Project 365 - Day 270

I really don't know what it is about pictures of my kids sleeping but I never get tired of seeing them sleep. It makes me reflect and rejoice and have peace. I love when they fall asleep together after reading books. Now I just have to get my muscles ready to pick them up and move them to their own beds.

As a side note, it is my full intention to reload photoshop onto my laptop after our big hard drive crash earlier this year and fix all of these terrible pictures but I am just trying to get them organized and up on the blog. I hope my intentions will be met with completion before the end of the year. We will see...we all know how good intentions can go.

Project 365 - Day 269

This is where I find Noah most everyday. He still loves his "arc" and plays with and in the ball pit every chance he gets. This is what joy looks like for my little guy.

Project 365 - Day 268

Nathan's new scooter! I am not a big fan of getting my kids new things when it is not a birthday or christmas but Nathan didn't really have any big boy things to ride on (I see a new bike under the tree from Santa this year) and I have been wanting him to get more exercise so he got a new scooter (thanks to Papa and Bup) and he loves it. He has been on this thing everyday since he got it so it has been a very good thing.

Project 365 - Day 267

Some days have moments like this. I get to to out into the backyard and watch the kids play. When the days are really busy with all the errands and running around and places to be I wish I was spending more time just watching them play. These don't happen as often as I would like but I was glad to take the moment to remember how totally blessed I am to have this time to watch my children grow and play. I still love my backyard more and more each day we have it done.

Project 365 - Day 266

Nathan's school sing. I love attending the school sing assembly. It is so much fun to watch the kids sing songs and dance around (the chicken dance is a favorite). They also give out certificates to children who have excelled at the school's Lifelong Guidelines. These are values they teach all year long and reward students who display them (in the older grades they let the students vote for those they think demonstrate them). Nathan did not receive and award this go around but I went anyway to watch the festivities. Can you believe I was the only parent there? I am not sure why but I don't care I just love to watch the kids having fun.

Project 365 - Day 265

Every morning that Nathan has pancakes for breakfast he makes a 'millinuem falcon' and asks me to take a picture. I finally got around to it this morning. He still loves Star Wars and talks about it and the characters daily. He has a little group of friends at school (that includes two girls) that play Star Wars at recess every day. I love hearing about the adventures they come up with.

Project 365 - Day 264

This is our nightly ritual of reading books. Nathan on one side, Laura on the other, me in the middle taking turns reading the books they each have picked.

Lately I have completely run out of steam and I fall asleep with them. This is really cutting into my crafty time and cleaning house time. I find it very peaceful at night when everyone is asleep. I clean bathrooms, the kitchen floor, do the dishes and take a shower (usually at 1am) but it is all my time. I wish I had the energy I used to because I felt so much more accomplished when I was able to get those things done.

In other news, Nathan has become quite the accomplished reader and takes a tour for me reading to Laura.