003 Digital Scrapbook

A song recommendation and behind the scenes of a pumpkin craft

This week’s digital scrapbook contains a song recommendation that fills me with joyful energy and a peak behind the scenes of a pumpkin craft project. Thanks for being here! 

“Good Day” by Forrest Frank

I cannot get enough of the song “Good Day” by Forrest Frank. A couple weeks ago, I was having a tough day. When I picked up my son from his summer preschool program that day, I turned it around with this song. 

I have been listening to it on repeat while I work and it gives me so much joy while I’m writing or taking care of things around the house that I had to share it with you. 

Behind the Scenes of a Pumpkin Craft

Recently, it rained alllllll day and was rather cold for August so we pulled out the paint in the afternoon (after making brownies and prepping dinner).

We have been saving toilet paper rolls the past couple months to paint and my son decided on orange to make pumpkins. (He can hardly wait to purchase pumpkins at the farmer’s market when they are ready in a few weeks.)

After filming the video above, I was distracted for a couple minutes taking pictures of what we made and my son got creative with the paint on the counter. 

We made the best of the moment by using the counter as our palette. Then, my little one had the idea of using one of his tractors to make tracks. And I was all for it. We have used cars and trucks in paint before so I thought, “why not?!”

Now before you go thinking we have some perfect life, there was a meltdown at the end of this project.

But to me, it was also a reminder of how distracting my phone can be (more on that soon - I’m working on an article on my experience of removing the Instagram app from my phone). 

Even though I was using my phone for something I thought was good, it prevented me from seeing that my little one was spiraling and needed my help before he was completely overstimulated.

He eventually calmed down, we reconnected, and the rest of the evening was wonderful. The meatloaf was the perfect meal on a rainy day with a side of green beans (plus the brownies were delicious).

But there is something to the conversations I’ve been seeing online about the damage smartphones are causing to our relationships and mental health.

What’s in your digital scrapbook this week?

I would love to hear about some of the things you are reading, doing, and making this week. 

Thanks for being here,
Em