics
pieces and he wanted to play immediately.
while that one made me smile, this one made me realize our skateboarding
days are not too far:
which scares me quite a bit.
Today we were late to school and normally David always complains about
washing his hands when we walk in but not today. He went right to the
bathroom and washed them so he could join in on the fun. Made me wonder
if we should be late everyday…
Still way too tired.
Last night we launched a product we’ve been working on for a while so it
was a big moment for me and my team and I wanted to commemorate it. Love
this product and the team working on it.
Here’s a shot of the little one cause I am trying to make sure I have
many of those:
The tree is finally down. I guess I really was ready cause I don’t feel
so sad about it anymore. David was ok with it, too, though he was a bit
bummed. Still more tired than I’d like but things are improving a bit.
So far so good in 2009 and I am managing to stay peaceful which makes me
feel happy.
Another shot of David at school. No I never get sick of these. I
especially want to remember the band-aid on his finger cause he’s been
obsessed with band-aids lately and will not let me take them off. Not
sure how we will ever get him off it but we’re indulging him for now.
Busy day at work today, maybe I’ll post it as my photo of the day
tomorrow. Otherwise, feeling good about the bunch I accomplished over
the weekend though I have a lot more to do. Will finally take the
Christmas ornaments down today (I think I might be ready at last) and
Jake will have to chop up the tree this week. Still really exhausted but
I’m starting to make my peace with it I think.
David and Jake are spending most of the day watching football. David
also loves watching movies on Jake’s G1 Android phone. I just love
watching them. See his beard? He’s been growing it for day and I love
seeing it but it is not fun to touch or kiss.
Quiet day for me. I worked on the tags last night (photos coming next)
and four catalysts today. I also got my CK kit finally so I put all the
cards in for all the days and decided on a routine:
– daily photos taken and posted on the blog here with notes
– weekly updates of the journaling cards, written in pen
– monthly ordering of prints to put in the album (not sure where yet.)
Things are starting to get organized a bit. Off to do some Photoshop
reading. Happy Sunday.
I captured this little gem as David and Jake were playing outside. We
had just come out of ThemeFest where we hope to have David’s Fourth
birthday in a few weeks. Before that we drove up to San Fran airport to
meet our friend Dave and his wife Christine as they had a layover on
their way back from the Philippines to Cincinnati. I hadn’t seen Dave in
a long long time so it was nice to catch up.
The rest of the day has so far been quiet. I came home and fell into a
long nap and have just woken up to my relatively long to-do list. It’s
looking at me and I’m looking at it and not sure where to start. On we go.
It’s been a few rough days for me. Two days ago, my watch stopped
working, which is a major major problem for me. Then there’s the
exhaustion I mentioned yesterday which got worse and worse throughout
the day. I then came home to notice that my diamond bracelet wasn’t on
my arm anymore and that was just the last bad thing I needed for the week.
Just when I thought I wanted to crawl into bed and have this week be
over, I noticed my diamond bracelet sparkling in the bed. And then I
went to visit Big Picture Scrapbooking and saw that my Projects Now!
class Change in
Plans was finally up and my day just did a 180! Teaching at BPS is
my biggest scrapbooking dream. I am very passionate about teaching and
BPS is exactly where I wanted to teach the minute I heard about it two
years ago. This truly is a huge huge dream come true so I am really
excited and had to make it my photo of the day. If you download it, I
hope you send me an email and let me know how you liked it.
And I will leave you with a photo of David from this morning at school.
Another one of the little boy. You know I will have a lot of those this
year. See the crooked smile again? When I ask him if I can take his
photo, he immediately dons this face. This is on the way to school. He
likes to run down this road and this morning he had a small snack of
pretzels and wouldn’t let go of them as he ran.
Things have been hectic in 2009 already. Working on a big dream I had
that is so far promising to come true before the little one arrives.
Christmas tree is still up and I just decided I am not ready to take it
down yet, so there. Other than that life is same old same old here. I am
really exhausted the last two days, not sure if it’s the pregnancy, the
hours of work I’m putting into the aforementioned dream, or the fact
that David’s been waking up in the middle of the night and requesting
hugs and kisses. Either way, I am glad the weekend is coming soon.
Today I just wanted a smiley boy. He’s doing his weird smile but I still
love it.
The Christmas tree is still not down here but we’ve already gotten back
into the routine of things. I generally start my day by checking my
mail, reading AMM, and my
RSS feeds. I make breakfast for David and then jump in the shower. We
then both relax as we eat our food. I make David’s lunch for school and
we both get ready and we’re out the door. I drop David off at school and
get to work and our days begin.
It might sound boring or tiresome but I love routine and I love this
one, especially on a morning like this when I miraculously woke up
before David and he slept all the way to 8am. This never happens. I have
a lot of work today for both my job and a scrapping project I am working
on so I needed the little bit of extra sleep and the quiet time in the
morning, so I feel extra blessed for the tiny break I got.
Well, off to start our day. May yours be a wonderful one.
This morning when I took David to school, his teachers told me about how
he loves playing with these trains and likes to make a really long one.
The classroom is really dark (especially since it’s cloudy outside, too)
so I wasn’t able to capture anything better. But I love this photo cause
he’s smiling and the way he’s sitting is exactly how little kids sit. I
am pretty proud of myself for letting imperfections go and just
capturing daily life. Trust me, it’s not easy for me.
I also decided I want to learn a lot more about Photoshop this year and
concentrate on bettering my photography as well, something I constantly
strive to do. It’s good for my business but it’s good for me. I love
taking photos so why not be better at it?
And here’s a shot from the tree which will probably start coming down
today. I honestly am still not ready to take it down yet.
The year’s finally started today. David’s back to school and I am back
to work. It feels good to be back in the routine but I miss him already.
We still have our Christmas tree up too so I am not ready to let go of
it all just yet. I gave myself one more week. Here are a few shots of
David from this morning. He’s been loving the lightsaber and plays with
it constantly.
Love this boy.
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