Friday, October 22, 2010

Birthday project

The last few weeks I've been making this birthday board: sawing, sanding, painting, glueing, and creating. This is the end product. The board celebrates the birthday child the week before their birthday. I was thinking that once they start school (9am-4pm in AK) we can only celebrate their birthday for several hours after school and then their special day is done. That's no fun. I thought this would be a good way to stretch it out a bit and make them feel much love from us. It's not like they are getting spoiled with gifts. The names change out; Sydney's name is on the back of Jordyn's, Levi has his own. The numbers count down 6,5,4,3,2,1 and those are easy to change out too. I had to clarify because my mom thought I made one for each child....NO WAY. It took tons of time just to make the one. The number of times I drove to Michaels and Walmart alone was ridiculous. Here's the idea: They get to pick dinner for the whole week, and then on the bottom I wrote things to do once every day (i.e. watching their 1 yr. video, looking at pictures, telling stories of them when they were little, taking them out for a special treat, decorating, etc. You get it). I'm satisfied with the result and glad to get my dining room table back. If you're thinking I'm creative...I'm not. I totally copied the idea from Super Mommy.


6 comments:

The Shaws said...

Super cute! PS I called you today and the machine never came on. Maybe Jeff was on the phone with Shelley Gee and didn't want to click over.

Kirsten said...

cute! That's a great idea!

Anonymous said...

Way cute! and to think you had to make 2? 3? or does Levie have to wait? You really go the extra mile to make things fun for your children!

matt said...

so cute...where do I go to find the idea...super mommy? How long did this actually take? I love it, just have to think about it for ALL ages, since Parker is 10 now! btw, will you text me your address for Cam's baptism announcement? Love you!

Alice said...

That's awesome! Way to make your kids feel special!

Melissa said...

Seriously adorable. I'm constantly amazed at the loving and exciting things you do for your children.