My MOM Book

Back in the day’s when I had time to read a magazine (note to self: re-read Natalie’s post on how to get more reading time), I stumbled upon an article in Real Simple magazine by Jaquelyn Mitchard.  In it, she described how every year, she had her children, nine in all, create pictures and letters to her for every holiday instead of buying her a present.  

When her children were young, they’d draw rudimentary pictures and scribbles and as they aged, they wrote meaningful letters and frustrated, “I love you’s” as teen-age angst grew strong.  They didn’t need to buy her flimsy #1 Mom necklaces for Valentine’s Day or a potted plant for Mother’s Day.  They simply put something in her Mom Book.

After reading this article, I knew this was for me.  I wanted a way to collect the memories of each stage that my boys go through, and how they feel about me in them.  I wanted a way to catalog how their drawing, language skills, ways to communicate grow.  I wanted to have all of this for years to come.  I made a Mom Book.

To make mine, I simply mod-podged some cut out scrapbook paper onto a bound notebook of heavy-duty paper.  God knows, what kind of “mediums” my children will be using in this thing.  I’ll be proffering it to my boys this weekend, for the first installment.  My Mother’s Day gift.

I can’t wait to see what the pages of this book will become.  To see my point of inspiration, read the article by Jaquelyn Mitchard, here.  She’ll have you making a Mom Book too.