I've been thinking about scrapbooking lately. Mostly because I've been working on updating the girls' scrapbooks and that always makes me want to pull mine out and look through it again. So I did.
When Jacey was born my mom came up to help out for a few weeks. During that time we shopped for a scrapbook and some supplies for my new baby's book. I knew nothing about what scrapbooking had become. Scrapbooking, as I knew it, was this:
my Book of Remembrance, made by my mom. It covers my life from the day I was born until I left home at age 18. It's a lot like this one:
my mom's Book of Remembrance, kept by my Grandma.
My book is very simple. Pictures and words, maybe a sticker here or there. It mostly covers things like birthdays, holidays, vacations, etc. But my mom also wrote about relationships, accomplishments, friendships - that sort of thing. I always loved looking at my book when I was little. I loved reading what my mom wrote about me - it was a total self-esteem boost. "We were so pleased how Cynthia . . . " or "Cynthia did such a wonderful job at . . . " It made me feel good. Which I think is a big deal in the life of a child.
Anyway, when I pull out my book it helps me to remember why I keep scrapbooks for my girls. I got a little distracted at first with all of the cutesy papers and nifty do-dads that scrapbooks are all about now, and the first 2 years of Jacey's book are evidence of that. They're a little too much. But having Londyn and starting up her book kind of made me re-evaluate why I was doing the books in the first place. That said, I still enjoy making them cute. (Well, I think they're cute.) That part is just the fun of it for me.
One of my goals for January is to get both books caught up through the end of 2008. Right now they are both caught up to the middle of the summer, so hopefully that's a realistic goal.
Oh, and just to rub it in his face, take a look at Nathan's book compared to mine. Nathan, if you don't know, is my youngest, most spoiled, obviously most loved sibling. As I was taking this picture my mom came in and said "Yeah Nathan's is a little ridiculous." Um, little? There is nothing little about Nathan's book. Humph.
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HA! I'm laughing at loud at your supposed jealously of Nate. What's funny about it is that we all know he's spoiled rotten and don't even care because we love him as much as Mom and Dad do. :) Thanks for the chuckle. It's much better than I was feeling at the *beginning* of the post upon thinking about the fact that my children don't have any such beloved books to enjoy. That feeling would have been guilt.
That is hilarious! At first I was thinking Nathan's was going to be little because he was the last child, but WOW!!! She really must love him more. JUST KIDDING! Cynthia, you're such a good mom. I'm with Marie in feeling guilt. Not only will your girls have cutesie scrapbooks but they'll also be adorned with amazing pictures. My poor girls will just have a "here are some posts about you on my blog with some horribly blurry pictures." Oh, man I shouldn't have read this post.
So have you talked to your next most loved brother lately? He and Alex were at my house on Sunday!
You know, they just happened to be in the neighborhood.
I haven't done "real" scrapbooking in years but I try to do some shutterfly books just to get photos into a book! My biggest challenge is that I need to scan a million of Lexi's and Grace's pictures into the computer because I didn't have a digital camera in those days! But I am thinking if I don't catch up in the next two years I will have Lexi do them as a young womens project!! hee hee
Kevin has that exact Book of Remembrance. His mom just gave it to us, and it's sitting on our bookshelf. You are so good for doing these for your kids, Cynthia. I would love to see a little of what you've done for them so far. I'm sure their books are amazing.
That's so awesome that your mom did that for you. My rememberance from my mother is a cardboard box of all my stuff. That's as fancy as it gets.
You may not think that I read this, but I do. So, you may want to choose your comments carefully. We all know that my book is huge because it has all of your guys' weddings/graduations and big events. And, you squashed your pages together to make the binding look smaller. Oh, and ... thanks for doing my laundry today.
I didn't smash it down - there just aren't any posts left to make mine bigger because they're all in your book.
That is so cool that your mom did that for you! I really need to get on the ball. My poor kids aren't going to have anything but my blog..
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