We had some guests last night and there were more people than usual so we had to bring in one of the tables from the backyard to put the food on and we didn’t put it back last night. This morning, within minutes, Nathaniel had already claimed it as his own.
We did end up chatting late into the night so we both overslept and it meant everything was delayed. But nonetheless, we did get family photos after I exercised.
I love Nathaniel’s face in this one. He’s doing the no-no laughing face.
And I am laughing in this one. Jake was making jokes I couldn’t resist.
We had tickle time of course.
I really love these laughter shots.
And each of them make me super happy.
After we were done, I managed to catch this gem.
Then I got to work on my layout, sketching and other daily todos. Right around dinner, I snapped this of David.
And a few of Nathaniel. He’s saying Bob here which always comes with a hand-raise.
And here he’s saying “oh no!”
He is sad that Bob is over.
We are going out for date night tonight. Just to the movies but it will be nice to get away with Jake even if I didn’t get through all my todo list for the day. When I come home, I will try to do some art and I am hoping my jaw will feel better by then.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful I got a package in the mail from amazon. Some books I wanted to read.
2. I am grateful for class videos that have been keeping me company as I exercise.
3. I am grateful that we get to go out tonight.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that Daddy will play wii with me. {* his pick for the journal} thank you Caroline!!
2. I am grateful that I got some pokemon cards.
3. I am grateful that I played wii.
Nathaniel’s gotten into Bob the Builder lately and says “bob bob” while raising his hand when he sees anything Bob the builder related. We’ve been watching a few intro movies on YouTube together.
And every now and then I say “Nathaniel” and he says “what?” It doesn’t matter how many times I’ve already said it, he keeps answering. I love that.
David had “David day” today where he got to do several things of his own choosing. One of them was to play Wii.
Here’s more of Nathaniel watching Bob on my computer.
Look at that smile. His joy is so visible.
Jake’s brother and sister in law had a baby today. Little Jonah. I wanted to take a moment to congratulate them and wish all of them a long and prosperous life. Another cousin in the family. We have a bunch of guests coming tonight so I have to run but I wanted to take a moment to apologize for neglecting the emails and comments lately. I will catch up this weekend, I promise.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for the weekend. Really really grateful.
2. I am grateful for guests coming over tonight, it promises to be fun.
3. I am grateful that did two layouts last night.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that it was David Day. {* his pick for the journal} thank you Caroline!!
2. I am grateful that I played wii.
3. I am grateful that I had chocolate milk.
Another shot of my kids sitting on the couch together. I can’t get enough of these.
David playing with the iphone (taking pictures) while Nathaniel naps.
My super-duper handsome boy.
And another.
the little one with his sweet smile.
trying to snap some shots over dinner.
and not being super-successful.
Feeling better today. A little step at a time. I took it slow all day. Ate a bit more than usual but tried to still keep it nutritious. I have plans to scrap tonight, I hope I can get some inspiration. It took me a long, long time to do the art journal page today and I almost gave up on three separate occasions. But I love the page I ended up with so I guess it was worth it.
Here we are at the end of another month. June was fast, uneventful and a bit chaotic all at the same time. I hope July will be super-calm, quiet and restful. A girl can wish…
I wanted to remind you that my newsletter goes out tonight. You can subscribe on the right side of my homepage. There are free downloadables and some thoughts from me.
That’s about it for tonight. Off to do my June check-in, put the little one down and scrap.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for a sweet email that came as a pleasant and unexpected surprise.
2. I am grateful that I got some wonderful and happy mail that had new Maya Road and Authentique Paper.
3. I am grateful that today was a better day and that I was able to walk toward peace a bit more.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I got angry birds in the mail. {* his pick for the journal} thank you Caroline!!
2. I am grateful that I have swim class.
3. I am grateful that I took pictures with the iPhone.
I must not be getting enough sleep cause I am still too tired and worn out. But today was still a better day. While I sketched in the morning, the two kids sat together and David read to Nathaniel.
Even though the light was bad I still love these.
Then I did more art, worked, Nathaniel napped, I read to David, he read to me etc etc. When he woke up we went on a quick walk and the kids were in better mood.
We watched a few Bob the Builder on YouTube.
which is Nathaniel’s new favorite.
Even David watched a few.
I am wiped wiped wiped. I want to work on my watercolor homework and my Soul Restoration homework and I have emails piling up that need and deserve replies. Same for comments here. Just too tired. I am not ignoring you I swear. Will get my stuff together very soon!
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that Jake came home and took the kids out so I could get some much needed peace.
2. I am grateful that some of yesterday’s grouchiness appears to be gone.
3. I am grateful that Jake went to buy us more fruit and dinner. I am eternally grateful to him for his graciousness and kindness to me.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I made two pictures for Daddy. {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that we got take out for dinner.
3. I am grateful that I played on the computer.
And here are some more journal pages.
This next page uses Tim Holtz masks, Prima stamps and pan pastels mostly with some oil pastels. It says “Time is your most valuable asset, what will you do with your one precious life?”
Feels a little distressed and the colors are less happy than my usual style.
Right after that one, I decided to try my new Shiva Paintstiks so I made this relatively simple page.
says “dream big.”
And again, after I finish the simple one, I have to go all insane. So I made this one next:
This has book text and map as a background. And then lots of color and layers. It says “Write your own story. Map your own path.”
The next one came super easily. It’s really simple but I love it. It says “I want to choose and exude joy.”
And finally the last page for this week was a response to Soul Restoration II’s second week assignment. I drew the scale and made a mask of myself on one side and put hearts on the other.
On my mask it says “I will remember in all things I do that I want to guide my life and decisions with these qualities that I value the most:” and the hearts say “integrity, joy, peace, love, kindness, help and gratitude.” This is to show me that I want to measure my worth by these values which is why they are on the other side of the scale from me. Mostly used inktense for these too and then added some oil pastels to blend, if I remember correctly.
That’s the five for this week. More coming next week. Thank you for letting me share.
I am creating art journaling pages daily for June (and maybe longer). You can read more about it and the book I am using here.
I am feeling grouchy at this moment so I will do this quickly. I have been working on improving my handwriting so I practice and practice in all sizes.
I love how my boys sit together sometimes, each doing his own thing but sitting next to each other. I love that.
I also love the “please take the photo already” smile David gives me lately. It makes me smile.
What I love the most is when they play together. Roaring like dinosaurs.
And stopping to give mommy a big smile.
And laughing at his brother.
Who can do a mighty scary roar.
I love taking these photos. Looking at them when I am grouchy is even better. Nothing went wrong today. Just a few small things. Like I have some scrappy stuff I have to do but I am not in the mood and deadlines always worry me. Like how I don’t like my sketch or art journal page from today. Like how it’s raining and I can’t go on my walk. Like how I am feeling tired and hungry. All of which are really nothing and there are happy sides to all the coins too. So I am going to let it all go. I will do some reading tonight. Some journaling. And a lot of resting. Tomorrow, I will get up, scrap, be thankful and start another day. Thankful for another day.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that Jake came home and played with the kids so much while I had my meeting. It was so nice to hear them giggling upstairs.
2. I am grateful that handwriting practice is paying off, super-slowly but nonetheless.
3. I am grateful that I have some more homework for both my classes. They are keeping me busy but happy.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that Daddy’s back. {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I did subtraction Khan Academy with Daddy.
3. I am grateful that Daddy pushed me around in the laundry basket with Nathaniel.
This weeklong page was inspired several different pieces of art. I just wanted to create the feeling of hanging hearts. But I used matte medium to adhere the hearts and it smeared all around which of course made them a resist and resisted the watercolors hence the white around the hearts.
then i used oil crayons to add some more blue. I was still unhappy but happier.
I just added more and more color and blotches as I put in my content each day so it would make the blotches around the hearts look more intentional.
here’s the left page:
And the right side:
And here’s the filled page:
I hate it a lot less now 🙂
Weekly Art Journal is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here. And you can find out more about the weeklong daily journaling here.
We had music class this morning for Nathaniel. David got to have a new book to read since he has to come to class with us and be quiet. He was a total angel, completely quiet and perfect. Before we left, they were both in a fun mood.
Nathaniel played with the pillow.
And just made himself laugh and laugh.
I just snapped photos and let him play.
Then we came back and they played more and then it was naptime, then walk time, then more play time. David and I also read our book and watched some Khan Academy movies and did exercises. He played on the computer and I worked. Nathaniel played quietly.
And sometimes less quietly.
David was great all day and I felt bad for not snapping enough photos so I snapped one more. I need to snap more of him in action. I’m going to work on that.
Jake comes home tonight and I miss him so. I am feeling tired but content like most days. I have worked a bunch, did a bunch of art, played with my kids and exercised. Life is full.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that Jake comes home.
2. I am grateful that David and I are spending some great time together where I read to him, he reads to me, we do math, we take walks. I am so thankful.
3. I am grateful that Nathaniel and I are finally taking a class together. However small, it’s good to spend some time focusing just on him.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I watched addition four video. {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that Daddy’s coming home tonight.
3. I am grateful that I played with Woody’s round-up lego.
I am always sad when the weekend is over. Even though I love my job and am really lucky and grateful to have it and to get to do it at home, I still love being with my kids and doing art and getting to just have fun. Alas, all good things must come to an end. Anyhow, our day was wonderful and uneventful. We played in the morning. I am still working on Soul Restoration 2 and Nathaniel is playing with his stickers.
David spent the whole morning building his last lego set.
And then when I asked him to pose with it, this is what I got.
We didn’t really do much else. We took a walk, read together, played together, played on our own, and laughed a lot.
Then they took baths, read a bit, giggled a bit and the little one went down. Then David read some of his new book to me and it was so wonderful to hear him read out loud to me. I am so grateful. Now they are in bed and I have just a little more to do in my Soul Restoration book. I also have to do my July newsletter and free downloadables. A few more items on my todo list might ideally get done tonight. And maybe, just maybe, the huge pile of laundry upstairs might get folded, too.
If I am lucky.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that David read to me. It’s amazing to get to hear your son read. I love it.
2. I am grateful that I’ve had a lovely weekend filled with art and family time. I feel so very lucky and thankful.
3. I am grateful that I did none of my todo list items this weekend but I still feel fulfilled and calm and happy.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I built the Woody’s round-up lego. {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that Daddy’s coming home tomorrow.
3. I am grateful that I read four chapters in the Magic Tree House book to mommy.
David says:
I gave this story five stars because I love that the pig and the spider became friends and that there were more spider friends later in the book.
I thought it was really sad that Charlotte died. But I liked that she had new babies coming and that Wilbur got to live.
I liked the beginning where Fern saved Wilbur and fed him with a bottle. And I liked that she came to visit him everyday and was friends with the animals in the barn.
Even though Templeton was sort of mean, it was nice that he did a lot of favors for both Wilbur and Charlotte. I liked the part where the little goslings hatched. I thought it was wonderful that Charlotte tried to save the pig’s life and the pig saved all of her children. And I liked that he won the medal and how they were best friends.
Reading a book a week with my six-year-old son David is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.
I stayed up way past bedtime yesterday which meant I woke up groggy and tired this morning and it took me all day to catch up. Slowly I did but I couldn’t shake off the tired feeling all day. After I exercised, I sat with David so we could fix his lego ship as promised.
Then we all listened to music and played and laughed. I’ve been spending a lot of time on my Soul Restoration book. It’s been wonderful. David played with his ship, Nathaniel drew some and played with cars some and we all laughed a bunch. Then Nathaniel napped and I sketched and did my art journal and David played wii. Then when he woke up, it was time for our walk. As I told David he couldn’t have candy, this is the look I got in return.
So I snapped one of Nathaniel instead.
And one more.
When we came back home, we all decided it was a good idea to go out to eat so we went to our favorite place and here’s the shot I got then.
And when we came home, it was play time for a while more. Little one gave me one of his big smiles.
I love how he shows all of his teeth.
Now they are in bed and I am wiped. I plan to go to bed early tonight. No, really, I will!
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful I am finally working on Soul Restoration art. It’s profound as I expected it would be.
2. I am grateful that I’ve now completed 29 art journal pages. I love them all in their own way, too. It’s so wonderful to get to do it.
3. I am grateful that I went out to dinner with my boys. I almost didn’t but it was so wonderful to sit in the sunshine and enjoy each other’s company.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful tomorrow is family night. {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that we went out to dinner.
3. I am grateful that mommy helped me fix my ship.
4. I am grateful that I played wii.
And here we are at the end of another week. Our first full week off school was hectic cause there was lego camp and swim class and music class and soccer class and Daddy went on a trip so mommy had to do most of it and she also has work and a lot of art and on and on. But, alas, we survived it. This morning when we came back home from dropping David off, Nathaniel found this hat and put it on. He wore it for most of the morning.
Then he looked through a lot of choo choo books.
He really likes them the most.
After we picked David back up, we ate, Nathaniel napped, I worked, David played and then it was time for soccer class. I managed to only snap this terrible shot but it’s better than nothing of course.
and then I snapped a nicer one when we got home.
Now we’re relaxing and getting ready for bed. My plans this weekend involve making a few layouts if I get lucky. Working a lot on my Soul Restoration 2 homework/book and doing some art journaling and sketching and journaling of course. And tons and tons of playing with my kids. Hope your weekend is wonderful!
And, most importantly, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!! I love love love you so!!
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful we made it to the end of this week. It was a tough one for me.
2. I am grateful that David loved soccer, too. So far, we’re doing well with the classes, I am very grateful.
3. I am grateful that I have been putting the time into SR2 class. I have some things I want to think about more and I’ve been working a lot on painting my pages, enjoying the process, making the most of it all. These two classes have been truly transformational for me and I am very grateful.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful I got a sticker at the end of Lego Camp. {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I started soccer class.
3. I am grateful that I got to build my police car lego set.
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