December Daily

I started a project about 2 years ago after reading of the idea on Ali Edwards blog, and have loved it. The idea is to make an album ("December Daily") for the month of December with a page devoted to each day. Every year it is so fun for the kids to flip back through what we did in the month of December leading up to Christmas. This is the time of year I am usually scrambling to get it done, so that on December 1st we are ready to go. This album pictured is from 2 years ago. The idea is to take a smaller album (6X6 or so) and premake some pages with numbers corresponding for the dates. I do 1-31 for all the days of December. Some people do 1-25 until Christmas, but I think it's fun to do the whole month. I always try to use supplies I have on hand, and those of you that "scrapbook" in any form know how much Christmas stuff can accumulate over the years. This year all I did was buy the 6X6 album, and the rest I had on hand. My goal is to get it done before we leave on Saturday....and it's a lofty goal at this point.

I'm sure I'll mention this a few times next month....since I am a little obsessive about it. :) And, I love the idea of preserving a month in time that doesn't have to feel overwhelming. It's a fun way to get the kids involved as we print our pictures at night and put them in the album. A lot of the pages are traditions we do every year...cut down the tree, decorate the tree, make cookies, wrap presents, Christmas Eve church service....but so far every year I have captured some totally unplanned and unexpected memories that I know I most likely won't remember in 10 years.