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My next page was leaves so I left them as is and added the numbers:
the next page is David’s Lego creation that he was super-proud of:
and then the back is the first day of Hannukah. When Nathaniel saw the candles, he screamed “Happy Birthday!!!!” and tried to blow them out. We laughed and laughed.
and that’s it for Day 21. My book is almost full so I am guessing it will only go to Christmas Day this time.
If you’ve been reading Karenika with any regularity, you know that I like to post photos of my family. I used to do these daily but have recently moved to a Weekly format. I like this format better because it gives me the space to write more reflective posts daily. I plan to continue with this project in 2012 as well. Here’s my plan for each week: 1. A photo of the four of us I’ve moved the daily gratitudes to a column on the left side of the blog. I know this means you can’t read them over RSS/email anymore and I apologize. I love doing these weekly updates and I really enjoy taking the family photos. So I am looking forward to another year of wonderful photos of all of us and a collection of fantastic memories. Here’s to hoping 2012 is a year to savor for all of us. So here’s the last set of Fabriano pages:
The full text reads: There’s magic in letting go of who you should be and being who you are. this page uses acrylics. I wanted color and dimension for a change. And here’s the next page.
The full text reads: Life is a collection of ordinary moments. Enjoy yours. Another dimensional one. Used acrylics. A bit color-less for me but I like it. And here’s the next page:
The full text reads: Look around and pay attention; you are surrounded by people who love you. I used distress inks on this one. It’s soft and simple. And here’s the next page:
The full text reads: Always know that the world is a better place with you in it. Watercolor pencils and acrylics for this one. Well here we go. That’s the end of the Fabriano pages. Here they all are:
and set two:
I haven’t bound it yet so no movie yet. I am creating multiple art journaling pages a week for now. You can read more about it and the book I am using for these pages at the top of this blog post. Sketches from last week: Sunday I made a girl using what I learned in class :
Monday, I continued the diary entry-like sketches:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
and then I took the weekend off since we were out of town. Daily Sketching is a weekly project for 2011. You can see a detailed post on my steps here.
As I decided to take the journey to getting to know myself better, one of the books that was recommended was Personality Plus so I bought it and did the test and made Jake do it too. As it is often with these things, it’s hard to generalize and put people into boxes. People are more often shades of gray than they are black or white. However, each of us did fit into specific sections more strongly than others and reading about my type and jake’s type and how we interact was really useful for me and I think it was/is for Jake too. It’s something I want to learn to keep in mind because it is a reminder that he is who he is and he is different than I am and that I don’t have to be embarrassed to be who I am and instead embrace my strengths and make good use of them. Since 2012 will be my third year of doing a project with David, I wanted to take the time to do a project with Nathaniel this year, too. He will turn 3 in April and I think he’s ready for some Mommy and Me project. I wanted the project to be something fun and useful and not super-hard to do. Crafting with David in 2010 was fun but it was also challenging at times and we didn’t end up following it through all year. So for Nathaniel I decided we’d do a project involving the letters of the alphabet each week. I had an extra Moleskine Volant XLarge Plain Notebook in Blue which is the perfect size for my project. My plan is to create a spread each week which will have: – letter of the alphabet in capital and lowercase Here are some sites I’ve found in a quick search: actionalphabet I will look for more. And here’s an initial list of activities I plan to do that correspond to the alphabet letters:
I might change my mind, add, alter as we go along. I’ve learned that being consistent but flexible is the biggest key to success in yearly projects. My goal is for Nathaniel and I to have some special “just us” time, to do some art/crafts together and for him to be familiar with the letters of the alphabet. I will post our pages on alternating weeks with David’s Book of Good Memories pages. If you have ideas on other crafts, things he might like to do, ways to incorporate the alphabet more, I would be very grateful for them. So here we go. There are a lot of pages from Legoland and not much of the two days we spent in the car. I wrote up the story of how we came to decide to go:
i tucked the tickets inside and wrote a little story about getting to the hotel.
the next page is early morning Nathaniel and Jake and how they watched the planes:
and then a simple spread with both my boys smiling:
then right outside Legoland both us and the sign:
and a page with a flap where i wrote about how kids can play legos while we wait in line:
here it is with the flap open
the next spread is more photos of the kids and the park.
and then more. I love the fabric on the right which is why I didn’t cover it all.
the next page is all the photos of the lego models I took while there and the kids playing in a car.
and the other side of the spread explains the models a bit and then one of the boys sitting as we wait for the shuttle to come pick us up. David’s there under the flap.
The next spread is just a tree photo (from last year, it was in the book when i made it.) and a Starbucks sign that I liked with some My Mind’s Eye stickers. The right side was actually a baseball card holder page but I didn’t feel like using it for now.
and then finally for today, my rings came so I took a photo of my finger.
here it is with the flap open and some journaling about my word:
Phew. All caught up! This is the one a layout I made for My Mind’s Eye December newsletter. There are step by step instructions in the newsletter.
And the journaling says:
David says: I thought it was silly that Todd gave away Joy’s notebook instead of his. I liked that DJ always smiles and how it made everyone else smile, too and how he laughed and it made everyone else laugh too. I also liked how John could only read upside down. I loved the Miss Zarves one because it was so unexpected and funny. The story with the Erics was funny because all their nicknames were opposites of how the kids actually were. I didn’t like Kathy because she was always mean and expected things to go badly so they did. I thought it was funny that Louis offered Kathy money for her toes. And I liked how they turned Mrs. Gorf into an apple and ate her! But my favorite one was Louis because I figured out early on that it was him telling the story because that’s the author’s name. 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.
jake karen david nathaniel
Here are some of my favorite captured moments from this very week. Again there are several repeats between these and my december daily posts of course. Also, even though this is coming late, I kept to the Sun-Sat schedule for now so Legoland photos will be next week: nathaniel working on his poster for school:
finished poster:
david lost yet another tooth on the bottom.
family night of playing legos.
i love how excited Nathaniel is:
Nathaniel presenting his poster:
my sweet boy:
David, reading to me:
lovely present from stacy and kayce
Nathaniel with his hat.
he loves that hat!
playing with stickers.
showing me things while i work.
checking out the deer in the backyard.
david showing me his story at school
nathaniel looking through the december daily album
i love him so.
my boys, playing together.
and Nathaniel, excited in the hotel room after 8+ hours in the car.
And those are some of the moments from our week. Another lovely week. Us Right Now is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here. So I got to do today early. Here’s the last two days. Yesterday was all about David. I went to his school for a musical performance in the morning so I took a photo (blurred for privacy.)
i tucked the program under the little flap.
the backside is his story he’s been writing at school that he shared with me when we went to his class after the performance.
that’s the 15th. For today, I wrote a little bit about my thoughts and gratitude around this season and put a photo of Nathaniel. You can’t see it but he’s looking at my December Daily album in the photo. He loves looking at the album every day.
And the back is the wrapped presents under the tree. I finally wrapped all we got so far and got it ready so I put down some thoughts there, too.
And that’s it for day sixteen.
As a follow up to my promise to a kind comment last week, I have photos of me wearing the dress I bought. Not the best light and angle but there you have it. Still getting up at the crack of dawn and exercising and still not enjoying it but mostly doing it because I have come to believe in its power. Not just in the weight-loss but also how much stronger and more resilient it’s made me. I am not looking forward to the slight increase in January but I know I can do it and just knowing that is making me proud. I still haven’t been diligent about getting a trainer or coming up with a plan for more specific exercise but at least in the meantime, I’m running. I feel a bit too tired and busy during this season to take care of the rest. It’s still at the top of my list, though. The food is still going so-so. I’ve been busy and focused which often makes me eat less and also less healthily. So I have to schedule some time to sit and make a plan for the next month so I can get back on schedule as the kids go back to school and the holidays wind down. Let’s see how it goes. and here’s this week’s card:
Healthy for Life is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here. |
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