DD – Day 59



David’s huge Turkish book. My favorite part is how he holds it up with
his little toes.

PotD – Day 58



More from the beautiful Hakone Gardens.

DD – Day 58



David looking through the bead and saying “I see you!!” We’ve been
making a lot of necklaces lately.

PotD – Day 57



This is from Hakone Gardens where I was taking a class. A bunch more
from there, is coming.

DD – Day 57



This is David concentrating on making bead necklace.

PotD – Day 56



If you don’t like flowers, you’re probably not enjoying these but I love
nature, so I am.

DD – Day 56



We have this one drawer full off goodies. It stores all of our candy.
David has discovered it and has even found an amazing way to get his
hands on it. He opens the cupboard below so he can get a tiny bit of
lift. He gets on his tippy toes and then he can sneak a peek. Or
aimlessly grab without seeing. Sneaky, little boy.

PotD – Day 55



Life, about to bloom.

DD – Day 55



Apologies for being behind on these but I have been taking photos daily,
still. I must say that I am quite proud that I’ve been able to stay
authentic with these and each of the photos have been taken on the
actual day. This is David right after bathtime. Here’s the next one:

PotD – Day 54



It’s raining cats and dogs here. It’s been all day long. Actually, all
week long. I am not liking this weather much at all. The one good side
effect is the very green plants all over.

DD – Day 54



A good friend of Jake’s gave David this fantastic Batman car. He works
for Matel and David absolutely adored this toy. He played with it all
day long. Put his Batman in it, buckled him up and drove him all around
the house.

This morning, David accidentally burped and it surprised him so much
that he kept fake-doing it all day long. My little jokester, I love you
madly.

Being Valued

So I learned a list of really valuable things in the class I took this
week. One of them was about the importance of being valued. And how
everything we get upset about angry about comes back to feeling not
valued. Just think of every single thing you get upset at. I don’t mean
things like a sick child or bad health, but things that tick you off and
get you from a positive place to a negative one, all day long. The
little (or sometimes not so little things). In the end, they all come
down to feeling not valued.

Well it does for me. So now, I am paying more attention to that and
taking a step back and creating my own self-value when others don’t
respect it. Or changing the way I look at the situation so it doesn’t
make me feel less valued.

I am also remembering it when I treat others. I am trying to be calmer
and to be more appreciative. I am also trying to be specific in my
appreciation, so that it’s not a quickie but a well-thought out,
“I-really-did-notice-this” kind of appreciation.

I promise more from the class, soon, Kim.