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December Daily 2014 – Day Twenty

Day Twenty is all about the Niles train. We’ve taken this ride every year since before Nathaniel was born. We love it.

and here’s the page after all the photos and words:

this is the left side:

and the right side (sorry for the blur 🙁 ):

and the ticket is in the pocket:

and a tilted look to see all the shimmer:

yey. onward.

December Daily 2014 – Day Nineteen

Day Nineteen is about the last two days of school. Two holiday parties, two holiday concerts. One very tired mommy.

and here’s the page after all the photos and words:

this is the left side:

there’s a bookmark Nathaniel’s teachers gave us on the left pocket (and the musical program is on the top pocket):

and the back:

and the right side:

and a tilted look to see all the shimmer:

yey. onward.

Nathaniel Reads to Mommy – Week 24

Nathaniel Reads to Mommy is a project for 2014 that I am doing with my 4.5-year-old son. You can read more about it here.

Today I Know – Week 50

This week’s inspiration comes from this pin. I used color pencils for the cup and watercolor on the background. It’s all crooked but I still like it.

prompt says: today i know that i might have been wrong about

Today I Know is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

December Daily 2014 – Day Eighteen

Day Eighteen has two stories. The one on the left is about seeing Mockingjay PartI and then on the right is about a poem David wrote for me.

and here’s the page after all the photos and words:

this is the left side:

and the right side:

and a tilted look to see all the shimmer:

yey. onward.

December Daily 2014 – Day Seventeen

Day seventeen is all about Hannukah lights.

and here’s the page after all the photos and words:

this is the left side:

and the right side:

and a tilted look to see all the shimmer:

yey. onward.

A Book a Week – The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

I read The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared because my friend Cole recommended it. I actually listened to this one, too. On Audible on my phone. Only while I drove the kids to and fro.

And such, it took quite a while to finish it, but it was so worth it.

This book is clever, funny, and quirky.

If you’re into different books that are quirky, I highly recommend this one.

Savor Project – 2014 – Spread Forty-Four

This is one of the Week in the Life pages I made that will be going into my Savor album for 2014:

this one is all about my day at work.

Savor Project is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

December Daily 2014 – Day Sixteen

Day Sixteen is about the day we spent at the zoo on Sunday. Even though we did it on Sunday, I wanted to make sure to tell the story. I look at this as the story of our December so I am not super-particular about what’s preserved on what day.

and here’s the page after all the photos and words:

this is the left side:

and the right side:

David lost his tooth right when we were at the park, so I decided to save that, too!

and a tilted look to see all the shimmer:

yey. onward.

Remember This – Week 45

The One Little Word assignment for September was creating a short manifesto and writing the real story on how I am doing with my word.

My manifesto was: Yes, I Can.

It’s never failed to give me strength.

And I journaled about how I always keep trying. I believe in the power of trying.

Remember This is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

December Daily 2014 – Day Fifteen

Today’s page had a drawing of Santa’s present bag so I decided to write about our presents. I had just spent a bunch of time wrapping them all so I thought it was a good fit. It’s one of those story-heavy entries. A reminder of what I like to shop for, how this year’s holiday shopping went, etc. I also attached a snippet of the wrapping paper I used for each of us for this year.:

and here’s the page after all the photos and words:

this is the left side:

and the right side:

and a tilted look to see the shimmer:

it’s getting awfully close to Christmas.

December Daily 2014 – Day Fourteen

Day fourteen was all about the Google Geo Christmas Party. This year’s party was at the Computer History Museum and they had some cartoonists, some fun graffiti photo thingie, ice skating and a photobooth so I wanted to capture all of that. They also had a robot on the dance floor that both Jake and I posed with.
the before shot: