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{reminder} I Am Enough


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 I needed this reminder today…maybe you do too? 
Have a good first day of September, friends!

{kids crafts} A Year of Interviews

Can I just say how much I love the preschool age?  My kids are hilarious…their thoughts, the stories they come up with, what jokes they think are funny…the list goes on and on!  As a mamma, I want to bottle up this time of unfiltered thoughts and keep them forever.  But how?  
Inspired by Becky Higgins, I created “A Year of Interviews” scrapbook for the 2011-2012 school year. 
  
I just used a 3 prong folder (is that what they’re called?), a pack of page protectors and some colored cardstock.  M designed the cover with a “swirly rainbow” that he drew and cut out himself. 

The title page will have a photograph of him once I get my pictures printed. 

The plan is that I will interview him every month.  The questions will all be different. 
This is what I did for September and the start of school:
  • I asked him to write his name (I want him to write his name at the end of the year too, to see how much he’s improved)
  • I asked him general favorites: color, food, toy, etc.
  • We traced his hand and we’ll do that again at the end of the year too, to see how much he’s grown
  • On the other side of the two-page spread, we’ll include some pictures of activities/projects we did that month and maybe a drawing
At the end of the school year, we’ll have one little book full of memories.  Hurray for documentation without lots of clutter! 
Now onto his request for learning this year: how Marines do their fighting.  Hmm. 

{i want to remember} – 8/30/11

Sometimes life gets so busy that I forget to notice and appreciate the little things.  Here are some of the things I don’t want to forget about our first day of PreK:
 

I WANT TO REMEMBER… waking up to M’s face by my bedside saying, “Oh Mamma!  Today is school!  I’m so excited!”
I WANT TO REMEMBER… my high hopes for a special “First Day” breakfast.  I even bought new plates and cups from Target!  But my bacon didn’t come out right and one child requested an omelette after I had made a big batch of scrambled eggs.  Lesson learned: life isn’t picture perfect, so just roll with it.
I WANT TO REMEMBER… having my three boys cuddled around me on the couch as we read How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World. 
I WANT TO REMEMBER… our first project: making a HUGE apple tree on the kitchen wall.  M kept saying, “This is so much fun.  This is so cool.  I can’t wait until Daddy sees this.”   
I WANT TO REMEMBER… what an awesome privilege it is to teach my babies at home.  Life and circumstances change every year, so this may not last forever.  But for now, I am confident this is right choice for us.  I am so, so blessed.

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