versatile kid (and some pictures from the past weeks)

It’s June. We have been rather occupied with kid stuff lately. We are definitely not that great with changes. We are still trying to settle the kid about school. The kid is still saying that he doesn’t like school and that he is learning at home so it’s ok not to go to school. And truthfully I really have no reply to that. haha. I wish he could stay at home for as long as he can but I guess we have to start somewhere. We borrowed a book called the versatile reptile and i’ve just been telling him that we know it's hard to do something that you don’t want to but we are working towards making him a versatile kid, just like the reptiles. It does help sometimes. And now it is almost two months since the kid started school. There’s still challenges here and there but we do have a routine. We still very much go back to our usual routine after his half day in school. We are always trying very hard to make it as normal as possible for both him and us.

Oh just a few days ago, we celebrated our 9th year wedding anniversary. As always, we can’t believe how much time has passed. And especially with a kid it feels even more I think. we have been having day dates while the kid is in school so that’s nice, and so we did a day date again on our anniversary. It has been nice to have some time to ourselves, to be together. To just slow down and say hey, there you are :)

Just like these updates I guess. It’s a slowing down to remember all these moments.

1. Baggu washing day :)

2. sun in kids room

3. Still getting a great view of the sunrises.

4. some of my plants getting watered.

5. flowers

6. moved the monstera to the room so that it will have more room to grow and hopefully grow well too.

till next time, m

our weeks in pictures

I haven’t had time to write recently. It has almost been a month of the kid starting school. It hasn’t been easy. It has been hard for the kid. I thought I was going to have a hard time but he was too. The separation is just hard even though we are only doing three hours of school so far. But, the past week, it has been slightly better. I hope the kid is feeling something other than just that he has to do this to keep us happy. I hope he is enjoying his time in school. and just continue to be who he is. Anyway, I don’t think I had a lot of picture taking moments recently. I feel like I haven’t been able to have some moments to myself either. It’s just been busy I guess, running around doing errands since I have time on my own now. I should also try to slow down too.

I tell the kid the same thing before heading for school.

“Remember to drink lots of water. Pee. Or poop. You can ask for help. It’s ok to ask for help. Have fun. or not. If you are tired or not feeling up to doing things, slow down. and I love you.”

I think I need to remember this for myself too :)

We have this book Slow Down and ever since we started school the kid just wants me to read him that book. I think he misses our slow pace and our slow life. I miss it too. There’s this poem in the book.

WHAT is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?—

No time to stand beneath the boughs,
And stare as long as sheep and cows:

No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass:

No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night:

No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance:

No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began?

A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

- “Leisure” by W.H. Davies.

1. we finally got ourselves a little garden shelf for outside. I’ve been looking around for a secondhand one online but haven’t had any luck so we got an affordable one from IKEA. Now I can do some gardening outside.

2. Our living room paint name, we had some leftovers so when we had to change our ac system, we needed to repaint some areas.

3. Baggu in Baggu in Baggu

4. got some rare quiet moment to myself and some flowers.

5. trying to capture this big plant :)

6. got some daisies for mother’s day.

till next time - m

changes.

We’ve been busy with the kid starting school and getting ready for Eid and celebrating Eid and having the kid stay home from school since he wasn’t well. all happened in the space of these few days. April does seem like it has been around for a while now.

So now I am trying to get used to not having the kid for the morning. It’s strange. Like I left my heart somewhere. The first few days was hard. It still feels wrong when I walk away from the school. It also feels like the end of something. No matter how much we avoid it, we still have to go through this school phase. So it is something that we needed to do. I keep missing the moments. It’s been 4 years of growing with the kid and it’s hard to just be ok I guess. In a way it’s like grieving. But we’ll get better I guess.

1. had to capture our bookshelves after our weekly dusting.

2. I made a clay coaster but it didn’t turn out that well. haha

3. I finally did start putting up some artwork for the gallery wall.

I didn’t really think that I was ready to start my gallery wall but I wanted to put up a reminder for me so that I will remember to remind or talk to the kid about things before I send him off to school. Like it’s ok to ask for help or to say no. It’s all good reminders for the kid or for me or for us. And when I started to put one frame there, I feel like it needs another so I added more. I had this print from Etsy that I found and I really like how calm it looks. And I made my own prints of illustrations that I did before. I think so far it looks quite nice. The frames matched the mirror nicely too.

4. Eid Mubarak :)

5. finally got a temporary side table.

6. Had to take this picture of our Muji cd/radio player with our Muji chair and Muji duster :)

till next time, m