Sunday, August 23, 2009

Why I Keep a Journal for My Kids

When my kids were really young I decided to start a journal for each of them documenting my thoughts and feelings for them as they grew up, as well as funny or memorable things they said or did. I was reading through Leah's journal today and came across an entry I thought was so funny I had to tell Leah about it. It was written just after she turned three and she's six-and-a-half-years-old now. After I read it to her she couldn't quit laughing and had to tell her big sisters the "hilarious" thing she said three years ago.

July 17, 2006

I wish your hair would grow as fast as you do, Leah! You are such a little character, always saying or doing something cute. Recently you overheard me telling Hali about the eggs females have in their body that will someday make a baby. Well, a few days later you awoke from your nap with a tummy ache. You came directly to me while rubbing it and said, "I think my baby is trying to crack out of my egg!'" It was so funny.

THAT is why I keep journals for my kids and why the idea of blogging is so appealing to me. Who would want to forget that?



3 comments:

Shalene said...

That is too cute. Kids can be so much fun!

Gayle said...

That is great that you document the special things in their lives. I still laugh when my daughter told her grandma that I pumped gas for a living.

2Shaye ♪♫ said...

Oh this is wonderful, wonderful! LOL I've recently been going through a ton of old letters that my hubby and I wrote to each other during our dating years. And I'm slowly going through old emails I wrote about our children to family and friends...compiling and such. It's so special to remember it all. And it's another reason why I blog, too!