Today my 1st grader, Nora, came home with a project she worked on at school in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It was a mobile that had three parts, on which she wrote her dreams for her community, for her country and for the world. The dreams were so honest, so pure and innocent. She was so proud of the mobile she stood in our dining room and read each dream out loud to us. Twice.
Her dream for her community (which she was told was her school) is:
"I dream that they wold have helthear (healthier) meels in the lunch room because they can some times be un helthey."
For her country: "I dream that things wold not cost so much."
For her world: "I dream that people wold stop fighting. That wors (wars) wold stop and everyone wold be fiyn (fine)."
I told her I'd put this in her scrapbook. So, I made a quick layout to accompany it. Look for inspiration everywhere - in your home, your family, and the simplicity of a child's words. On a less serious note, I found inspiration in the new Basic Grey valentines papers and journaling spots. I embellished the layout with some old felt cut outs and the new Basic Grey fabric flowers.
(I will also post this layout at the store so you can see if in closer detail, because this image is so small it is hard to see!)
The mobile itself I will have to put in a pocket page, so it can be taken out and looked at. This is something I will have to show in another post. The point is, I found inspiration in this unexpected place and am so excited to record this proud moment for my daughter! Sometimes, as scrapbookers, we feel that we have to record the actual artifact, when really, recording the sentiment of a moment is enough.
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