As expected, December has been extremely busy. Blogging is new to me, and I’m not sure how to balance out all of my other commitments with my own commitment to blog, so I won’t apologize for not posting, but just move on. My goal is to finish my December Daily album by the stroke of midnight tomorrow night, Dec. 31st, 2009. I think it will happen, but no pressure. I am in catch-up mode after having out-of-town guests and the Snowpocalypse of 2009 and general Christmas craziness.
Journaling for Dec. 5th: Today we had our first snow of the winter season. It was a very wet and heavy snow, but so beautiful to watch it fall.
With all of the snow that we got, we had to change our plans for the evening. We ended up watching holiday movies, and scheduled the DVR for the rest of the movies.
Day 6 - Front Page
Day 6 - Back Page
Journaling for Dec. 6th: Today we decorated 2 gingerbread houses — one for Ella and one for Dylan. Dylan spent most of the time eating his candy. I kept saying to him, “Stop eating your candy!” He would say, “I’m not eating it, I’m licking it!” When I decorated with “his” candy, it was very sticky. Yuck! It was still fun watching you both decorate your houses.
Day 6 & 7 Full Layout
Day 7 - Front Page
Page 7 & 8 Full Layout
Journaling for Dec. 7th: This year, Ella wrote her Christmas list using both words and pictures…She copied her words from the toy catalog, i.e., “Grocery Store, just like the real thing” or “Clean up is now a breeze.” She also drew pictures of the store, the fishing pole, the roller skates, the teeter totter and so many others. I love her creativity and tenacity in communicating all her “wants” for Christmas.
December 8th:
Day 8 - Front Page
Day 8 - Back Page