Summer journals

 
 
I'm a year late completing this project having only just printed off photographs and taken these to the copy shop for binding but I wanted to share my children's 2010 summer journals.  Last year, thanks to some inspiration by friends with older offspring, I forced gently motivated my children to write/draw a little something during the summer holidays about what they had done each week as a kind of keepsake. To complete the journals I simply added some tickets, swimming certificates, photographs etc with a bit of glue tape. Despite their relatively low tech assembly, I am excited by the end result, in a kind of dorky "wish I had done this when I was young" way.  I love that they are able to see how far they have progressed in their handwriting and drawing abilities too - here's hoping that it provides them some motivation for this year as I will definitely insist suggest that they repeat the exercise.
  
Highlights include the tooth fairy forgetting to come (turns out that even she gets a day off on Canada Day) and my son's pride in his swimming prowess!

Comments

[driftwood]

adorable x

[dottycookie]

Brilliant idea. We're intending to steal it but it remains to be seen whether we ever actually finish ours!

[Lina]

The entries definitely get a little thinner towards the end of the summer...but I think that's mainly because they get 9 weeks off and they were a bit bored of it by the end!

[lucylocket]

They are lovely! I wish I could persuade the little Lockets to do the same. Lucy x

[periwinkle]

Great idea ,,,, I think Gabe might be a bit young to try it but I might suggest it to Milo x

[domesticali]

Every child needs one of these. And quite possibly some grown-ups too!

[Julie (little cotton rabbits)]

these are wonderful - what a super idea and great to treasure and look through on cold winter's evenings together.