Weekly Diary 2013 « karenika

Weekly Diary – May 18 2013

Here are some snapshots from our week:

We went to Pacifica to checkout a greenhouse and have some food by the beach.

David brought his camera there and took tons of photos .

the buildings were wonderfully colored.

love Nathaniel’s face here.

David taking a photo of himself.

the flowers were amazing.

i took a mirror-shot.

and one of Nathaniel.

he liked running, of course.

we came home with a venus fly trap (or chomper as the kids like to call it.)

Nathaniel loves watching David play.

it’s a bad photo but Nathaniel’s putting his plaque in the book he donated to the school library on his birthday.

David reading his science fiction story to his class.

and my wonderful husband.

Nathaniel was being funny of course.

he made me laugh and laugh.

i couldn’t even tell him to be serious.

here is the only “serious” shot I got.

and tickle time of course!

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.

Weekly Diary – May 11 2013

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

Jake and David went camping last week with the rest of David’s class. There were no siblings allowed so Nathaniel and I stayed home. They only took a handful of photos and this was one of them.

this is where they were.

and here’s my boy again.

Nathaniel reading one of his favorite books to david.

it’s called “Where’s the Green Sheep?”

watching the boys prep for the trip by setting up the tent in the backyard.

worst shot ever but still i love how david is so not helping.

nathaniel’s gotten creative about how to play while mommy works.

and some photos of us.

as always Nathaniel made us laugh and laugh.

and laugh.

and laugh even more.

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.

Weekly Diary – May 4 2013

Another set that’s all about Nathaniel’s birthday. Here are some snapshots from our week:

one of the neighbors couldn’t come to the little party we hosted so she came early to drop off a present for Nathaniel that required some construction. So the boys sat together and picked a song to listen to.

and got to work.

there was hammering.

and glueing. and laughing.

at night, we were invited to my friend Leslie’s son’s bar mitzvah so we dressed up all nice and got the babysitter to snap a shot.

then we celebrated Nathaniel’s birthday at the little park here by our house as we have every year since we’ve been born.

i snapped some shots of the boys.

david was awesome but nathaniel refused to look.

so i just kept snapping.

then it was time to blow the candles.

and the little champ did awesome.

and loved it.

the cake started like this.

and ended like this.

little boy loved his cupcake.

the kids played mini-golf and bean bag toss.

but Nathaniel just sat and ate his food.

and david riled all the kids up.

then Nathaniel went to the birthday party of another kid in his class and got some sunglasses in his goodie bag.

which he loved.

so i snapped and snapped of course.

that’s how you capture magic.

this is a terrible shot of it but he also got the clown to make him a cactus out of balloons. (in honor of plants vs zombies)

we received a bubble gun as one of his today.

let’s just say he loved it.

then it was time for family photos.

i tried to get them to stop laughing.

but Nathaniel was in top-form as always.

and would not stop laughing.

so i just gave in and laughed, too.

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.

Weekly Diary – April 27 2013

A lot of photos this time around. Here are some snapshots from our week:

during the long week, Nathaniel spent some time doing this while I worked.

Then, we went to CalDay at University of California, Berkeley. David’s using a geiger counter.

Nathaniel found some magnets.

and then sound waves.

which was probably my favorite.

some more magnets. look at his face and joy here.

more magnets.

he was having fun too!

he wrote on the black boards.

as david spent time looking through a microscope.

even on the way home we laughed.

and giggled.

this week was also Nathaniel’s fourth birthday.

he was being silly as always.

but i managed to snap one photo.

right as he blew his candle.

my sweet boy.

he dug right into his cupcake.

he loved it.

he got a beanbag toss toy but, of course, he decided to use it his own way.

and as soon as he saw me…

he roared like a dino!

we also went to his school to celebrate with him.

we made yogurt parfaits.

which he loved and ate.

david came too and he got to hold the chickens that had just hatched in Nathaniel’s preschool classroom.

then we got to do the celebration where Nathaniel got to be the sun.

and chose David as his moon.

as the moon went around the sun once, Nathaniel bounced and bounced. He would not stop bouncing the whole time.

he was way too happy.

and giddy.

after the 4 times around the sun, Nathaniel said his wish for his fourth year (that he get good at biking and scootering) and then they sang to him and then he went all around the class and each of us got to give him our wishes. It was truly magical.

then it was family photo time.

i love my family so much.

and feel blessed to have them.

love our tickle time.

and all of the 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.

Weekly Diary – April 20 2013

Here are some snapshots from our week:

We went to Creativity Day in the city last weekend. I took a photo right before we got there.

it started with bubble fun!

Nathaniel was shy but david had a lot of fun.

then it was lego time.

all three boys played.

then David was in a robot-making class.

he focused.

he got frustrated.

but then it worked like a charm!

and he loved it.

there was more playing.

even some silly putty.

we also went to David’s school cause it was his sharing day.

and he talked about our trip to Tiburon.

then it was Dino day so we went back to his school.

this is a poem he wrote about his dinosaur.

a peek into the diorama.

and his report.

they also put on a play.

David knew I was taking photos.

then family photo time.

Nathaniel would not stop playing with his feet.

unless we tickled him.

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.

Weekly Diary – April 13 2013

Here are some snapshots from our week:

The kids were off for Spring Break last week but since I had a lot of work, we weren’t able to go anywhere. My week got lighter suddenly on Friday so we decided to take a last minute trip to Tiburon. It was the best decision ever. We stayed at the beautiful Water’s Edge hotel and our room overlooked the water. The kids played on the deck. This is David writing my name using the rocks.

then sketching the San Fran skyline. He did a lot of sketching all weekend.

my sweet boy.

we played in the room for a while and then took a walk along the path to get to the restaurant we’d reserved for dinner.

I tried to take a shot of all three boys. but alas it wasn’t meant to be.

Nathaniel would not stop running. He just loved being there.

David loved climbing the rocks.

so Nathaniel wanted to do it, too, of course.

all the boys thought climbing the rocks was awesome.

I just watched and shot photos.

it was fun to get to be the one taking the photos.

at the restaurant, I just snapped a million more while we waited for dinner.

the boys were kind enough to let me.

they were having fun.

laughing a lot.

watching the boats out the window.

and sketching.

checking out more of the scenery.

Nathaniel said he’ll act like he’s cold so I can take a photo.

David made silly faces at me.

then there was hugging.

laughing.

making more funny faces.

and kissing. then the sun went down so there were no more photos.

the next morning, the boys played and looked at the scenery while I read and Jake watched a movie.

and then we went to take a photo for David’s school.

then it was family photo time. laughing like crazy.

and hugging time.

and tickle time.

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.

Weekly Diary – April 6 2013

Here are some snapshots from our week:

we did a neighborhood trick or treat this year so all the kids did it together

my boys loved it

they kept looking for more and more eggs

it was fun because there were so very many

I told Nathaniel I had to take a photo before he ate, he was quite impatient but obliged.

and one more with both of them.

then we went down to David’s favorite place.

NASA AMES exploration center.

david was giddy with joy.

Nathaniel was too impatient to even pose.

the boys explored and explored.

david played with this universe simulator and Nathaniel watched him. I love the way he’s watching here.

then it was family photos.

we love plants vs zombies!

and hugging time.

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.

Weekly Diary – March 30 2013

Here are some snapshots from our week:

there’s a pond near here that we like to drive to sometimes and I love taking a walk with the birds, the planes (it’s near an airport) and the green!

it always makes me happy to be near water. Any kind of water.

we went to this wonderful museum of children’s art in Oakland. The kids started with the painting wall.

it took a little while for Nathaniel to get into it but once he got it, he loved it.

so did David.

he painted a scene.

and Nathaniel checked out all the fun tools.

they even got along relatively well.

and here’s david’s boat almost done.

then he just had fun.

then it was time to do a pop-up scene. this week’s theme was gardens. but the kids just did their own thing, of course.

there were sequins and gluing and just having a ton of fun.

next up was a mr. potato-head competition.

here’s Nathaniel’s under way.

the boys working and hot glueing.

David’s all done. I love love love this.

Then we went to lunch. I snapped some photos while we waited. for a long long long time.

my sweet boy.

my other sweet boy.

i am so grateful for these kids.

after lunch, we went back and it was time to play with clay.

The kids really loved doing whatever they wanted.

Nathaniel and I made this one.

and here’s his finished Mr. Potato.

Then it was family photo time.

there was hugging.

and laughing of course!

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.

Weekly Diary – March 23 2013

Here are some snapshots from our week:

we went to the Cartoon Art Museum in the city.

the lighting wasn’t camera-friendly of course.

but i snapped away anyway.

they had a TV playing looney tunes and the boys loved it.

I think this is meant to be a cartoon frame but Nathaniel was so small, it sort of didn’t work.

they were doing a promo for GI Joe 2 and there was a cartoonist drawing live and gifted the kids a few drawings.

then we went to Reverie again and I snapped shots of the boys while we waited for food.

i love these photos.

look at how similar they look.

then it was nathaniel’s turn.

facing daddy but looking at me.

after that we went to the pirate store on 826 Valencia which was a ton of fun.

the kids explored and played.

i think they liked the swords the best.

it was fun watching them play.

then it was family photo time.

Nathaniel’s counting until we say “We love Legos!”.

hug-time which was more like “grab your brother” time.

the boys were messing around and laughing like crazy so I grabbed my camera and snapped away.

even tho they are blurry i love them.

especially the hugging and kissing!

Nathaniel posed with his hat for me, too.

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.

Weekly Diary – March 16 2013

Here are some snapshots from our week:

we went to Randall museum and I tried to snap a photo in the parking lot but Nathaniel wasn’t having it.

and when Jake grabbed him, he made his silly face

the kids played with the earthquake simulator.

seeing the world like a fly sees the world.

puppet shows!

then we went to one of my favorite places in the city: Cafe Reverie so I snapped photos while we waited for our food.

love my boys.

and love love love this man.

the next morning we played with sidewalk chalk.

we started in the backyard.

they played tic-tac-toe.

then we moved to the front yard.

Nathaniel started this long line.

and kept at it.

up and up.

all the way up to me.

then David set up his legos and started taking shots for a stop motion movie.

then it was time for family shots.

nathaniel had no attention span of course.

and kept telling us stories.

we were shouting we love legos!

look at the excitement.

happy boys.

then tickling.

more tickling.

and ended up with a family hug.

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.

Weekly Diary – March 9 2013

Here are some snapshots from our week:

love this face by David.

we went canoeing for the first time (for all of us but Jake).

and then watched the ducks.

another canoeing shot.

and proof that I was there, too.

nathaniel was at a birthday party for one of our neighbors and he won these blow-up toys.

he loves them.

we went to the library and while I was sitting and reading, I noticed he found his way to the computer and just got cozy.

here’s david’s pile. he has hardcore physics books, tintin comics, some kids’ fiction and some fun nonfiction. my boy has a wide range.

then we went to the park where the boys threw balls around.

i was too lazy to really process these right.

so some of the color is off but i still love them!

mostly seeing the joy.

and how grown up he is.

and how cute he is.

look at that boy.

caught!

the Nathaniel decided to tackle david.

so of course i snapped and snapped.

and snapped.

then it was family photo time.

nathaniel telling what he loves.

tickling.

and more tickling.

lest you think it’s always laughs, there’s random crying for not getting exactly his way.

but thankfully we return to 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.

Weekly Diary – March 2 2013

Here are some snapshots from our week:

the boys playing Dinosaur Bingo.

I love having two.

and watching them interact.

David doing his gratitude card.

reading Calvin and Hobbes to his little brother.

love seeing that, too.

we also went to the hidden villa farm so the kids could walk and run around.

i took photos, of course.

and got some special moments.

so love my boys!

so so much.

we saw chickens, piglets, cows and sheep!

This was a long week at work, so Nathaniel ended up watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on the ipad a few times. He was happy, of course.

then it was photo-time.

Nathaniel was joking around again.

tickling and laughing.

saying “we love legoland!”

see Nathaniel really getting into it.

making us laugh.

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.

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