3 Word Journal

So I've been reading a book called The 3 Word Journal by Randall Wright. In it Mr. Wright teaches an easy way to keep a journal. Our mind are like a computer. Significant experiences are all stored there - we just need the right 'search words' to recall them. Using just 3 words - we can quickly record and later 'access' those memories. Anywho - I've tried it this week. Writing down three words in my all-purpose notebook

So some words from my week . . .

Allison, Sunday, Workbook

So tonight Allison decided that we all needed a Sunday workbook for tomorrow. She went up by the computer and got some printer paper. She stapled 10 pieces of paper together, asked me to get her a pen - and then she went to her room to work. Well she just came down and showed Dad his Sunday workbook. I was amazed! She had drawn a temple on the outside with Dad's name on it - and a tiny angel Moroni (only she told me she ran out of room at the top so Moroni is a little squished). The next page has a picture of the church which Dad can color tomorrow. Next was a 'Spot the Difference' She drew - I think another church building and then 4 other buildings - and he has to figure out what is different. Then she did a word search. She really did it! She wrote some church words at the bottom of the paper . . . but she told me he has to read the words at the bottom - not just look for them in the puzzle because 'I just sounded out the words - I don't really know how to spell them'. And sure enough at the bottom of the paper she wrote . . . 'Tepl' (temple) "Chrch", and "Sakrmint" (sacrament). Then she did another spot the difference . . . but I couldn't quite tell what they were and so I asked. "They are the building on the back of a penny," she said. Oh - and sure enough they do look like the Lincoln Memorial. She ended with a scrambled word puzzle . . . which was a little tricky because she was using phonetically spelled words . . . all scrambled up. But she whispered the answer to me and told me not to tell dad . . . and sure enough all the letter sounds of what she was writing were all there . . . just mixed up.

Anyway - Allison is just such a little joy. She is always coming up with fun activities and games we can do together. Another thing she did today . . . we had some Halloween music going and she started dancing. Suddenly she said, "We need to have a Halloween ballet." She proceeded to get some paper and she made invitations for her friends to come to a Halloween Ballet on Friday. I'm not sure what to do about that . . . we might have our own family Halloween Ballet on Friday . . .

OK . . . one more set of 3 words . . .

Allison, Lion King, What?

The kids were watching Lion King and I sat down to watch it with them while I fed Evan. Periodically Allison would look at me and say, 'What, Mom, What?' I'd look at her a little confused and say, 'I didn't say anything - I'm just watching the movie.' It happened again.

'Mom, what? What mom?'

'Nothing, hun - I'm just watching the movie.'

A little later . . .

'Mom what?'

'Allison - nothing. What do you keep saying that?'

'I just want to know what you're thinking about the movie.'

I realized she kept asking that when the movie was a sad or scary. When Mufasa died. During the scary 'Be Prepared' song. I realized she just needed reassurance. We all need reassurance sometimes.