With the March kit from A Million Memories.
Journaling Reads:
you were very excited to celebrate
your birthday at school
we bought tiny little brownies
one for each of your classmates
and four for you.
even daddy took the morning off
so we could celebrate together.
after we lit the candles
everyone sang for you
and you waited patiently
until it was over
so you could blow out the candles.
what you didn’t know
was that they were
trick candles
so just when you thought
they were out
they came right back.
just watching the surprise
on your face was worth it.
tfl.
Little boy giving me a smile at school.
Yesterday turned out ok afterall. I went to the doctor, heard the little one’s heartbeat, and managed to stay awake through the musical and even make it through today. For the most part at least. It had been a long time since I went to a musical and I really had no idea about the story so I enjoyed all of it very much. I even managed to stay up a little later than usual and work on my kit and tag.
Jake left for New York this morning. I wish I were there with him; I really miss the city a lot. Even six years later.
First time I’ve seen David playing Operation. Even though he couldn’t get any of the pieces out, he didn’t get frustrated. Just tried for a bit and then moved on to another toy. My sweet boy.
Rough and long day today. Back to back meetings and then I have to pick up David and rush to the doctor’s and then rush back home and get dressed cause I’m going to see Wicked on Broadway (well in San Fran) tonight. Even though I am really looking forward to it, I haven’t stayed up past 10pm for 7 months now and I am not sure I’ll make it through so we’ll see.
Feeling a bit worn out and worn down. Wishing life was a little simpler. Just one of those days I guess.
I’ve been drinkng Diet Peach Snapple lately and I know it’s not good for the baby so I’ve been desperately looking for alternatives. One of the perks of working at Google is having access to a fridge full of Naked Juices so I’ve started drinking those instead. O-J is my favorite one. Plain, simple, and consistently yummy.
David build a Star Wars tent today and I wanted to share:
Started working on the kit a bit and even started my tag but things are moving slowly since I am still quite exhausted and going to bed early.
This morning was a rainy Monday morning where I had a dentist’s appointment at 8am so I needed some tulip love to tide me over. Jake bought these pink ones which are so soft and lovely looking, aren’t they? And I love how they’re leaning towards the light.
Feeling tired as always but things are going ok for us. Jake’s liking his work, David’s a happy little boy, I am doing ok and the little one seems to be growing just fine. So, all in all, I don’t think we can compain. A little over three weeks to my maternity leave and my sister is coming right on the day I go on leave and I haven’t seen her in person in almost three years so I am very excited. April is promising to be very hectic but I am planning on taking it easy as much as possible. Especially if the Braxton-Hicks gets worse.
Hoping to work on the new AMM Kit, some catalyst and my tag this week. I want to do some art every day just for me. Let’s see if I can.
This week’s catalyst is: What’s something you do every day just for yourself? (If nothing comes to mind, create the art around what the one thing would be and why you’re not doing it.)
Here are my words:
It might seem silly but something I do for myself each day is to spend time with my son. I’ve always dreamt of staying home when I had children but as it works out, I am now working a full-time job so it’s really important to me to make sure I spend quality time with my son every single day. As much as I know my son loves it, too, it’s really something I do for myself.
This is not one of my favorites art-wise but the feelings and thoughts are genuine.
come, play.
I know this is technically not a good shot but I love seeing the joy on David’s face as he wins his boxing game on the Wii.
Mostly a day to rest today. Feeling more and more tired lately but I guess that’s not surprising as I go into my eighth month. Yesterday ended up relatively productive after all but not today. I am trying to learn to be ok with that since I don’t have a choice and I am working on the most important project which is making sure the baby is growing safely.
Happy March!!
Far from the best photo but still one of my favorite moments from today.
Feeling lots of blahs today. Trying to shake it off but not so successful so far. I’m hoping it will go away. I really dislike unproductive weekends.
Hope you’re having a good Saturday.
Here’s another one of the little boy who’s starting to resist having his photo taken. But I cannot have enough of those eyes.
I am still in class today and enjoying it quite a bit. Expect some posts to come out of my class but only after I sit down and can collect my thoughts. I am looking forward to the weekend quite a bit. Not much else to say right now. Just trying to keep myself from dozing off…
David doesn’t have a fever anymore but he still has a running nose and his lips are chapped and he has a tiny dot on his nose that he’s been scratching (hence the band-aid). The lips are why he’s making that funny face. He’s still so cute if you ask me.
Today’s a long day. I will be in class all day, so Jake’s going to have to pickup David. Let’s see if I can stay awake all day and manage to sit in the chair without too much pain.
I spent hours last night working on an upcoming creative therapy catalyst. I painted and cut and glued and I was so happy. It’s been a while since I’ve felt that surge of joy that comes from doing something artistic so it was really fun. I love making the tags each week so I decided I wanted to see if I can transfer that joy to the catalysts too. Last night, it worked. We’ll see if I can do it again.
Happy Thursday.
This week’s question was “what was the last thing that made you laugh out loud?”
I thought about this one for a long time. In the end, it always comes back to my family. My husband makes me laugh a lot and so does my 4-year-old son. Watching them play together also makes me laugh out loud often and all the memories I could remember of myself laughing involved either one or the other, or both so I centered my tag around family.
This week’s technique was inspired by two very talented ladies: I used the wax melting (using a crayon) technique Claudine Hellmuth highlights in Collage Discovery Workshop and this beautiful art journal page by Ali Edwards that has inspired me for a long time. Besides the wax, I’ve also used acrylic paint rolled over with a brayer and green alcohol ink as well as several distress inks and brown chalk ink.
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I am combining Emily Falconbridge’s art journal questions with trying a new technique each week. You can see the full list: here
How about something different today? For reasons I am not sure of, lava lamps are a part of Google culture so we have them in many buildings and in almost all the lobbies. Here are the four sitting in the lobby of my building. I had never seen a lava lamp until I came to the US for college and I instantly fell in love. Not sure why honestly but I always wanted one. I am happy to say that I now have one on my desk. And a purple one!
Today has started out well so far. No breakdowns at school, no weird conversations, all quiet. I will be in class tomorrow and Friday so I have a bit of a busy day but otherwise all is well. I had fun last night with interesting people and got to celebrate my friend’s birthday. Though it was 9:30 as I was driving home and I was really really tired, which is kind of sad that I can’t stay up past 9pm anymore.
I also worked on my eighth tag last night and will post it in a second.
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