It's fun to "interview" our grandchildren about once a year and record their answers on a scrapbook layout. I am working on a layout using these questions:
Who is the smartest person in your family?
What is your Daddy really good at?
How are you different than your Mommy?
What can you do better than your Daddy?
What is one thing Mommy always says to you?
What do you and your Daddy do together that you will always remember?
How do you know that Mommy and Daddy love you?
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You can also record the answers to the following questions every year and see how they change as the child gets older:
Favorite subject in school, best friends, favorite lunch, something new I've learned, favorite movie, the best thing about me, the most fun I've had lately, favorite song, favorite clothes to wear, last compliment I received, favorite toy, favorite TV show, favorite thing to eat.
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Using the quizzes is also the perfect way to scrapbook about yourself. There is no greater gift for your friends and family than a glimpse of the "real" you, a "slice of your life" right now! These questions can be answered yearly for a personal year-end inventory:
The last person I sent a card to
What I ate for lunch today
Something I just learned
My favorite song this year
The last book I read
What I'm wearing right now
The last phone call I made
Inside, I don't feel very different from when I was
The last restaurant I ate at was
My favorite TV show
The last movie I saw
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You can capture someone by just doing journaling blocks of their "favorites."
One last idea is a "fill in the blanks" approach to journaling. These idea also comes from the book:
*If I hadn't become a _____, I might have been a _____.
*If I hadn't gone to _____, I might have never met _____.
*If I hadn't learned to ____, I would never have gotten to _____.
*My _____ is my most prized possession.
*My ability to _____ is one of my greatest skills.
*If asked, my family will say my greatest accomplishment is _____.
*I'm sorry I will never see _____ again.
*Going to _____ taught me that _____.
*My life would be easier if I got my _____ fixed.
*I would be happy if I never saw another _____ again.
I could go on and on, but I think this gives you an idea of the fun you can have will this approach to journaling!!
3 comments:
Judy, these ideas are great! I too miss SS. :(
I do not scrap w/ these important elements of the story of my kids enough. Thanks for the reminder. I'm going to try and capture their words as well as their photos for my pages!
I love all these ideas. I need to start doing this. It would be so cute to look back on the answers. Thank you for the inspiration.
Thanks Judy for this great post and for reminding me to scrapbook the little everyday things that happen in our lives - not just those big events and trips!
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