Dear Daughter (or Son) Diary

I just read this post from How Does She blog about starting a "Dear Daughter Diary" (you can also do one for your son, niece nephew, grandchildren too). I think this is such a great meaningful idea. It's a diary that you and your child share and write in to each other and leave it on each other's pillows after you write in it. How great would this be as a way to let them write their thoughts down and a way to express themselves through words and a way for you as a mom to see into their lives things they might not have shared with you. In her diary she asks them open ended questions and you and them can write about anything you want. Taelor is almost 5 and soon will be able to learn to read and write and I this is one thing that I will definitely start when she does.

I loved her quote at the end of her post "There is NO WAY to be a perfect mother, but there are MILLIONS of ways to be a GREAT one!” I must remember this everyday!!

Journals

I love getting my weekly emails from The Creative Place, she is great at journaling and always has simple, yet meaningful crafts and ideas. This week she featured her Autumn Journal and I love it! Keeping a journal with simple pictures is such a great way to capture sweet memories, especially if you have a little DIY album that you can customize to how simple or extravagant you would like. I am going to start doing this. I am also excited because today's post was that she was working on her Christmas Journals, these would be perfect for my December Daily by Ali Edwards that I will do again this year (that will be a whole other post and comes to find out that Ashley over at The Creative Place does these too). The best part is that she sells these journals on her Etsy shop, so if you're not so crafty or feeling like you have time (because who really does around this season) you can buy one. Head over to her blog and check out all the great journals she has done and then hopefully you will be inspired to journal your next season in your life!