Whimsical ME

Day Five

 

Tired because she went to bed very late.

Working on a puzzle.

So happy with himself when he completed the puzzle.

Must make bed and put laundry away.

oh and finish unpacking from like a few weeks ago... although, I do still have the excuse that Nyomi was sick and then I had to get my appendix taken out.

 

Diapers, diapers go away please never come back again!

Nyomi comes home from school.  Carpool with our neighbors.

 

Meeting daddy for lunch at Rumbi's.  If you haven't eaten there ... GO.  Kids eat free and they are super nice.  I mean way NICE.  This is my favorite place to eat now.  Adam mistakenly ordered the wrong thing so they brought me out my own ... for FREE.  NOw, that's service!!  Oh and I love their sweet potato fries... yummo!!

 

Adam's Kaluna burger.

My teriyaki chicken sandwich.

 

We ate outside ... enjoyed the breeze and cloudy skies.

I made the kids take a nap on my bed.  It was a very nice nap.  Oh YES, I took one too :)

enjoying the clouds some more from my backyard.

play-date with Nyomi's cute little friend.  They've known each other since they were 2 years old.

Dylan as "Dylan libre" ... and you better believe that when he puts on his wrestling mask he's ready to wrestle and act like a warrior, don't let this little face fool you.

Then we headed over to April's home to partake of movie night.  We watched Bedtime Stories.  The kids had a blast running around like wild children.  Very fun. 

Day Four

 

morning cartoons.  chilly morning for Nyomi.

Dylan wasn't feeling chilly though :)

While Nyomi was at school, I cleaned out my car and Dylan played outside.

 

Then we went to the car wash.

Picked up tickets for New Moon at my SIL's.  These tix are for my friend.  I'm seeing the midnight show on the 19th ... actually, I'm seeing Twilight right before New Moon too.  It's going to be a long night!  

Dylan watching Simon Birch.  Just love his reactions to this show.

 

Picking up Nyomi from school.  My favorite part of the day!

Nyomi was 'slightly' annoyed with Dylan.  Dylan was singing songs through his microphone and Nyomi asked him to stop several times ... and it escalated ... he kept going and she kept yelling for him to stop.  He really knows how to push her buttons.

But, then they made up and went out to water the dirt and weeds.

Scrapbook time for me!

Dylan and I built this together and he played nice for a little bit ...

until he destroyed it and when I asked him what he was doing he said,

"I playing"

So throwing and making messes are considered 'playing'.

 

Dylan and Nyomi decided it would be fun to play with water in the bathroom sink.  Nyomi wrapped dylan up with towels to dry him off and took him to her room.  When he emerged from  her room she had dressed him up in her clothes!  He doesn't look so bad in polka-dots.  Later that evening, we went outside to play with our neighbors and YES, he did go outside looking like this ... but he also had on a little white cropped sweater to match.

Day Three

Day Two

 

 

at my follow-up surgery appointment.

tantrum

 

reading sight words with adam.

striking a pose with a stick.

chatting with a friend.

playing music.

treats before bed?  only daddy!

turning on going-to-sleep-music

dancing

if only he could.

Day 1

I'll let the pictures speak for themselves today.

Week in the Life

I'm starting again.

I did this last year, and I'm so excited to do it again.

Pictures, pictures!

This year I'm going to try to take all pictures with my Canon 30D and my 50 mm 1.4 lens.

I'm gonna have to get creative.

Found!

Dylan's beloved "blan-Ket" has been found.  Dylan and I went over to my sister-in-law, April's home to do a search and to visit.  She said a quick prayer and found it moments later.  Dylan was really excited and hasn't let go of it since he's been home.

Three things you'll notice in this shot.

1.  Chocolate mouth, due to ice cream.

2.  A scraped elbow after a fun afternoon at the park with April and Baylee.

3.  His blanket

Poor Dylan has been taking his naps in random places this past week.  He's such a trooper.  Today he took a nap on the couch a much better alternative than yesterday's nap on the floor or the day before ... on the chair.  

Lost and Found Treasures

LOST

Dylan has lost his favorite blanket; the soft brown one.  The one he carried everywhere with him, wrap himself with, drool on and LOVE.  Perhaps good 'ol Saint Nick will supply us with one.  He would really be surprised if he unwrapped a gift to find a blanket!  But, for now he's borrowing his Sisters'.

Yes, it's PINK.

FOUND

Nyomi wrote me the cutest little note.

I LOVE YOU too sweetie !!

Christmas Card Display

Browsing through Martha Stewart this morning I came along this cute idea

Decorate a wall or an interior door by hanging a holiday-card wreath. Using wood glue, affix miniature wooden clothespins to a large (about 14-inch-diameter) embroidery hoop. Alternate clothespins to point outward and inward, spaced 1 1/2 inches apart. Suspend from a ribbon, and clip your cards in place as you receive them.

Thank YOU Martha.

Timeout Surprise

Dylan was seriously acting up.  He was so angry he slammed all the doors while he was leaving each room.  This warranted a Time Out so I sent him to his Time Out chair ... and when I returned to get him I found this.  I'm not trying to be mean, I still don't have Dr.'s orders to lift heavy objects or people that weigh more than 5 lbs until a few days ... and probably still, I'll hold off until I don't feel sore.

AND

during these Time Outs (nap times) I get to read this book

I'm almost through reading this book.  It came to me at a perfect time.  I think I am completely ready for it.  A couple things have motivated me to learn more about myself and to analyze my little adorable life.  

FIRST thing that made me go ... hmmmm ... 

"... every city has a single word that defines it, that identifies most  people who live there.  If you could read people's thoughts as they were passing you on the streets of any given place. you would discover that most of them are thinking the same thought.  Whatever that majority thought might be---that is the word of the city.  And if your personal word does not match the word of the city, the you don't really belong there".

"What's your word?"

* I'm still thinking about what single word defines ME *

After reading this section of the book, I started to question myself.  I started asking myself why I needed to do 'stuff' all of the time.  Why sitting in front of the TV drives me insane?  Why I felt the urge to try new things?  Why I felt useless if I didn't have a 'project' or 'hobby'?

My answer was:

I like telling a story.  I want to leave a little piece of me in history through my blog, journals and scrapbooking. In order to do this ... I do STUFF.  I've been this way since High School too.  I wanted to have a good story for anyone that would ask me on Monday ... what my weekend was like ... cause I didn't want to say, "I did 'nothing' ... it was 'boring'".  Therefore, I was in various clubs, a cheerleader, dance teams, drama, choir, I volunteered at the hospital, etc

SECOND thing that made me go ... hmmm ...

"Like most humanoids, I am burdened with what the Buddhists call he 'monkey-mind'--the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl.  From the distant past to the unknowable future, my mind swings wildly through time touching on dozens of ideas a minute, unharnessed and undisciplined.  This in itself is not necessarily a problem; the problem is the emtional attachment that goes a long with the thinking...You are, after all, what you think.  Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.  The other problem with all this swinging through the vines of thought is that you are never where you are.  You are always digging in the past or poking at the future, but rarely do you rest in this moment.  It's something like the habit of my dear friend Susan, who--whenever she sees a beautiful place--exclaims in near panic, 'It's so beautiful here!  I want to come back here someday!' and it takes all of my persuasive powers to try to convince her that she is already here. "

I think we ALL do this.  I think most of us humanoids have "monkey-minds" and only do we start to appreciate life when we step back a moment.  That is why ... I'm thinking that practicing some meditation could be really good for the soul, brain and heart.  Practicing to still the mind probably comes with great effort but the rewards would bring peace and understanding to life.  

*SO*

I've been thinking.  YES.  It's great.  Maybe you'll be inspired to pick up this book.  Maybe it's for YOU maybe NOT either way ... there is something to learn everywhere.