David started his soccer class today. He had so much fun! I had fun just watching him. But, of course, I was the one mother who didn’t bring him water. Thankfully, there was a vending machine and so I was able to fix the situation.
Then we came home, ate, watched some movies and took some photos of Nathaniel.
And then both the boys fell asleep while I worked on Nathaniel’s baby-book layouts.
Oh, and I came home to a surprise from Linda at Sakura of America. They are wonderful sponsors for creative therapy and I told her how much I loved this week’s prize and here’s what I got in the mail:
Isn’t she awesome? This is a fantastic company and I LOVE these pens.
Here’s to a good weekend!
Not a great day for photos. We had a lot of visitors today. Someone came to fix the tub and then someone else to fix the paint. Tomorrow they come for the garden and then we’re done. At least for now.
Well, we have to take the car in on Saturday but that’s not for the house.
Still being relatively unproductive cause I am so tired. But I did two layouts for Nathaniel’s book. So that was progress.
Here’s to a better tomorrow.
David and I decided to cook some of the veggies we got from our CSA. With the help of Ina (Barefoot Contessa) we made some roasted green beans and they were delicious!
All in all, an unproductive day today. Not feeling up to doing anything. I decided to allow myself a day of rest so that I can give myself permission not to be productive today. Oh well. At this moment, David’s playing with some of my stickers while the little one sleeps.
And I am working on catching up here while the SSH is still down. ugh.
This is our delivery from the CSA we’re using for July:Eating with the Seasons. The best part is that they let you choose what you get delivered each week. This week we got: broccoli, squash, zucchini, green beans, pluots, strawberries, valencia oranges, and nectarines. So far, so good!
I was expecting today to be rough. We started our day with a dentist’s appointment for David. His teeth are shiny clean now, look:
Nathaniel napped right on my shoulder the whole time. And then we came back home and did our morning routine and then left the house again at 2:30 for David’s first gymnastics class:
He hadn’t taken his nap so he was really tired and I think the class tired him out even more. Though he appeared to be enjoying it, he said he didn’t like it. We agreed to try it for one more week and then see. After the class, we went to pickup our CSA food and came home, all tired. And then Jake came home and we all watched the Team Time Trial on Stage 4 of Tour de France.
And to end our evening, my friends Holly, Peisun, and Nadia from Google came over with pizza, diapers, brownies and gift certificates to Godiva. All in all, the day was long but fantastic.
Since yesterday was about Nathaniel’s project, today’s for David’s room. I bought these planets last Christmas and they finally made it to the new house. We plan to hang them this week and that makes us done for everything we’ve alredy done.
We started today on a really bad note since nathaniel really struggled last night and neither of us slept much. David was kind enough to play in his room as I took a nap while Nathaniel slept this morning. But somehow I threw out my back in the process and it’s hurting like crazy. Tomorrow is a really long day for me so I am hoping that it will be better by then (even though it’s likely that it won’t be.)
I also started Nathaniel’s book today finally and I think I really like the system I came up with. Let’s see how it looks when it comes together.
Here’s a sneak of a project I worked on yesterday, all day. It turned out quite cute, if I say so myself. I didn’t think I could do it, I am not so good at doing home projects but this one was fun to do.
We started the morning quietly. Nathaniel played on his chair.
And David finished the Star Wars movie he’d started yesterday.
And then both boys took naps while I did some art.
Look at that finger…
When he woke up and nursed, he was all smiley and happy.
All in all, a great Sunday here.
I am the biggest fan of Tour de France. Well, let me rephrase. I am the biggest fan of Tour de France when Lance is in it. When we lived in San Diego, watched every minute of the Tour and loved it. But, somehow, once Lance stopped, I stopped too. It wasn’t interesting to me anymore. So imagine my joy when he decided to come back! I am now back to watching every minute of it. I wonder if I am one of the only people who watches this obsessively, yet, cannot ride a bike.
This is David’s “I’m not friends with you anymore” face. Which he makes whenever he doesn’t get his way. So, quite often.
When Jake and David discovered that Return of the Jedi was on TV, everything else stopped. All three boys were watching TV and hanging out.
Nathaniel spent some quality time with his Daddy today. Sitting by his side.
and walking around.
Nathaniel has recently discovered his fist and he’s been sucking on it feverishly. The slurpy noises are hilarious.
And here’s a big smile to end a wonderful day.
I hope your July Fourth was as great as ours.
Great day! Well, started sort of rough as I didn’t get much sleep last night. Nathaniel just had too much gas the poor boy, so he cried and cired. (Since he’s napping right now at 9pm, I am guessing tonight won’t be a breeze either.) But then I did so much! I went shopping for some groceries for recipes and made the delicious Granola Bars in the photo above. Before that I made a delicious Sole fish and ate it for lunch. My first time cooking in 14 years!
I know the photo isn’t so great but it tasted delicious, I swear. I have Kelli Crowe to thank cause she linked to the Barefoot Contessa book that I ended up buying and it’s where these recipes come from. Yum! There shall be more cooking next week.
And here’s the little boy. He had an ok day. A little rough on the naps but nothing else terrible. He’s a superstar. Oh, and when I came home from the store, I saw the A Millon Memories box on my doorstep and it was all I needed to get my jump on Nathaniel’s baby book. I sat and did three layouts. I am doing something different (than David’s) with Nathaniel’s book and as soon as my photos are here from Shuttefly and I put some of it together, I will share.
Happy long weekend!
Look at that boy. I keep thinking his eyes are turning brown but then I see the photos and they still look blue to me…Today was a great day. I got a ton done and I feel great about it. Our house is finally starting to look like a house and not a box collection. The garage still sucks but one day at a time. Here’s another Nathaniel, sucking on his hand.
And here’s David in his full Buzz Lightyear costume.
And it’s been a while since I had a tulip. 🙂
I also ordered our first CSA basket today. We’re scheduled to receive Broccoli, zucchini, squash medley, green beans, Valencia oranges, pluots, strawberries, and nectarines. Let’s see how yummy they are.
Rabbit Rabbit. Happy July Everyone. I need to work on figuring out how to take good photos in this house. I haven’t sorted it out yet. No energy. I did open all the book boxes today and I’m doing something fun with the books and I will post ab out it as soon as I am done. Nathaniel is really whining right now so I guess this will be it for today. Oh and I did make some art! yey for art!
He looks smiley but he’s been fussy almost all day and went on a full-out wailing spree when we were in Safeway today. Despite that, I got to run some errands and unpacked 12 more boxes. The end is still not in sight but I am feeling more hopeful. No art today. Maybe tomorrow…
And here’s one of David. He’s been wearing the Buzz Lightyear costume daily lately. I didn’t think he was into dressing up but obviously I was wrong. He’s so cute in it.
My friend Nicholas and Ty came over today and David immediately took Ty hostage and Ty was generous enough to play with him and read to him. He’s the best. So is Nicholas who helped me!
Nathaniel had his 2-month appointment today which meant shots which meant a fever of 101. Poor boy.
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