Momentary inspiration
I got 1 and 1/2 pages done for the boys’ life books today. YAY for momentary inspiration!!!
I have been busy uploading photos to w*lgreens. com . We have one locally now, which is nice, cuz I get to pick up prints there, and it’s cheaper and higher quality than printing off of our printer, even though we have a good printer.
Anywho, I ordered another 95 prints today, but had a coupon for 9 cent prints. ROCK! If you use w*lgreens.com, type in the code 9CENTS at check out.
I got Gabe’s “home coming day” page done this evening . He helped pick out the stickers for it and made it quite humorous. He kept asking if that was okay, and I kept telling him “It’s your life book.” BTW, is life book one word, or two? I’m seeing one in a lot of places, but that doesn’t make much sense to me.
I’m half way done with Jeremiah’s “home coming day” page, but I’m waiting for some of the pics that I will pick up tomorrow.
I tend to get really excited about projects for short periods of time and then lose interest, but with this, since it’s for the boys, I think that I can follow through.
I’ve got requests in with the boys’ caseworkers for photos and I spent today typing up history stuff from Jeremiah’s file, and will do the same for Gabe tomorrow. That should be interesting.
I know that part of the purpose of a life book is to help the child come to terms with what happened in their past. Gabe has a lot of magical thinking when it comes to events that led up to him being placed with us. I’m hoping that putting things in print in front of him will help him internalize things for what they really are. Even having the dates in place will help. He has a hard time with the concept of when things happened in relation to each other. I think that will help Jeremiah too. Time means nothing to that little one.
So tomorrow I’m going into town for a Dr.’s appointment (Yay for internal ultrasounds!), and then I am planning on hitting the craft store for some good, neutral pages, and maybe some more lettering and embellishments. A dear friend got me a bunch of scrapping stuff for Christmas, but a lot of it is very summery or bright, so I need to find some boyish stuff.
I’m still needing tips, so those of you who haven’t commented in a while, or EVER, please let me know you are there and give me some ideas. They can be life book ideas, or simply scrap bookings ideas. Or maybe you can just let me know you are there. UN-LURK PEOPLE!
Blessings!
Hannah
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I made my husbands parents a small scrapbook for Christmas and found some neat quotes that are always touching to it… if you google scrapbooking quotes or something like that then it should bring up a few good pages… its always hard to find stuff for boys but good luck!!
Glad your getting excited about this and the boys are helping. did that page i facebooked you help?
best regards to you and your family
-Charity
Life books for me, are hard. Cause I’m not crafty. Follow your heart and put as much as you can of their past in the books. If you don’t have a newborn picture put a picture of the hospital for example.
I have nothing for K from 0 to 5. Have no idea how I’m going to deal with that.
I’m just slightly crafty, but it doesn’t come easily.
If Jeremiah’s caseworker doesn’t find anything for me, I won’t have anything from 0 to 8. Ouch! That’s a lot of undocumented time. I like the hospital idea, and maybe pictures of the city they were born in?
Blessings!
Yes, it was very helpful. I left a comment on facebook.
Okay, Okay, Okay! I am officially UN-LURKING!
I’ve never heard of a Life Book until your blog, so I can’t offer any insight on that. But…I love paper crafting–cards, scrapbooks, and recently, binding my own journals! Woohoo! All I can say is…I LOVE M-Podge! *swoon*
Scripture, poetry, quotes, prayers, thoughts…these are all GREAT additions to any chronicle of someone’s life. I’m going to go google Life Books so I have a better idea of what they are.
Pax Christi, to you and all yours!
Sarah, thanks for un-lurking!
Those are great suggestions. I’ve been looking for good quotes to go with the scripture I already have picked out. Any ideas for sites?
Have you seen the new cricut? Amazing! My husband and I were up late one night and got sucked into the info-mercial. Too bad they are like $400.
Blessings! Hope to hear more from you.
Hannah
Yes, I never thought coveting was much of an issue for me…and THEN I saw the Cricut infomercial! Seriously.
I have a really great quote from Rich Mullins (the late singer/songwriter who wrote “Sing Your Praise to the Lord” and “Awesome God” and “Step by Step”)…it’s long, but it’s SO powerful:
“I don’t know what life has for you. I don’t know what life has for me. But I know this: I know that God is good. And I know that God does not lie. And I know that God has given us the gift of our lives. Sometimes we wish he would’ve given us someone else’s life. But he chose to give you your life…don’t despair of it.”
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