Before I forget, HAPPY Birthday Daddy!! I love love love you so much!

Jake was working from home today and it made such a difference in my day. Even the little bit of extra help made me feel more relaxed and calmer. I wish he was around all the time.

David’s been working on this big lego city he’s building on the dinner table. Photos to come.

Nathaniel is exploring the room and throwing around anything he can find.

Especially his water bottles.

And he’s chewing anything he can find, too. The teeth are just always itching now I imagine.

I convinced David to let me take a photo today.

And then snapped another one while he was working on his Lego sticker book which he finished today and he was very proud of it.

His feet while he’s focused on the Lego book.

Later that day, Nathaniel discovered all of David’s markers and spread them all over the room so David is putting them back here and Nathaniel is watching him with interest, of course.

I got quite a bit of work done today and started tackling a big project that I am happy to tackle. I also did some work on my blog and scheduled a lot of the posts I’ve been working on for the last month. I’ve got a few more things left on my June list but I am feeling great about it and want to focus on July now. I have a few ideas for July but haven’t sat down to decide concretely just yet.

Note to Self:
I’m still thinking about the Anna Quindlen book I just finished. It’s reminding me to not focus on the small things. Or even the medium things. Life works out ok for the most part and it’s better to truly enjoy it and savor the moments as opposed to worrying about all the details and stressing about everything. I need to remember this way more often.

Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. Having Jake around today. It was wonderful.
2. I am so grateful for the internet today and for all the crafty people who make youtube videos and crafty tutorials. Thank you for doing that, it truly makes my day.
3. I am grateful for summer and the laziness of summer. Spending the day in our pajamas. Not having to rush anywhere. Feeling happy and taking it all slow. I love that.

Two Things David’s Grateful For:
1. mommy.
2. daddy.
(down to the basics or too bored to think, not sure.)

So I threw out my back last night and it’s been in quite a lot of pain ever since. Nothing reminds you the importance of health like getting sick. Nathaniel decided 4:15 was a perfectly reasonable time to wake up so he did. I was also awake, so I just took him down with me, nursed, played, and fed him and then put him back down at 6am. I also went back to sleep and slept for an hour and a half more. David was awake when I came back down but Nathaniel slept for a good 4 and a half hours. He even slept through the vacuum of the cleaning ladies.

When he woke up, he was still clutching his little duck and wouldn’t let go of it.

But he was in a really good mood.

And David was so happy to see him and played with him and made him laugh.

Then he played with his legos while David played with his and I worked a bit, hurt a lot and tried to relax.

Then he discovered David’s balls and played with them, with me, and later with Jake for hours. Jake even taught him how to kick it. It was quite fun to watch.

Besides the awful awful pain in my back, it was a good day. I am feeling good about all that I accomplished in June so far. A lot of new things I wanted to do are done, a lot of nagging tasks are completed, learned a few new skills, and got organized. Wonderful.

I even cleaned up a bit of clutter today. Yey. Now only if the pain would go away.

Happy longest day of the year!

Note to Self:
Still thinking about The Happiness Project and trying to decide what my areas of focus would be and what my secrets of adulthood are. Interesting to think of my beliefs. So far I have: friendship, health, passion, attitude. I can think of some projects I want to do, too. Like writing 30 thank you letters. Drawing 100 faces. Writing a novel….I am working on organizing this. I have to focus on it some more. All ideas welcome of course.

Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. Grateful that I didn’t hurt myself even worse. It’s bad but at least I can still function.
2. Grateful that my kids are so easy and kind that my back hasn’t been a huge problem.
3. Grateful for another good book I’m reading. Love books!

Two Things David’s Grateful For:
1. playing legos with daddy. daddy ordered david some legos and when they came in the mail today, he was literally jumping with joy.
2. finding cool lego pieces with mommy (we looked through his buckets of legos to find the great pieces he liked).