End of a Journal

Sparkle used the last page in her journal this morning. She's been anticipating filling out this last page all week long. I told her that when it was filled, we would put it into storage. Then when she grows up, we'll take it out and ooh and aah over it and exclaim how cute her work was when she was five. Then when she moves out into a home of her own, we'll give it to her to store.

Here's an entry from the beginning of the journal.


Here's the last entry.


Her handwriting has improved, as has her use of capital letters and ending punctuation. Her pictures also show slight improvement. Hair is no longer two straight lines. Pictures are sometimes colored in instead of just outlines. Other things haven't changed. She's still drawing the same types of things (family members and princesses), and her sentences are still blah.

She's already decorated a cover for the next journal. I'm looking forward to seeing how she fills it.