a href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PoXHVGzLUGI/SHfNReZ958I/AAAAAAAAAbg/j4QKkZdQDNg/s1600-h/Journals-blur.jpg”img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221867993062827970″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center” alt=”" src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PoXHVGzLUGI/SHfNReZ958I/AAAAAAAAAbg/j4QKkZdQDNg/s320/Journals-blur.jpg” border=”0″ //abr /divAfter a href=”http://mythreedoodles.blogspot.com/2008/07/something-oldsomething-new-crafts-with.html”jazzing up my Steno pad/a, I was really excited to make the girls “journals” of their own. I cut out these full page cake pictures from the June (?) issue of Family Fun and then cut the contrasting border from other pages in that same article. I managed to cut all of the letters for each of their names from a single magazine title for each of them (with some creative cutting), so their names looked really sweet on there.br /br /They love them and have asked for them every day, and if I could just keep them from writing on each other emor the baby/em, it’d be the perfect activity. Both of them love to write with pen, and I love to watch Monkey Doodle, well, doodle. She’ll cover an entire page with swirls and designs in no time at all, and it’s amazing to watch her do it. Pumpkin Doodle is just learning to READ (what happened to my embaby/em?), and also starting to write, so we’re using the journal to practice her words as well!br /br /br /a href=”http://www.mylivesignature.com/” target=”_blank”img style=”BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none” src=”http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/128/0E4A8EA9D2A4A002FC32D3D163051882.png” //abr /br /––––-–––––-––––––––-–––––––-––––-––––––-–-––––––-–––-–-–––br /span style=”font-size:85%;”Join us this month for a href=”http://mythreedoodles.blogspot.com/search/label/Christmas%20in%20July”Christmas in July/a. We’ll be talking crafts, preschool activities, baked goods and handmade gifts all month long!/span/div