I've seen some cute stuff where they use the kids' footprints in finger paint to make little flower or butterfly type paintings.
Mother's Day Crafts
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I only had two when they were small - the rest came already at or near teenage when we blended families. So I kept stuff on the fridge, and rotated them periodically, usually after bedtime.Call me a bad mom, but I throw so much art away. Don't get me wrong, I have PLENTY from the kids, but after 4 kids I am drowning in special treasures.
That being said, I have a Mother's Day questionnaire on the fridge that my 5yr old did in preschool last year. She said I was 61 years old (just a few years off). The last statement was "I love my mom more than . . ". Her answer was "my daddy". Winning!
Personally I would use/display a hand painted pot with a flower planted in it.
It has become problematic to keep things on the fridge now, with 16 grandkids...
Took me a minute - she goes to bed at eight thirty (frdee)?We have a tote now for each kid. The tote I will give them someday when they get their own house. We will put very special items in the tote, but the rest gets thrown away eventually. We just don't have that much space.
I LOVE your "winning" story. It reminded me of this. Our first grader brings home her "Monday mailing" folder every Monday night from first grade. Earlier this spring, she brought home this worksheet, and it is now posted on my wall at work because it is my favorite thing ever (suck it, Janny!):
LOL - yes. She totally still hear/says about half of her "th" sounds with "f."
When my nephew was in his early years of grade school they had a mother's day deal where the mothers came in and the kids talked about the great things their mothers do for them.
My nephew said his mom was so great because she would take him to Aunt xxxxx's house and then spent the rest of the time telling the class how totally awesome Aunt xxxxx was and nothing more about his mom.
My nephew said his mom was so great because she would take him to Aunt xxxxx's house and then spent the rest of the time telling the class how totally awesome Aunt xxxxx was and nothing more about his mom.
All kinds of interesting dynamics could result from that one - varying based on whether mom & aunt are sisters or sisters in law.
SistersAll kinds of interesting dynamics could result from that one - varying based on whether mom & aunt are sisters or sisters in law.
I hang onto most of the artwork. It's a piece of cake compared to the massive sized school projects. The model medieval castles, insect collection and identification, biology habitat dioramas, middle school FACS sewing projects, Industrial Arts wooden shopping list holder to hang in the kitchen (imagine one for every son I have), wooden Boy Scout tool boxes, etc. are much bigger issues and usually involved a lot more work.
I'm at the point with several full fledged adult children, a college one, and a couple of high school ones, where I long for the occasions when we are all together again, so last year when they were all there for ISU graduation, it was the first time I had spent Mother's Day with all of my kids since 2008. If I had little kids, I might agree with you as long as you change tequila to wine.
Mother's day gets a little bit more complicated with blended families.
We have had all of our six kids together only once...in December 1994 when we got married. The oldest (his oldest) was raised by his mother in Washington, and has been to Iowa once since our wedding. Now that the younger five have all grown up and moved away, we rarely have even all of them together. The last time was at a celebration of PapaLew's 60th birthday in October 2014. We do get to have 2-3 of them at the same time several times a year.
Are you my brother? Because that's his go-to gift for any occasion.
This was one of my favorite phases of kiddom: when they start writing and they are encouraged to just spell things phonically instead of worrying about correct spelling constantly.
My youngest would often spell words that started with t- with a ch- instead. So tree was always chree. It drove my wife nuts, and she thought this particular "misspelling" made no sense. But I totally get it, if you don't emphasize with a hard t sound. Most people slightly aspirate through the t so to a kid's senses I can totally understand where the ch- comes from.
It's so adorable, I agree! I try to encourage her to think about what she's read elsewhere for the future - but I understand the mistakes! She also used to say she wanted to sit "be-next to" someone. Which, logically - I get it! Beside, behind, be-next!
That's dumb and worthless. I'm making my mom a beer can koozie out of sticks this year. You know, something she can actually use, unlike your stupid turkey.
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My mom only drinks hard liquor, so a beer koozie would do her about as much good as her prosthetic leg, now that it doesn't fit her anymore. She can at least have a conversation with my turkey.
Well, I thought it was going to be about beer anyway...aaaaaand, thread is officially derailed.
Angie, I tried!!!