This

became this.

This is how I like to scrapbook. Very simple. The photograph and the words. Here are the words on the page: You are four. You love tractors and playing in the dirt. You are really into coloring right now – playing very close attention to staying in the lines and using lots of different colors. You love broccoli but not tomatoes. You drink milk. You are about to move into a booster car seat. You weight 35 pounds. You still sleep in a crib – you say you feel “safer” and that the monsters can’t get you in there. You just learned to dress yourself and you are very proud of this accomplishment. You still suck your thumb but only at night with blue blanky. You don’t like to be called Dunc or Duncy, you tell me “my name is Duncan”. You shower me with kisses. You like vanilla ice cream with sprinkles. You light up my life each and every day – I love you.

I love that my kids will have words and photographs to document their lives. There will be proof of how they looked, how they felt, what they liked - and most of all they will know the impact they have made on my life. I want them to know that every day, every minute I cherish them.