*Scrappitydoodah*

Most mornings, the kids and I have been taking a few moments to write in our journals.  Sometimes one of us will pick a topic, sometimes the topics are up to each writer; after we finish, each of us has the choice to read our entries aloud.  During this time, I encourage creative spelling (or is that inventive spelling?) because this exercise is about the creative process and putting thoughts to paper.  I often will go back after we read aloud and help with any words they want to spell correctly, but it’s not a requirement.

In addition to these journals, they each have a blank book or two in their rooms to use for whatever they wish…making lists, drawing, venting, what have you.  These are private and I don’t venture into them.  Today The Comet, who is six,  had placed his private journal on his nightstand, and I just happened to glance at the cover, on which he had written

MY GURNLL

and for some reason, that just made my heart melt and my mouth smile.