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Words: Reading is super important in our family, and today was an especially full-of-books day. This morning, I finished off the book I've been reading while snuggling Jonas (who was watching Sesame Street). I also read a few chapters of a new book while taking a bubble bath and I'll read a few more as soon as I'm done with this post before declaring lights out
Jonas kept bringing me books and books and books this afternoon, so we read about ten before naptime (and another three or four before bedtime). This is an abnormal amount for him; he usually doesn't want to stay still through several books. His favorites right now have animals or pages of pictures with corresponding words so he can learn the words for the pictures. (He loves pointing to the pictures and having me read the captions over and over.)
It was also a big book day for Eliza, because her Book in the Bag is due back tomorrow and we hadn't filled out the form or finished all of the books. Instead of sending some of them back unread, she read to me while I cooked and then I read the remanding two to her. One of them was French, and I read in French and she corrected my pronunciation / translated the bits I didn't know. We also read a lot of books from our house this week. We're making some serious progress on Harry Potter 5! I love that we swap from her reading to me to me reading to her. It's our bonding just mom and Eliza time (though Jonas was climbing on us for a bit of the reading time tonight).
Here's what you can take from this:
- Don't limit yourself! If you need more than one photo to represent your story; go for it!
- This is some seriously long journaling for a few Instagram photos. Make sure to get in the values and routines that are important to you and/or your family!
- Consider doing a take on the prompt for multiple people. This prompt was "someone reading", but I really covered reading for three different members of my family. It can be fun to compare / contrast!
- This journaling is really random / stream of consciousness and doesn't flow well. I'll probably clean it up a bit before it reaches its final destination, but it's the getting it down that matters. Try just writing whatever comes to you and worry about it sounding nice later. Think of it like taking a picture now and editing it later! Sure, it can be easier to get it perfect on the first shot, but that's not always the realistic option, right?
This is my documentation from the Daily Doc | Nov 2012 handout. It has 30 prompts to use if you get stuck documenting. I'm tackling all of these this month AND doing unplanned daily documentation. I printed out the prompts (pages 2-4 of the handout) and I'm highlighting them to cross them off as I go. I'm not doing them in order; I'm using them as they make sense for me.
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