After reading and loving Looking for Alaska, I wanted more of the same author so I picked up Paper Towns. I wasn’t sure if I liked the book or the author.
As it turns out, I love both.
The author did not disappoint at all. I loved this book as well. Now I have to go find more book by this author. It’s always fun for me to discover new authors I love. Even though it’s a young adult novel and I know that’s not everyone’s cup of tea, if you like well-written books with interesting characters, this is recommended by me.
Yey for new-to-me authors!
This is one of the projects I did for Authentique Paper for CHA Summer.
Journaling Reads:
My sweet boy, i can’t believe you turned two. You are supposed to be my baby! You are already enjoying the beginnings of toddlerhood. You have strong opinions and aren’t afraid to express them like immediately breaking into tears when you don’t get your way. But you’re also so kind and loving and hug us all all day long. I want to make sure we enjoy every moment because time passes so fast and soon you won’t be little anymore. Happy birthday my son, I love you!
Details:
And here’s the next Roma paper page:
The full text reads: I am very grateful for you.
No detail shots for this one, sorry! It’s really quite simple though but I still like it.
I am creating multiple art journaling pages a week for July and August (and maybe longer). You can read more about it and the book I am using for these pages at the top of this blog post.
I seem to have been taken over by a huge allergy attack which always exhausts and frustrates me. But alas, it will pass. It’s just making me slow right now. But I tend to be better when I am slow so I am taking advantage of it. I started my morning with photos of the kids, which is rare for me.
David had class photos today so he was dressed in full-uniform.
and I had to snap a photo of him in it.
after he went to school, Nathaniel played for a while. and even posed for me.
he rode the truck and kept saying he wished david was there so he could ride the other truck.
one last shot of David when he came back from school and that was it for the day.
my eyes are watering constantly so I am off to rest a bit. I hope you’re doing well and I apologize for being behind in comments, I promise to catch up soon!
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I have another Beta out the door.
2. I am grateful that we had company over for lunch today. Rare but nice.
3. I am grateful that I have a caring and conscientious pediatrician.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I had P.E. * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I tied my own shoelaces today.
3. I am grateful that I’m watching a movie on the computer.
This week was the end of my book, so I used the last page but since it’s quite small and I was dumb enough to make it even smaller with a wide-trim edge I had very little room for anything. To top it off, I forgot to take a completely empty photo so you have a photo after day 1. You can see how I drew lines to make sure I’d be able to fit in all 7 days.
Alas, it’s pretty boring. Next week will be similar, I’m afraid.
And here’s the filled page:
And that’s the end of book one. On to number two.
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.
Well the day was hectic but uneventful, thankfully. When I went to pickup Nathaniel from school, he was wearing a tail so I had to take a photo.
When David comes home from school he always likes to tell me stories:
and i like to snap photos while he does.
Nathaniel gets jealous so I try him next:
entertain him with the lens cap.
which he loves.
and he puts it on his head and says “hat”
plans for tonight are sparse. A little art and a lot of sleep. How about you?
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I talked on the phone with a good friend from my childhood.
2. I am grateful that work went mostly uneventfully today, here’s to hoping it’s the same tonight.
3. I am grateful that despite being super-tired, I still made it through all my tasks today including the 5K.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that it was Anthony’s birthday (and I had some muffins!). * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that we practiced for the fitness challenge at school.
3. I am grateful that I’m reading my Turkish folktales book.
I had the honor of being the September guest designer Jenni Bowlin’s kit club. Here’s the last of the layouts I made:
Journaling Reads:
no matter what you do and how many times you mess up and how much I might get angry or yell at you or punish you, I will always, always always love you and give you more chances. You are my everything and I will love you forever. And I will make sure you know that I love you for just who you are and just the way you are. You deserve to be loved and I want you to know that even if I mess up everything else, I love you.
And some details:
Happy Sunday! I started this morning with exercise and then had a client shoot. The family is my old manager and I’ve been taking pictures of them for a few years now and it’s lovely to see how the kids are growing up over the years.
When the shoot was over, I came home and worked hard to make up for yesterday. I made two art journal pages, a layout, and a sketch. Then I took just a few shots of the kids. The big boy:
and the little boy:
who’s smiling at Daddy, here.
then we played bingo and blokus for family night and now I am trying to catch up on some blog posts. Then maybe a bit of reading and we’re done with this week. Here’s to hoping next week is calm and quiet.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I felt productive and calm and peaceful today.
2. I am grateful that we had some family time. I love family night.
3. I am grateful that I did a backup of my computer. I don’t do it nearly frequently enough.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I watched some batman movies. * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I played chess with daddy.
3. I am grateful that we played Blokus.
David says:
I gave this story five stars because I thought it was really cool that they had owls as part of their family. I really liked that the owls walked and liked people and sitting on people’s shoulders.
I liked how Wol was protective of the boys and scared the bullies away when they were hitting the boys. I also like how Billy rescued Weeps and how Wol protected him and took care of him immediately. I also like how Wol scared the crows and Billy’s daddy shot them for being mean. I thought it was funny that Billy’s mom had to feed them breakfast so they wouldn’t follow Billy to school. And I really liked how the owls were allowed in the house and time and how gentle they were.
I was happy that the owls got a new home even though Billy had to move away, he found a good and happy home for the owls.
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.
And here’s the next Roma paper page:
The full text reads: Give up that there’s something wrong.
I used acrylics and pastels mostly on this page.
Here are some details from the page:
Jake said all my pages were starting to look similar so I wanted to do something different.
I am creating multiple art journaling pages a week for July and August (and maybe longer). You can read more about it and the book I am using for these pages at the top of this blog post.
We had a rough night so it started the day on a tough note. But I still got up and exercised. Then we took our family photos. It wasn’t a great set this time but we got some fun ones from tickle-time.
David was tickling daddy again.
Then David and Nathaniel played.
David was in a super-happy mood so he talked nicely to Nathaniel, who of course adored it since he worships his brother.
David was so happy to play with him that he brought down all of his legos and said that he loved his brother so much and loved playing with him and that he didn’t want to do anything but play with his brother all day. He said he might even rather do that than play wii. he said it was the happiest day of his life. I am not exactly sure what prompted it but it was so so wonderful and lovely to watch them both play and hug and kiss. I will hang on to this one so I can recall it when they start fighting nonstop.
Then Nathaniel went to nap and David played wii and I sketched. I also started my art journal page but didn’t get to finish yet. When Nathaniel woke up we all went to the doctor to get Jake’s birthday present (finally!) so we were there for over 2 hours while Jake tried to put on his contacts. Then we went grocery shopping and by the time we got home and now that both the kids are sleeping, I am completely wiped. I have a photo shoot tomorrow so I will have to wake up early to exercise before I go there so I plan to just rest tonight and only do more art if I feel super-inspired. Otherwise, the couch and I will hang out as we watch TV.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I got some sketch time in today. I was so tired, I thought I would get absolutely nothing done but I took my time and slowly sketched.
2. I am grateful that I finally got Jake’s present, it was making me sad to have put it off so long.
3. I am grateful that I feel better today than yesterday, last night was challenging for me.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I played with my brother. * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I got a new lego set.
3. I am grateful that I got a little travel fish set.
jake
This week was all about getting back to the groove of things for Jake. He came back from Vermont late Sunday night and spent the rest of the week catching up, returning emails, helping me, making appointments, etc. But I think he’s almost there. Getting back into the rhythm of the work and the schedules. Work, travel and school all came together to create a bit of temporary chaos but it will slowly go back to normal.
karen
It was another hectic week for me at work and home. I am almost in the groove of our new schedule and I have the 5:30am wake up time down. I am loving doing the exercise so early and getting it out of the way. I am loving journaling while the house is quiet and I am loving feeling like maybe I am finally finding a new routine. I still have a few kinks I need to work out but I am feeling more optimistic than before.
david
David had another good week at school. He had back to school night last week and the teachers seem to like him and we love his school. I feel very much at peace with having moved him and I am hoping he will enjoy his time there so much. His teachers seem truly wonderful and caring and dedicated and kind. He has been reading like a fiend and I love watching him dive deep into books and truly enjoy reading. It was certainly my very favorite thing at his age so I love seeing how much he appreciates it, too.
nathaniel
Nathaniel is also loving school and he also had back to school night last week. His school is tiny and he really enjoys being there. On the days he is not scheduled to go, he cries when he sees me pulling into the driveway instead of the school. He has begun using his name a lot so he’ll say Nei-nei eat or sleep or no. Closer and closer to making full sentences all the time. He’s so cute and jovial that it’s fun to be around him even as he gets more and more demanding and dramatic.
Us Right Now is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.
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