I was visiting with a friend the other day, she has 4 kids and homeschools, so her schedule is very busy, but somehow she manages to keep dairies of all her kids and an organized file of their pictures, art, notes, etc. A sense of distress came over me, I don't keep a dairy for my kids, I didn't keep their baby hair, I don't think I wrote any of their firsts, like first tooth, first word, etc, and all the cute things they say. I do remember Ethan started walking at 18 months but that's about it. I think I have some of Jake's old drawings, but I couldn't tell you where. I'm not a keeper, I hate clutter, and I just throw things away. So I came home and video taped my kids for a while, made Jake paint some pics so I could put them in a folder. I did keep Jake's tooth that we had to take out, I hope he's excited about that when he grows up! I started a scrapbook for Jake but it's not finished, and Ethan's, well, I haven't even started one for him! I'm a little depressed I must admit, I never made one of those clay things with their little fingerprints, and now it's too late!!! Jake will be going to Kindergarten soon and now my time with him will be dramatically reduced. I guess, I still have time to do things like that with Ethan. But I want to know does everybody save their little crafts they make at church? What else should I be saving, writing, knowing!!!
I'm finishing their scrapbooks, actually for Ethan I'm just making a photo album, baby steps...
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Oh, don't feel guilty! Do you honestly think that your boys are going to want all of their preschool artwork when they are our age? My mom saved my teeth and I want nothing to do with them, gross! I'm sure you've taken pictures, you have years to get them into scrapbooks or albums. I can quickly let myself fall into the trap of feeling like a bad mom because I don't do this or that but our #1 goal as mothers should be to raise Godly children. In the long run, all of that other stuff doesn't matter.
hair?? teeth?? that's freakin' nasty! do some mothers keep there baby's first crappy diaper?
mrs. rider,
your boys are so freakin' awesome!! i know d@*& well it ain't cuz of there daddy! you have to be doing something right!
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thanks for the encouragement! I started working on the scrapbooks!
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