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"It is only by introducing the young
to great literature, drama, and music,
and to the excitement
of great science,
that we open to them
the possibilities
that lie within the human spirit--
enable them to see visions
and dream dreams."
Eric Anderson
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Huckleberry Finn
Rick and I are reading together
I am reading
The Discarded Image
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and
Plants Grown Up and
For Instruction in Righteousness
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Big Truths for Little Kids
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Animal Farm
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Land Under the Pole Star
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Selah
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Quote Collection
"Til sin be bitter,
Christ will not be sweet."
Thomas Watson
"We wish you PEACE
It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work.
It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart."
unknown
"Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness
has never danced in the rain."
unknown
"All I have seen teaches me to
trust the Creator
for all I have not seen."
Emerson
"There is only one way to lead a child down the right path
that is to go that way yourself."
unknown
"We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Cleaning and scrubbing
can wait 'til tomorrow.
For babies grow up,
we learn to our sorrow.
So quiet down cobwebs!
Dust, go to sleep!
I'm rocking my baby,
and babies don't keep!"
unknown
Jul. 3, 2009 - Show and Tell Friday...Scrapbooking
Less than eight weeks to go until baby Faith makes her appearance!
I have some big goals for the time that I have left. Mainly I want to get my scrapbooks caught up...at least all of the photos that I have had printed over the years and use up all my supplies from Creative Memories left from the days I was a consultant for them. They are discontinuing the size album/pages that I have stored up and so I feel this urge to get it done before they are out of anything I might need to finish.
So, I will be spending a lot of time here in my corner of the sunroom with the hundreds and hundreds of photos I have stored. At least they are somewhat organized.
I will be using a method from my old consultant days called Power Layouts, but on a smaller scale since I don't have much space with which to work. I have some 12x12 white cardboard and I have put out eight sheets of it on my table. I pair them up to represent two-page spreads.
I get out the next handful of photos for the album I am working on and lay them out in piles on the pages so I can see what the pages will be about and if that photo group will take one or two pages. In the past, I have done this for about 30 pages at a time, but I don't have that kind of space here.
Next, I pick out which papers I want to go with each page. I like doing this step all-at-once so I only have to get out my big paper file one time for each 8-page batch. It is during this step that I also loosely layout how I want the photos to appear on the page. Next, I get out my paper cutter and blades. It is good that I only have to do this once as well. I don't like having blades out around the children.
I do all the cropping of photos and paper during this stage.
In the photo you can also see the large 12x12 box I have to store my work-in-progress. This is the key to me being able to scrapbook with little ones around. At any point in the work, I can neatly stack the pages and put them in my box and put it up on the shelf. It is easy to get back out and lay them out again the next time I have 15 or 30 mins to do a bit more. I keep it cleaned up and the pages stay laid out the way I want them while they are stored.
When I get all the paper cut and the layout the way I want, then I just transfer it to my album pages and stick it all down. Voila! It is done.
Sometimes I do the journaling before I put them in the album and sometimes I do it after everything is stuck down. I rarely use stickers anymore, but those are generally added later on and I'll go through and do that for 20 pages at a time or so. Mostly, I try to keep it simple.
We are also doing some light school work. Joe requested to learn about Geology, so last week I sat down and wrote up a unit for him to learn since I couldn't find any texts already written on that topic for his age that I liked. I am using The Geology Book by John Morris and a book from the library called Geology Rocks! as the backbone of our study. We've been doing lots of experiments and have some field trips in the works. I plan to have this study finished before Faith arrives.
Having said that, I will probably not be on the computer much. It just doesn't fit in with my goals for the next month or so.
To see more Show and Tell posts head on over to CanadaGirl and Mr. Linky.
Q&A:
MasonMoments asked if I have an album for each child or just the family and if I do them chronologically.
Yes, I have an album for each child and albums for the family.
And, yes, I try to go chronologically for the most part.
I'm not sure I would have done it this way had I known 16 years ago (when I started all this) that I would have such a large family. But, I do enjoy making the books and I do want each child to have their memories to take with them. I can say that I do a lot less in the books now than I did with the first child And his books are getting slimmer by the years, too.
I love how simple but wonderful page lay outs that you do. You are making it seem like I can actually maybe fit in some scrapbooking and could possibly afford it too ! Thank you for sharing another wonderful organizational post. I lack in organizational skills so this is a HUGE help. ((hugs))
You will be very missed but I can't wait till you come back and update us.
They look great! I like the simple layout as it looks much easier to complete. Do you have a scrapbook for each child or just chronological for the family.
Great! I love how you are making your limited space work.
I will be doing something similar to that over the next few weeks. The kids start tomatis again and it means two hours in the waiting room with only one child who plays well by herself. So I will be spreading out all over the floor and getting a few pages done. (The waiting room only has people in it at the every two hour switches).
Blessings,
Dawn
Those would be lofty goals in my house! We love to scrapbook, but it never seems to get to the priority list.
You have some great artwork on you blog - the kid's shots are cute, too!
Wow--I haven't scrapbooked in so long until my pictures are probably collecting dust, and yes, I am that far behind. How do you balance the time with five children, not to mention getting the rest you need with one on the way?
I wanted to check and make sure that things were well here, and I love, love, love the picture of your big boys and girls at the top of your blog. Neat!
Oh My sweet little Sister in The Lord....
I have neglected your love and your freindship way too long. No excuses. Just want to tell you I love you and you are on my heart way more often then my fingers are on this keyboard!
Praying all is well with you! I am very good!
Because of Jesus, Bobbie
Hello there! Glad to see the pregnancyis going well. We still haven't decided on a name for our little girl yet. Only about a month to go, we really need to decide, but right now the priority is unpacking all of these boxes. I also scrapbook, but haven't touched it in a long time. Courtnee (6) doesn't have much of an album yet, Kailyn's is non-existant and now another little one is due soon. I have some quilting projects that I want done, but I've vowed to devote two afternoons/evenings a month to scrapbooking to catch up a little bit. One day, I will work on the current year and another I will work on events from the past. I'm hoping that by the end of the year, I'll have a chunk of pictures done. The only problem is that I have so many pictures and albums. I also have a Christmas album and this year I decided that the kids will do their own school albums. That should be interesting!
Take care!
Michelle
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I have some 12x12 white cardboard and I have put out eight sheets of it on my table. I pair them up to represent two-page spreads. 
Next, I get out my paper cutter and blades. It is good that I only have to do this once as well. I don't like having blades out around the children.
Mostly, I try to keep it simple.
And his books are getting slimmer by the years, too.
