You'll Be Missed Aunt Lola!

This is a sad post... my Aunt Lola passed on Friday.  My mom told me yesterday.  She actually slipped into a comma on Tuesday after going without oxygen for over 30 min.  They put her on life support, it was her wishes to be remove from life support if she ever would need it.  So her adult children granted her desire.  She lived just a few short hours after removing  life support.  There was test run to assure that she was in fact brain dead... the test were conclusive.

I love you Aunt Lola and you will be missed by your family.

P.S.  Aunt Lola was my favorite Aunt and I have very happy memories of her and I :-)

Momma and Me Journals

Momma & Me Journal's is something I've been wanting

to do for some time now and just kept

forgetting about it...

What is a Momma & Me Journal you ask, well

I learned about them a couple years back and I loved

the idea.  It's a journal or notebook

you keep with your child/ren.  Each child

has their own they share with you.
Mama Jenn describes it like

Pen Pals but without the envelope & stamp.

Yeah it's like that.  It a journal that your child 

write letters in with questions, thoughts, songs, poems,

ideas, hopes, dreams and sometime things

that bug them.  And you in turn

respond to their letter. Or you write down

a poem or song that you cherish.

It's another tool to help

build the relationship, to cement the

bond between the two of you.

To strengthen the cords of love!

They are real easy to make, just purchase a comp book,

create a label, print it off, glue it on or use db back tape (which was my choice)

and then cover it with clear contact paper.
Mama Jenn has a couple of

labels you can print off

if your not into creating them or

just don't have the time too

Momma Jen has posted an intro letter:

Dear (your child's name),

Would you like to be my pen pal?
Instead of mailing letters to each other, we can keep them here in this notebook.
Does that sound like fun?

I will write to you and then leave the notebook on your bed.
Then, when you want to write me back you can begin writing on the next page and leave the notebook on my bed when you are done.

You can write about anything! It can be funny or serious!
Just write about whatever is on your mind! :-)

I am so excited and I hope that you are excited too!

Love,

Mom

P.S. Write back soon! :-)

I put their journals in a place they were sure to find it.  And at the top

of the intro page I wrote...

Shhhhh..... don't tell anyone this is just between me and you

So each girl was hiding the journal from the other, it was so

cute.  Each one felt very special and both were

so excited!

They have written in them twice now, with questions and statements, one even

asking for advice :-)

This is really GOOD!!