tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864721.post2031566818272553188..comments2023-10-04T08:31:00.955-05:00Comments on keepin' up with the joneses...: Journal ItJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10038454792972449216noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864721.post-49127551050846968642011-01-06T17:47:14.805-06:002011-01-06T17:47:14.805-06:00SLO Mom is Ashley BTW! San Luis Obispo County.SLO Mom is Ashley BTW! San Luis Obispo County.SLO Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06623575174071042902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864721.post-80651562696124891172011-01-06T13:25:32.792-06:002011-01-06T13:25:32.792-06:00Hi, My friend told me to journal when i was pregna...Hi, My friend told me to journal when i was pregnant with my lil one, so I did. I have to admit I just looked at it this AM and was like I have gotta write in there again for her!! THANKS for the reminder, encouragement to do so, and the input on how you do it! I have already been blessed going back and reading some of the entries. You know how stressful it was @ the end for me!!! xoxo, oh yah... and i was gonna blog, too. Ha! Motherhood is full time job!!!SLO Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06623575174071042902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864721.post-23280039296552717152011-01-03T19:01:37.025-06:002011-01-03T19:01:37.025-06:00I've done this exact same thing with my girls ...I've done this exact same thing with my girls too. (we are SO alike sometimes! I even read that strong willed child book too lol). Instead of schoolnotebooks though I use hard cover smaller notebooks that still have the wire binding--like u said, you can flip it completely open (and backward) so its easier to write in and hold, especially since I am usually doing this in bed. I also only write on the front side of the paper so that its neater (for the long term). I've let the girls draw pictures in them too, which they enjoy doing. Your example post is exactly how I write mine-I do lots of quotes too of funny things they have said (I would jot them down on scraps of paper when they said it, then transfer them into the book when I had time). My only problem is that I never write anything about serious struggles I've ever had with parenthood--maybe I should bc it would give perspective to them when they are parents, but I didn't want anything negative to be in there that would ever give them any inkling that I possibly didn't love them. I want them to know I ALWAYS loved them, and I fear that if they read about any emotional struggles I had they may misinterpret it and think I didn't love them. Maybe there is a way to write it properly, but I've never ventured into those emotions in my notebooks. I don't know when I'll give it to them, I always thought it'd be ontheir wedding days as a wedding gift, but it may be something they want when they become parents, or sooner like u are planning. Who knows, I just figure when the time is right I will decide and know. <br />I like that u write about spouses and marriage and the marriage commitment being overriding. That's a good idea.Rene'https://www.blogger.com/profile/13382103216031739451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864721.post-49076543622915243062011-01-03T16:25:15.111-06:002011-01-03T16:25:15.111-06:00What a FANTASTIC idea and gift you are giving to y...What a FANTASTIC idea and gift you are giving to your children!! I am so wishing I would have thought of doing that a TON sooner but better late than never right?<br /><br />YOu are an awesome Mom Jen!Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14757011852484520232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864721.post-13238477457820028312011-01-03T10:29:49.199-06:002011-01-03T10:29:49.199-06:00that is SUCH a good idea Jen! I'm a bit late ...that is SUCH a good idea Jen! I'm a bit late in starting one, but better late than never :)Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903029958201806185noreply@blogger.com