Layout a day number 29. Almost there!
I love how David loves making Nathaniel laugh and it makes my heart so happy to see these moments. Not much journaling this time, I didn’t think I needed it.
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Here’s this week’s items: I knew that for my bedroom, I wanted a photo of each kid behind our bed. So I picked my two current favorites and ordered prints, I love the way they look on the wall:
The simple, white frames are from IKEA. The nice thing about this is that every six months or so, I can order new prints. I can even change it to two family photos if I feel like it. On the other side of the room, I had a papasan chair from 1994, so I finally threw it out and got a couch/chair from IKEA and put a beautiful Pottery Barn mirror (that was 69% off on sale) over it. And on the other side, I had a very very old TV holder, so that went away, too and we bought a simple, white one from IKEA. This TV will be gone when we get the new one downstairs and move that one here.
Next to the bed are the colorful bookcases I’d shown before and that’s it for the bedroom. Simple, clean, and spacious. Just the way I like it 🙂
More from the academy of sciences. There’s more too. I wanted to get some simple snapshots of the ordinary parts of our day. Here are the kids playing as they do for hours every day. They like to rummage through the drawers and I love watching them.
David chasing Nathaniel around and both of them giggling.
Me trying to learn how to crochet still. This is picot stitch.
Nathaniel playing by himself.
Trying to figure out the details of the toys.
Me, trying to do a crochet in the round.
More playing. Walking around and discovering more toys.
And finally David and I playing legos (building a house in case you couldn’t tell.)
A wonderfully ordinary day: layout, breakfast, school, nap, work, school, food, skype, reading, working, crochet, nap, play, more play, daddy, dinner. wonderful. blissful. Note to Self: Three Things I’m Grateful For: Two Things David’s Grateful For: And here’s #28. Had fun with circle punches today.
Nathaniel doesn’t like his leg to touch grass so when we sit in the backyard, he holds it up the whole time. I wanted to make sure to capture his funny quirk. Details:
Journaling Reads: And while there are several things I am stuck with, like my crooked nose or my sunken eyes, there are also a plethora of things I can change about the way I look. And recently, I decided to do exactly that. I cut and dyed my hair. I put on some jewelry I love. I decided to wear more of what I like and put a little bit makeup, just to make myself happier. There are also longer-term things I can do like working out more so that my body is shaped better and eating healthier which is good for my skin, too. I can moisturize more and give my skin some of that water it craves. The list goes on and on. The thing is, while I can’t be someone else, I can be the best me and I can be grateful for what I have and make the most of it and that is my goal now. I can also wear a smile more often because I think a smile is the prettiest thing anyone can wear.
From the Academy of Sciences. I am a bit obsessed with butterflies. I love watching Nathaniel and David, especially Nathaniel being so curious and getting in David’s business. So far, David’s quite kind with him.
And there’s much rejoicing when Daddy comes home.
Especially from this one.
And then tickling and laughing.
And more hugging and love. It makes my heart swell.
May 27 already? Another ok day but I can’t remember much of it. I am so tired most of the day. Some emails, a bunch of work, taking care of the kids, and poof the day is done. Tonight I hope to read some and work on my BPS class some, the deadline is coming fast. Note to Self: And this movie about the surprising truth of what motivates us is also awesome. All of them are worth your time. And food for thought and soul. Three Things I’m Grateful For: Two Things David’s Grateful For: I am doing a layout a day in May and this is number 27.
Journaling is about how I hate having my photo taken but I know my kids would love to have more photos of me and I love looking at photos of us so I promise them that I will let people take more photos of us together. Details:
Four days left! This week’s download is some todo list themed printables. Here is what they look like:
You can download it here: Todo Lists download. You are welcome to play with these as much as you want and use them anywhere you’d like. You are NOT allowed to sell them ever. You don’t have to but I’d appreciate a link back if you do use them. This is part of a weekly digital download series. They are posted every Thursday. You can find all of the ones that were posted here. If you like my downloads, please click here and give me ideas/requests for 2010. I would like to continue this feature but I am not sure I can come up with enough ideas on my own.
More of my anniversary tulips. There will be more. I love these tulips. We had quite a wonderful day today. I worked on my layout, Nathaniel and David ate and then Nathaniel napped while David was at school and then played by himself while I worked.
And then we went to get David.
After lunch, the kids Skype’d with their cousin Maya and their paternal grandmother and grandfather. Nathaniel is really into Skype. As soon as he sees the ringing tone, he looks for the screen and gets all excited. He also loves loves loves music and instantly starts to dance when there’s any on.
And then Nathaniel did a bit of this.
And then we put him on his chair while David and I did some crafts.
I also wanted to capture this little gem. He always likes to put his foot under the tray. He straightens his leg and sticks it right against the back of the top of the tray. Love these little quirks.
And now we’re winding the day down. I am about to go put the kids in the tub and we start our night routine. Daddy will watch some iphone movies with David and then they sleep. Then I get a few hours to unwind, read, and relax. And then bed. What a wonderful life. I am so grateful. Note to Self: Three Things I’m Grateful For: Two Things David’s Grateful For: Here is day twenty-six:
I wanted to try to do something that had a tone on tone feel so I picked shades of yellow and orange for the whole layout. Went a bit punch-crazy and stitching crazy. The journaling Reads: Details:
My latest audiobook was Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track . My husband introduced me to Richard Feynman over fifteen years ago and I’ve been a huge fan ever since. I’ve read both Surely You’re Joking Mr. Feynman and What Do You Care What Other People Think?. I read The Pleasure of Finding Things Out and I read Tuva or Bust! which is about his last trip. I even read QED which was absolutely fantastic. There are still a few more books of his I would love to read and plan to as well. The thing about this book is that it’s a compilation of many of the letters he sent during his lifetime. They are compiled by his daughter and the audiobook is fantastic. Well read, really really well told. I enjoyed all of it. The great love he had with his first wife, his days in Los Alamos building the bomb, his teaching days, the Nobel prize, talking about his kids and his father and his letters to his mother. I loved all of it. I was moved. It was thought-provoking. And I even laughed out loud. He was obviously an amazing man and it comes through and through in this book. I cannot recommend it enough. I really loved every single moment of this book and was truly sad to have it end.
Flowers from the love of my life. They didn’t bloom yet but I wanted to capture them anyway. Tulips of all colors. Makes my heart swoon. Today is my eighth wedding anniversary with my husband. We’ve been together sixteen years and married eight. We had a lot of different ideas on how to celebrate today but finally settled on going to the California Academy of Sciences as a family. At this stage of our lives, I cannot imagine having had a better way to honor our marriage than a day as a whole family, loving each other and having fun together. (We will go out to a fancy dinner, too, I promise, Mom, on our next date night. But we didn’t want to drag the kids to a nice restaurant. We wanted it to be fun for all of us.) So we drove to the city and we first went into the rain forest. I even put shoes on Nathaniel in case he wanted to walk. (He didn’t all that much and he wasn’t a fan of the shoes so I took them off pretty soon after this. And his pants are all bunched up cause Jake was carrying him most of the time up till then.)
David loved the rainforest, seeing all the frogs and the lizards and the butterflies. And he liked being able to hug Nathaniel too since Daddy had put him down.
Here’s a green basilisk lizard for you.
And a frog.
We then went to the aquarium where I asked Jake to get some shots of me with the kids. I promised myself I would do that more. Even though the kids don’t seem to care much. That’s ok.
Here’s David showing Jake some fish that he saw. They had a lot of fun looking at everything.
We then took a break for some food since I knew Nathaniel was starving. And he was, poor guy, he devoured everything I gave him.
After “lunch” we went to see the penguins. Because there was no way I wasn’t seeing the penguins.
Some more food, a bunch of games, some more sightseeing and it was time to come home. David fell asleep on the way home but not the little one. He really does not like to nap in the car. I came home to the beautiful tulips and fed the kids, put them down and here we are. About to watch Glee. A wonderful ending to an incredible day. And, of course, here’s the love of my life.
The father of my children, the owner of my heart, soul and my best friend in the whole wide world. I love you madly, deeply, and with every single part of my being my amazing husband. Thank you for choosing me. Thank you. Note to Self: Three Things I’m Grateful For: Two Things David’s Grateful For: |
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