I found this via Girls Gone Child and I just wanted to share it with all of you working moms out there. We do not do this alone. Thank you so much to every person that has helped me raise my amazing children, especially Amanda, Caroline, Lauren, Molly, Amy, Stacey and Nancy. You have made the world a better place.
I am the worst at baby books. I mean, obviously, I’m not very crafty, and I honestly don’t do to well with written journal keeping (although I’m working on it!) so I have two, half-filled books with zero photos. I rule. When Lucy was two, I decided it was time to stop writing her monthly letters on the blog, and instead write them yearly. It was around this time I discovered Blurb, an online retailer that makes the most beautiful books out of your photos. I decided in lieu of a traditional baby book, I’d make one for Lulu by using Blurb to put together a book of images and words from those years of letters. I called it “Life with Lu” and it was a huge hit with my family.
I attempted once again with Tate to create a traditional baby book, but as I should have known, I never got around to completing it. So when he was around four weeks old, I decided to go ahead and start writing him letters on the blog as well, thinking I would compile them all in a Blurb book once he turned two. And as luck would have it, Blurb is a big sponsor of Alt Summit, which I am attending this week! They gave all the attendees a free book, and you could use the credit to make whatever you wanted. Enter, my new baby book, “Tate the Great.”
I love the look of these books, and I love that I now have a matching set. Huge thanks to Blurb and Alt Summit for making it a reality! And for all of you lazy moms out there that can’t complete a baby book…there is hope!
(I also use Blurb to make my yearly photobooks…check them out here! Or check out the NYC + KC Blurb book here!)
I’m raising an artist!!! Sweet Lulu brought home a note a few weeks back that informed us a piece of her art was selected to be in a special art show. It has been on display in our school district’s main boardroom for a few weeks, but we hadn’t made it over yet due to my (old) crappy work schedule. So earlier this week I picked Lu up from school and we headed over to check it out. I’m not sure what I was expecting, I mean, she’s only 6 years old, but I was really stunned when I saw her piece. She did such an incredible job and was so proud of herself. I can’t wait to get this piece home and find a perfect spot to hang it!
I woke up this morning without a voice, so I guess that means Halloween 2012 was a success!
A last minute costume switch made Tate much happier and a surprise visit from Grandpa didn’t hurt either. Tate went to a few houses in our neighborhood before he headed home to serve as the resident candy giver outer. Lucy and I met up with some buddies from her school and trick or treated for a few hours, followed by a bonfire and s’mores in her friend’s driveway. It was suburban perfection.
Since Tate’s dinosaur costume was obviously a bust, we pulled out this superman t-shirt from Old Navy and he went as Clark Kent. Lu was insistent on being Izzy from Jake and the Neverland Pirates and had been begging to be her since August. I told Lu no one would know who she was, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. Everyone was all “It’s IZZY!” everywhere we went. Apparently Izzy is pretty big amongst the first grade crowd. Who knew?
After we got home and put the kids to bed, I settled down with a bucket of candy and a glass of wine to watch some scary movies and the Halloween episodes of New Girl and the Mindy Project. I also made prank photos of myself as a vampire and sent them out to my friends. As one does.
All in all a pretty successful Halloween! Hope yours was just as wondrous!
