After we laid her down for the night I asked the hubs, "Do you think we'll always remember this 2 1/2 year version of our daughter.? How she talks, acts, and even how small she is?" I'm not sure of the answer, but I hope that I always do. She's growing up fast and is changing everyday.
I gave her her first hair cut a couple nights ago. I took an inch and a half of her blond curls off.
I wanted to find some easy crafts for us to do and something that would help me remember just how small she was as the years go by. For Thanksgiving I traced her hands and made little turkeys out of them. For Christmas I found this simple reindeer project. I covered them all with contact paper so that they'll last and I can take them out year after year. Now that we've been tracing her hands and feet she really enjoys it, and even tries to trace her toy animals feet while telling them, "hold still."
Lastly, this project was something I did for the Christmas tree since we still don't have a star or angel to put on top of our Christmas tree. I used this tutorial on Gumbo Lily and I used some vintage paper patterns from my Repro Depot books.
2 comments:
What a brilliant idea to sort of freeze these holidays and remember another tiny piece of our little one's lives. Thanks for sharing.
I like your ideas to save some little hands and feet. I like your star too!
Jody
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