David’s BoGM – Week 15

And the next spread:

The left side is an amulet one of David’s classmates gave him and the right side is a paper we created when we sat to stamp and color and play.

Here’s the paper that’s tucked in there on the right side.

more next time.


David’s Book of Good Memories is a bi-weekly project for 2012 with my seven-year-old son David. You can read more about it here.

David’s BoGM – Week 14

And the next spread:

And this is a picture one of David’s classmates made him for his birthday! We loved it so much that we didn’t want to fold it up.

more next time.


David’s Book of Good Memories is a bi-weekly project for 2012 with my seven-year-old son David. You can read more about it here.

David’s BoGM – Week 13

Here is the next spread from our book:

The left side is a Christmas card one of David’s classmates gave him and the right side is an origami Yoda David made in class.

More coming soon.


David’s Book of Good Memories is a bi-weekly project for 2012 with my seven-year-old son David. You can read more about it here.

David’s BoGM – Week 12

Here is the next spread from our book:

This page is a photo from the same playdate. David had so much fun that we wanted to make sure we remembered it.

more next time.


David’s Book of Good Memories is a bi-weekly project for 2012 with my seven-year-old son David. You can read more about it here.

David’s BoGM – Week 11

Here is the next spread from our book:

And the next spread:

when David’s best friend Ari was here for a playdate, they created this art piece together. We taped it down closed and put some words on the back.

and here’s the open page.

More next time.


David’s Book of Good Memories is a bi-weekly project for 2012 with my seven-year-old son David. You can read more about it here.

David’s BoGM – Week 10

Here is the next spread from our book:

And the next spread:

The left side is a funny face David’s making and how he likes his silly face. The right side is an older photo from 2010 when we walked across The Golden Gate Bridge. David remembers that day fondly. (so do i!)

More next time.


David’s Book of Good Memories is a bi-weekly project for 2012 with my seven-year-old son David. You can read more about it here.

David’s BoGM – Week 9

Here is the next spread from our book:

This is a drawing Ari made for David at school. I love that he has a good friend who makes things for him.

There we go. That’s all for this week. More coming soon.


David’s Book of Good Memories is a bi-weekly project for 2012 with my seven-year-old son David. You can read more about it here.

David’s BoGM – Week 8

Here is the next spread from our book:

Left side is a penguin David traced last year that he loves. And the right side is about the first time he had Smarties (on Halloween) and how much he liked them.

More next time.


David’s Book of Good Memories is a bi-weekly project for 2012 with my seven-year-old son David. You can read more about it here.

David’s BoGM – Week 7

Here is the next spread from our book:

This is a little map of mystery LEGO mini-figures you can get and he checked off the two he already has.

There we go. That’s all for this week. More coming soon.


David’s Book of Good Memories is a bi-weekly project for 2012 with my seven-year-old son David. You can read more about it here.

David’s BoGM – Week 6

Here are two more spreads from our book:

David’s school has this wonderful tradition called Family Friday. They have different kids, teachers, and faculty that form a family which they then get to have for the rest of their time at school. They meet on Fridays once a month. This was the paper they filled on the first meeting of the year. It was a get-to-know-you game.

And the next spread:

The left side has the pictures of the lego models David got for Christmas and how much he likes them. The right side is a card David’s “big sister” made him last year when she (and he) was leaving school (she graduated to middle school and he moved to a private school.)

There we go. That’s all for this week. More coming soon.


David’s Book of Good Memories is a bi-weekly project for 2012 with my seven-year-old son David. You can read more about it here.

David’s BoGM – Week 5

Here are two more spreads from our book:

The left side of this spread is a map of Legoland and the right side is an id he got there on the driving course. He wanted to write all over the page so that’s what he got to do. He loves it and so do I.

And the next spread:

The left side has his ribbon of when he moved from level 2 to 3 in swim class. I blurred the name of the school just in case. The right side has some index photos from a 2009 Project Life order I’d put in. Tons of little photos of David.

There we go. That’s all for this week. More coming soon.


David’s Book of Good Memories is a bi-weekly project for 2012 with my seven-year-old son David. You can read more about it here.

David’s BoGM – Week 4

Here are two more spreads from our book:

Another butterfly from Spanish class. Aren’t these magnificent?

And the next spread:

More drawings and fun with his friend Ari. He and David were “selling” things at school from what I understand (not for money) but then they were told to stop. (or so David tells me weeks later.) but he still loves that they made this chart.

There we go. That’s all for this week. More coming soon.


David’s Book of Good Memories is a bi-weekly project for 2012 with my seven-year-old son David. You can read more about it here.