Thread: Project Fiftytwo: Week 9 (February 26 -March 4)

and rebecca! va va voom! where in the world do you get your ideas. i'm blown away by your creativity. :youthewoman:

deshea

Thanks, but I've been sitting here all evening trying to figure out what I'm doing next week because I'm at a total loss. I have ideas lined up, just nothing for next week.

I love snow days. Life shuts down and we concentrate on simply being together. Not only is the kid's school off today but so is Justin's. He headed out to start shoveling at 7:30am, went with a neighbor to rescue his wife who had spun out, came home and agreed to keep another neighbor's daughter for the day and took all the neighbor kids sledding. He's a good man and I am blessed. But see me? Inside with a hot cup of coffee? This is where I am most happy today. Observing from the inside. Cozy. Warm. So much for being together...at least for a little while.

I love interacting with my twins. I feel so incredibly blessed to have had them. When I was a little girl my grandma and I used to sit and talk about what it would be like if I had twins. We talked and talked about it - even coming up with names that we'd love to use, but not in real life... Names like Clyde and Clive, Percy and Persimmon, Maude and Claude. My grandma told me that she had always wanted to have twins - and had twins in the family, and was disappointed that it had never happened to her. She and I were extremely close - we spoke everyday (except Saturdays - my Sabbath) around 10 in the morning on the telephone. She passed away in the spring of 2002. I miss her so very, very much - if I even think of her for more than a fleeting thought, I'm reduced to tears.
When I found out I was pregnant with twins, I was so excited, but at the same time was saddened, because I wasn't going to be able to share the very thing about which we'd dreamed with my grandma.
Sometimes I think of her and know how happy she must be, knowing that I finally got my twins. I couldn't name a child directly after her, but Tehila is named for her in the sense that my grandmother loved the book of Psalms; Tehila means Psalm.
At times I think that (and I know this is totally crazy) she and Gedalya (who's name means G-d is great) are connected. She used to tell me who had an 'old soul' and who had a young one. I'm pretty sure that Gedalya has an 'old soul' - and sometimes I wonder if he isn't holding a part of her soul inside him.
Sorry that was a little off the wall.

Nose kisses because the twins and I are always touching each other and have discovered that nose kisses are the way to go. We even converted Rashi to this way of thinking.
I'm thinking nose kisses are even more intimate than regular ones.
Nose kisses.

These aren't my best pictures, but the love that they represent is true. I wasn't satisfied with how they came out on photoshop, but am calling it done, so I can work on the picture that I started and didn't get to finish yet. My apologies.

Originally Posted by tikva18

I love interacting with my twins. I feel so incredibly blessed to have had them. When I was a little girl my grandma and I used to sit and talk about what it would be like if I had twins. We talked and talked about it - even coming up with names that we'd love to use, but not in real life... Names like Clyde and Clive, Percy and Persimmon, Maude and Claude. My grandma told me that she had always wanted to have twins - and had twins in the family, and was disappointed that it had never happened to her. She and I were extremely close - we spoke everyday (except Saturdays - my Sabbath) around 10 in the morning on the telephone. She passed away in the spring of 2002. I miss her so very, very much - if I even think of her for more than a fleeting thought, I'm reduced to tears.
When I found out I was pregnant with twins, I was so excited, but at the same time was saddened, because I wasn't going to be able to share the very thing about which we'd dreamed with my grandma.
Sometimes I think of her and know how happy she must be, knowing that I finally got my twins. I couldn't name a child directly after her, but Tehila is named for her in the sense that my grandmother loved the book of Psalms; Tehila means Psalm.
At times I think that (and I know this is totally crazy) she and Gedalya (who's name means G-d is great) are connected. She used to tell me who had an 'old soul' and who had a young one. I'm pretty sure that Gedalya has an 'old soul' - and sometimes I wonder if he isn't holding a part of her soul inside him.
Sorry that was a little off the wall.

Nose kisses because the twins and I are always touching each other and have discovered that nose kisses are the way to go. We even converted Rashi to this way of thinking.
I'm thinking nose kisses are even more intimate than regular ones.
Nose kisses.

These aren't my best pictures, but the love that they represent is true. I wasn't satisfied with how they came out on photoshop, but am calling it done, so I can work on the picture that I started and didn't get to finish yet. My apologies.

Lovely story and pics Rivka!

Playing catch up (of course now I have to think about what to do for week 10 ):

Week 9
I took this picture right after I finished writing a piece of music which was to be an expression of my soul - as per the directions of a class that I was taking. I was to play said piece of music at the final class. I was elated that I had written a new composition and most thankful to G-d for His help.
I decided that as a true self-portrait, I would include 3 aspects: the original photograph of myself, the composition which I wrote, and lastly, in a twist, I decided to attempt to draw myself. When I was younger I loved drawing, although I was not good at it. I still feel that my skill is negligible, but thought that I'd put it out there anyway. I apologize for the poor quality of the picture - it was difficult to photograph as I drew too lightly.
In any case, as with the different dimensions of my collage, so to am I: there are different aspects of my personality that I hope will enrich my whole. I'm eager to rediscover the more artistic side of myself and hope that I will continue to grow.

Mine will be a couple days late. I need dh's help in prepping for it and with sick kids and adults in our home all week it has not happened.

I am behind and hoping to get another one in the next few days. I am really enjoying seeing everyones work.

mine is up and I need to comment on the others.

My week 8 is up.

Val

just uploaded week 9 (i gave myself an extension for giving birth and all...:lol: )


week 9 on flickr

i kept thinking i would wait and do a pretty picture of me and scarlett but then that never really actually happens that you get all prettied up the week after you have a baby...so i decided to do a "portrait of a new mom"...fresh out of bed, hair not brushed, teeth not brushed, no makeup, in her pjs...but with a baby in arms...close enough to kiss her head and smell her sweet scent.

Jeeez Julie, what? You think that get a pass for, what, giving birth?!? :lol:

I love it. New mom. Delicious baby.

Commentary on flickr

I'm late with mine...



I've never had a baby who loved a "thing" before. No one wanted a blanket or a stuffed animal. But Mason loves this bear, he calls it "baba". He snuggles up with it at night like it's his best friend. It kind of hurts my feelings, like maybe he lacks something from me that he gets from the bear? I don't know... Anyway, when he woke up this morning, he was clutching the bear and wouldn't let it go. It was really cute