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Weekly Diary – June 15 2013

karenika — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 04:08:19 +0000

Here are some snapshots from our week:

The kids have been playing in the backyard a lot.

this is a dream-come-true for me.

especially when they do it together.

i love seeing my boys happy.

or silly.

Nathaniel’s class had one final party before everyone dispersed for the summer.

he and daddy played a bunch.

building things.

very focused.

and super-joyful.

there’s also been a lot of posing.

and making faces.

gangnam style. (don’t even get me started.)

and origami.

i just love the creativity of this boy.

and this one! who made an origami psy.

nathaniel was being silly again of course.

i’m learning to accept that’s just who he is.

so just before i lose it, i decide it’s tickle time.

and here we go. so grateful for my life. i hope your week was lovely, too.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2013. You can read more about it here.

Weekly Diary – June 8 2013

karenika — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 20:27:29 +0000

Here are some snapshots from our week:

Nathaniel’s first swimming class. He was (and still is) really scared.

after class I went up to Novato with my friend Linda to meet my coach training friends and then the boys got in the car and met me in Tiburon. I didn’t get many photos this time but I got this.

and this.

and the little one, too.

who wouldn’t look at me.

until he made his face.

they like walking on the rocks.

i like to snap photos.

and watching them persevere.

and succeed.

the morning after we got home, I woke up sweating and very feverish with a terrifying sore throat. I lived that way for 48 hours until I decided it wasn’t bearable and we all went to the doctor. As it turns out, I had strep. First time in my life. The rest of the week was a wash with a lot of pain and sleep. The boys had a little fun, though.

David danced to gangnam style. he loves it.

it took a while but we eventually took family photos too.

Nathaniel was being his funny self.

you can’t tell but I was still in a lot of pain.

but I still managed to laugh.

how can you not with that face?

and here we go. so grateful for my life. i hope your week was lovely, too.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2013. You can read more about it here.

Weekly Diary – June 1 2013

karenika — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 04:53:12 +0000

Here are some snapshots from our week:

We went to a pick peaches and strawberries in Brentwood.

it was quite sunny.

but the boys loved it.

the little one spent some time being silly.

and making faces for me.

and finally a smile.

david took photos, of course.

strawberries were hard to pick.

but we persevered.

then it was Nathaniel’s last day at school so there was a party.

he got tattoos.

and spent fun time with play dough and daddy.

then it was photo time.

lots of laughter this time.

love these boys so much.

and here we go. so grateful for my life. i hope your week was lovely, too.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2013. You can read more about it here.

Weekly Diary – May 25 2013

karenika — Sun, 26 May 2013 01:43:02 +0000

Here are some snapshots from our week:

We went to a park in Alameda for some art celebration.

there was screen printing.

playing with clay.

painting.

super-cool 3-d play-dough molds.

sidewalk chalk (love that he’s writing formulas!).

and here’s the other boy.

Nathaniel was extra silly this week.

my boys in preparation of family photos.

silly faces and laughter as always.

more laughter.

i love Nathaniel’s face in this one.

and some tickle time!

and here we go. so grateful for my life. i hope your week was lovely, too.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2013. You can read more about it here.

Weekly Diary – May 18 2013

karenika — Sun, 19 May 2013 03:40:54 +0000

Here are some snapshots from our week:

We went to Pacifica to checkout a greenhouse and have some food by the beach.

David brought his camera there and took tons of photos .

the buildings were wonderfully colored.

love Nathaniel’s face here.

David taking a photo of himself.

the flowers were amazing.

i took a mirror-shot.

and one of Nathaniel.

he liked running, of course.

we came home with a venus fly trap (or chomper as the kids like to call it.)

Nathaniel loves watching David play.

it’s a bad photo but Nathaniel’s putting his plaque in the book he donated to the school library on his birthday.

David reading his science fiction story to his class.

and my wonderful husband.

Nathaniel was being funny of course.

he made me laugh and laugh.

i couldn’t even tell him to be serious.

here is the only “serious” shot I got.

and tickle time of course!

and here we go. so grateful for my life. i hope your week was lovely, too.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2013. You can read more about it here.

Weekly Diary – May 11 2013

karenika — Sun, 12 May 2013 02:18:32 +0000

Just a few photos this week. Here are some snapshots from our week:

Jake and David went camping last week with the rest of David’s class. There were no siblings allowed so Nathaniel and I stayed home. They only took a handful of photos and this was one of them.

this is where they were.

and here’s my boy again.

Nathaniel reading one of his favorite books to david.

it’s called “Where’s the Green Sheep?”

watching the boys prep for the trip by setting up the tent in the backyard.

worst shot ever but still i love how david is so not helping.

nathaniel’s gotten creative about how to play while mommy works.

and some photos of us.

as always Nathaniel made us laugh and laugh.

and laugh.

and laugh even more.

and here we go. so grateful for my life. i hope your week was lovely, too.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2013. You can read more about it here.

Weekly Diary – May 4 2013

karenika — Sun, 05 May 2013 02:34:04 +0000

Another set that’s all about Nathaniel’s birthday. Here are some snapshots from our week:

one of the neighbors couldn’t come to the little party we hosted so she came early to drop off a present for Nathaniel that required some construction. So the boys sat together and picked a song to listen to.

and got to work.

there was hammering.

and glueing. and laughing.

at night, we were invited to my friend Leslie’s son’s bar mitzvah so we dressed up all nice and got the babysitter to snap a shot.

then we celebrated Nathaniel’s birthday at the little park here by our house as we have every year since we’ve been born.

i snapped some shots of the boys.

david was awesome but nathaniel refused to look.

so i just kept snapping.

then it was time to blow the candles.

and the little champ did awesome.

and loved it.

the cake started like this.

and ended like this.

little boy loved his cupcake.

the kids played mini-golf and bean bag toss.

but Nathaniel just sat and ate his food.

and david riled all the kids up.

then Nathaniel went to the birthday party of another kid in his class and got some sunglasses in his goodie bag.

which he loved.

so i snapped and snapped of course.

that’s how you capture magic.

this is a terrible shot of it but he also got the clown to make him a cactus out of balloons. (in honor of plants vs zombies)

we received a bubble gun as one of his today.

let’s just say he loved it.

then it was time for family photos.

i tried to get them to stop laughing.

but Nathaniel was in top-form as always.

and would not stop laughing.

so i just gave in and laughed, too.

and here we go. so grateful for my life. i hope your week was lovely, too.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2013. You can read more about it here.

Weekly Diary – April 27 2013

karenika — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:45:02 +0000

A lot of photos this time around. Here are some snapshots from our week:

during the long week, Nathaniel spent some time doing this while I worked.

Then, we went to CalDay at University of California, Berkeley. David’s using a geiger counter.

Nathaniel found some magnets.

and then sound waves.

which was probably my favorite.

some more magnets. look at his face and joy here.

more magnets.

he was having fun too!

he wrote on the black boards.

as david spent time looking through a microscope.

even on the way home we laughed.

and giggled.

this week was also Nathaniel’s fourth birthday.

he was being silly as always.

but i managed to snap one photo.

right as he blew his candle.

my sweet boy.

he dug right into his cupcake.

he loved it.

he got a beanbag toss toy but, of course, he decided to use it his own way.

and as soon as he saw me…

he roared like a dino!

we also went to his school to celebrate with him.

we made yogurt parfaits.

which he loved and ate.

david came too and he got to hold the chickens that had just hatched in Nathaniel’s preschool classroom.

then we got to do the celebration where Nathaniel got to be the sun.

and chose David as his moon.

as the moon went around the sun once, Nathaniel bounced and bounced. He would not stop bouncing the whole time.

he was way too happy.

and giddy.

after the 4 times around the sun, Nathaniel said his wish for his fourth year (that he get good at biking and scootering) and then they sang to him and then he went all around the class and each of us got to give him our wishes. It was truly magical.

then it was family photo time.

i love my family so much.

and feel blessed to have them.

love our tickle time.

and all of the laughter.

and here we go. so grateful for my life. i hope your week was lovely, too.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2013. You can read more about it here.

Weekly Diary – April 20 2013

karenika — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 04:47:17 +0000

Here are some snapshots from our week:

We went to Creativity Day in the city last weekend. I took a photo right before we got there.

it started with bubble fun!

Nathaniel was shy but david had a lot of fun.

then it was lego time.

all three boys played.

then David was in a robot-making class.

he focused.

he got frustrated.

but then it worked like a charm!

and he loved it.

there was more playing.

even some silly putty.

we also went to David’s school cause it was his sharing day.

and he talked about our trip to Tiburon.

then it was Dino day so we went back to his school.

this is a poem he wrote about his dinosaur.

a peek into the diorama.

and his report.

they also put on a play.

David knew I was taking photos.

then family photo time.

Nathaniel would not stop playing with his feet.

unless we tickled him.

and here we go. so grateful for my life. i hope your week was lovely, too.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2013. You can read more about it here.

Weekly Diary – April 13 2013

karenika — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 04:00:16 +0000

Here are some snapshots from our week:

The kids were off for Spring Break last week but since I had a lot of work, we weren’t able to go anywhere. My week got lighter suddenly on Friday so we decided to take a last minute trip to Tiburon. It was the best decision ever. We stayed at the beautiful Water’s Edge hotel and our room overlooked the water. The kids played on the deck. This is David writing my name using the rocks.

then sketching the San Fran skyline. He did a lot of sketching all weekend.

my sweet boy.

we played in the room for a while and then took a walk along the path to get to the restaurant we’d reserved for dinner.

I tried to take a shot of all three boys. but alas it wasn’t meant to be.

Nathaniel would not stop running. He just loved being there.

David loved climbing the rocks.

so Nathaniel wanted to do it, too, of course.

all the boys thought climbing the rocks was awesome.

I just watched and shot photos.

it was fun to get to be the one taking the photos.

at the restaurant, I just snapped a million more while we waited for dinner.

the boys were kind enough to let me.

they were having fun.

laughing a lot.

watching the boats out the window.

and sketching.

checking out more of the scenery.

Nathaniel said he’ll act like he’s cold so I can take a photo.

David made silly faces at me.

then there was hugging.

laughing.

making more funny faces.

and kissing. then the sun went down so there were no more photos.

the next morning, the boys played and looked at the scenery while I read and Jake watched a movie.

and then we went to take a photo for David’s school.

then it was family photo time. laughing like crazy.

and hugging time.

and tickle time.

and here we go. so grateful for my life. i hope your week was lovely, too.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2013. You can read more about it here.