penny is 6…part two
FIRST OFF, this post is in no way supposed to make ANYONE feel guilty for NOT making their children a baby book. I have just “guilted” myself for many years and finally HAD to come to terms with…make each kid a book of their first year and then organize the remaining photos in boxes. WHEW!
SECOND, I am not a scrapbooker and if I was, I’d still be figuring out what paper to use! There are so many choices, you could go nuts! Instead I kept is simple and just wrote in the book…no computer generated text, just my jaggedy handwriting.
Anyway, I am pleased to share Penelope’s book. Since she is my last, I am even more pleased that I no longer have to make such a book again!
Here she is finally learning what my secret project was all about. She loved her book and especially loved that it was pink. The other kids have black, I guess there is some truth with the youngest getting what they want…ahem.
It started from the beginning, from when she first was born and was just seconds old…
to when her brother and sister first met her…
to sweet quiet moments captured at home (*sigh*)…
to treasured photos with those that are no longer here with us on earth…
to JOYOUS occassions of Penelope’s baptism and chrismation…
to visits with relatives in California and another treasured photo of my kids with their great-grandparents and cousins…
to photos with grandparents that live overseas…and a photo of “Poppy” with his siblings that are hard to keep straight amongst my kids…
to family photos that remind me how much work Nathan and I have done in raising 3 kids…they have grown so quickly…
to reminding me of Penny’s first birthday and all that was celebrated…
to the bitter reality that this baby is no longer a baby, but a school girl ready to make life her own…and I’m ready for her too!
Of course, it made me smile as I watched Penny share her book with one of her best pals. Her enthusiasm made all my guilt go away!
Hand-written stuff adds a nicer, more personal touch, anyway.