The little boy was super duper cranky today. I think he’s a little sick. His nose is super-drippy and he’s warm. I’ve been giving him a little medicine but mostly just trying to be nice and let him have his way more often than not. He’s been drawing a lot.
And going through David’s things.
David’s being quite nice to him, too. He seemed happy today and I think it’s funny that he’s wearing all those silly bands but he likes them.
And Nathaniel loves having the book basket on the couch. He goes through it several times a day.
He also loved that he got to watch TV today.
It was a quiet day here (except when Nathaniel was cranky). I did a little art, a lot of work, and now I am off to date night. So I will keep this short. more tomorrow.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for all the art I’ve been immersing myself into lately.
2. I am grateful that my watercolor class began today and soul restoration begins tomorrow. I am so looking forward to it.
3. I am grateful for date night. Love going to the movies.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I got a silly band from Lia. {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I watched TV.
3. I am grateful that I played with one of Alec’s cars at school.
Journaling Reads:
When I saw this photo of you, I couldn’t believe my eyes. You look so grown up. Such a big boy. What happened to my little baby? You are becoming more and more a person of your own and I am so proud of the boy you are turning out to be. I am so thankful that you still hug me and love me and like to spend time with me and I will make the most of it while I can cause I can see now it will pass quickly and next thing I know you’re going to be a man and I will miss getting to see you every single day. I love you my son.
This layout was for Maya Road mid-season releases. The butterfly and the small kraft pieces. I love love love them both!!
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Well here’s to another fantastic weekend day! I woke up relatively early and Nathaniel was still sleeping though as soon as he woke up he started rummaging through the books.
I love how he checks out every single one to find what he likes.
Then I exercised, showered and set up for family photos. Nathaniel was in charge, of course.
Here’s David wishing he had the remote.
beginning of tickle time.
full-on tickle time. We all love tickle time. David’s been asking me if we can make the whole session tickle time.
Nathaniel was wearing pants that were too big on him so they fell off and here’s David helping him put shorts on. I love this photo even though it’s blurry.
And then we each did our own thing for a while. David did his workbooks. Nathaniel drew.
And drew more.
Then David was on the computer.
I love watching him type and use the laptop keyboard.
And while they played I did a lot of art.
I did more and more art pretty much the whole time. Art journal pages, background for my weeklong journal, truth cards, etc. Then it was family night so we played Blokus and it was a lot of fun. Now the kids are in their room and I am off to do a little more art. Then I have to send emails and prepare blog posts. I feel very happy and full at this moment. I really love all the art I immersed myself in this week. I promise there’s a post coming about all my pages. I just have to stop doing art and write about it. Just not yet.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for getting to do more art.
2. I am grateful for podcasts and hulu. Both of which have been keeping me company while I do art.
3. I am grateful that my exercise felt a lot more manageable today.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that it’s family night. {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I played with Daddy.
3. I am grateful that there are eight more days of school left.
David says:
I gave this story five stars because I thought Junie B. was funny and I liked how she was calling May Dumb Bunny in her head. I also liked how she was nice to Sheldon and took his side when May was teasing him.
I liked that they made a rule about not tripping the bunny or you’d get in trouble because the bunny has big feet and this way the egg hunt wouldn’t be unfair to her. I thought it was nice that Lucille gave invitations to everyone in the class and didn’t leave anyone out.
I thought Mr. Scary’s rule of counting to twenty two times and then going home and still not tattling was funny. For Junie, being the bunny was bad because she kept falling and couldn’t run, but it was good because she got to have her picture taken with everyone. In the end, falling helped too because that’s how she found the golden egg.
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 am growing more and more fond of our empty weekends. It means we can take our time, relax, and do things at our own pace. I started this morning with my exercise and then of course some family shots.
As always Nathaniel was running the show (even if he wasn’t looking at the camera himself).
He got devastated when I took the remote.
But not for long since it was tickle time!
then we all hung out and played and relaxed. I worked on my art journal on and off. I just got the pan pastels and I am officially in love.
Nathaniel napped, I worked to help Jake, read some of my book, and did some more art. Then it was time for all of us to go to Sunset Celebration Weekend since we had comped tickets. We walked around for a bit, ate some yummy food and then came back home. Nathaniel tackled David’s books to find all the car and train ones. His eye is much better, thankfully.
And David played Wii, of course.
That was pretty much our day. I’ve already started another art journal page. My fourth this week. They seem to take a long time and I am always unsure of whether it’s finished or whether i should add more. But I am learning. I am going to keep going until it feels more comfortable and I’ve tried lots of mediums.
Tonight I plan to rest and read. And then early sleep. Tomorrow, we rinse and repeat! yey!!
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for art journaling. For getting to play with and learning to use new mediums.
2. I am grateful for Nathaniel’s eye getting better so glad not to see it tearing up anymore.
3. I am grateful that I have another weekend day!!
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that we went to sunset celebration weekend. {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I played with Daddy.
3. I am grateful that I played Wii.
jake
Jake was in LA briefly last weekend for his friend John’s wedding. It was during the long weekend and we all missed him but he had a great time and got to see some childhood friends which was great. He’s been working hard since he’s back. Meetings, trading, setting up accounts, filing forms. That’s pretty much what makes up his days. What’s most wonderful is seeing how much he loves it. It makes me very happy. He’s also been spending a lot of time with David, riding the bike. They went to a robot factory together this week and went to play soccer together last weekend. Great daddy-son time.
karen
With the exception of a grumpy Tuesday, this was a great week for me. I did lots of work and lots of art. I spent a lot of time with the kids and I feel full and grateful. I also made a lot of layouts this week and bought a bunch of art supplies. I am taking Christy’s art journaling class right now and have two more starting on Monday: watercolor bliss and Soul Restoration 2. I am super-excited about both and feeling happy to be surrounded by so much art.
david
David’s school is almost over, just another ten days, so they’ve been doing a lot of end-of-the-year preparation. He has also been doing a lot of art tracing and coloring and word searches. He has signed up for several classes for the summer: swimming, soccer, gymnastics, and a special week-long lego class. He’s very excited for all of them and I am too because during the year he doesn’t do any activities so this is our special time.
nathaniel
Nathaniel is all about drawing this week. He has been begging to sit on the chair and draw. He much prefers markers over crayons but since he’s not so great about putting the tops back on, he’s stuck with crayons or pencils for now. I love watching him color. He now sits next to me at his little table and colors as I scrap.
Us Right Now is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.
Happy Friday! Today was one of those “i don’t know where the time went” kind of days for me. I did a bunch and had a friend over briefly even but I still feel like the day got away from me. When I put Nathaniel down for his nap he wasn’t happy. He then said ouch ouch after a while so I went back up and he was pointing to his eye. But when I took him out, he seemed better so I thought maybe he was faking it to not nap. I put him back in and he finally fell asleep.
When he woke up 45 minutes later he was still super cranky and would not relax for a long time. As we went to get David, I noticed his eye was still watery and I couldn’t tell if it was because he kept rubbing it or cause he was hurt. I called the doctor and they said to come in so they could check. So I picked up David and we went in. And I am so glad we did!! It turned out that the little boy had somehow managed to scratch his cornea. No wonder he was so grouchy and frustrated. My poor poor boy.
When we got back home, I snapped some super quick photos.
But none of us were in the mood really.
We read David’s book, ate some dinner and Jake came home so David and I took a walk just the two of us cause I didn’t want to risk any dirt getting in Nathaniel’s eye. We gave him his medicine and he’s finally asleep. I feel so bad for the little boy and how much pain he must have been in without being able to express himself.
No plans for the weekend. Sunset magazine is nearby to us and they’re having their celebration weekend so we might stop by there but we’re expecting a lot of rain here so I plan to sit at home, curl up with books, play with my wonderful new art supplies and just cuddle up with my kids. To me, that’s the best kind of weekend.
Hope yours is great, too.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I called the doctor and took Nathaniel in. I am glad I didn’t ignore it. I am glad it’s a small scratch and it will heal very soon.
2. I am grateful for a quiet weekend with no major todo list items.
3. I am grateful that I did a little art journaling today. Even though I didn’t like how the page turned out, I love that I tried, experimented and I will keep doing so.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I got a Pokemon card and two lollipops. {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I get a notebook tomorrow. I told him he could bring one to school to write in during lunchtime.
3. I am grateful that I got to have a lollipop.
Well June started with a bang. The first day I ended up forgetting to set my nike+ so I exercised way longer and then the second day I felt way too tired and barely made it through. But I am still at it and now up to 3.12 miles as day which is 5K so I am quite amazed that I can do it. I’m on 245th consecutive day and have exercised more than 600miles. That’s mind blowing for someone like me. On thing that’s been helping a ton on the exercise is the classes I’m taking. I have a lot of art videos to watch so they keep my mind occupied as I work out. Though this hasn’t done wonders for the reading since that’s what I normally do when I am exercising. Alas, whatever works, right?
On the food front, I haven’t done a great job last week of following my meal plan. And didn’t make one for this week but I have been writing down everything I am eating and I am focusing on eating more protein and making sure to eat one dish each meal so I eat a salad (often with chicken) for lunch and another meal with protein for dinner. I am still drinking more coffee than I’d like but I’m telling myself that it’s about baby steps. Once I start eating more wholesome food with a good amount of protein, I can then move on to working on the coffee.
I decided that I won’t be buying a clothing item for May. I bought some sandals earlier this month and my mom sent me some clothes, I don’t think I need anything for now. Instead I used that allowance to buy some fun art supplies so I can enjoy them every single day.
and here’s this week’s card:
Healthy for Life is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.
This layout was my second May blog post for Pink Paislee.
The theme was to tell a story. Which, for me, just means make a scrapbook page since I always tell a story 🙂
The journaling Reads:
David, I know I take too many photos of you and that sometimes I drive you crazy and you just don’t want to smile at the camera any more. But what I love so much is that you can’t help yourself. A few seconds and you break into a smile and then laugh like crazy. I love you my son.
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Well, today’s exercise was super-hard, too but I did it. I powered through it and I was very thankful when it was done! Then I made a layout and sketched and spent some time with Nathaniel. At his insistence, his little table is now right next to mine so he can color as I scrap and we can be physically close to each other. I love that!
And then he napped, I worked and worked. Then it was time to get David. He was wearing a green shirt with blue jeans and looked so handsome so I asked him to pose for some photos. Nathaniel got jealous right away so he ran to give him a hug.
Then he made some goofy faces for me.
then Nathaniel interrupted again and they laughed and laughed.
and hugged some more.
Then David fake-fell on the floor so Nathaniel did too.
He said a fake “ouch!”
So David did, too!
and then Nathaniel sat on him and they hugged some more.
Aren’t they wonderful!! I love my kids and feel so blessed.
I am off to do some more scrapbooking. When I have things due, I can’t seem to stop myself from wanting to finish them so I will not rest easy until these are done. But just two more to go so I can see the light. I have also begun to art journal a bit (as well as my weeklong one) but I can’t figure out which day to post them since I have too many posts already. I don’t want to overwhelm anyone. Maybe during the weekend?
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for happy happy colors. My current layouts are filled with super happy colors and I love that.
2. I am grateful for pinterest. I haven’t been using it as much lately but it still makes me deeply happy.
3. I am grateful that I got my new fitbit. My old one has battery problems so they sent me a replacement. I am hoping it will fix my problems and I am so happy to have the new one.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I played on the computer. {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I did word searches at school.
3. I am grateful that Daddy came home early.
Here are the sketches from this week. I am still playing around with different subject matter, mediums, etc. I can’t say I’ve found my comfort zone yet and while most of these are ok, I am still not really happy with them. But practice makes perfect, right? So I keep practicing.
On Wendesday, I started simple with this girl.
right after, I tried something different with this girl.
Thursday I did these owls.
Friday was the birds and trees in water.
on Saturday I made the girl with wings
on Sunday, I did this face:
Monday, I totally changed course and made the windmills:
and Tuesday I tried to make this amazing girl but my attempts were nothing like the striking original:
and here we are. Not the best week but also not the worst. I am still going and I love that.
Thankfully, this morning I woke up considerably less cranky and whiny. I got right to work which was to exercise first thing. Today’s goal was 3.12miles and I think likely cause I was nervous about that, I forgot to take my ipod off the pause and it was 20 minutes in that I realized my mistake. I could have just assumed a mile (likely more) and done only 2.12 more but it was the first day doing 3.12 so I wanted the record to be straight. So I started as if I hadn’t walked at all and made it all the way to 3.12 and it was hard. By the end I was not a happy camper. But I did it!
I snapped this shot of David before he left for school. I rarely take AM shots during the week but I love snapping some while he talks to me.
Then I snapped one of the busy little boy, too.
He loves to color but he’s not so great about putting the caps back on.
The rest of the morning was sketching, writing, working, working, working and then going to get David. We did our walk and then read our book. Right after that Jake and David went to a robot factory right across from our house. Which they loved!! Then I got to take some nicer shots of my big boy.
He’s so pretty.
I tried to snap some of Nathaniel too but he wasn’t cooperating. Here he is looking up cause I told him there was a spider behind me.
And here is another unsuccessful attempt.
Then I gave up and went back to working on a layout. I got another happy mail today so I have a few layouts to make and then I should have a quiet period for a while. This package was full of bright, happy goodies. A perfect way to start the summer.
After that I did some art journaling as I’d neglected my journal last night out of grumpiness. And now I am trying to work on getting some content written for a class but honestly I am not feeling it so I am likely to walk away and just surf a bit and go to sleep and read my book. I consider this a good and happy day and hope for another productive day tomorrow.
I hope your Wednesday was good, too!
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for some lovely happy mail and for a happy layout created with it.
2. I am grateful for Skype time with my mom and dad. I love getting to talk to them so often. Love you mom and dad!!.
3. I am grateful for some quiet time at work so I can catch up on all the work that I got behind these last few hectic months.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I went to the robot factory. {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I played spies with Julian at school.
3. I am grateful that I built an aquarium at school.
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