Some of you were saying that I should make a book about the bee and the butterfly (which I just might do!). So I thought I'd share a shot of what came in the mail today- and I'll be sending out to Isaac this week. It's made completely of pictures from my recent visit and is all about the things Isaac likes to do in the summer (obviously!). The best part of all was that it was a buy one- get TWO free deal! So Mommy gets one as a keepsake, Isaac gets one to play with and Grammy gets one so that she and Isaac can read it together on Skype!
That's good marketing! I did that with my grand daughter when she was little. I took her copy apart and laminated the pages and then bound it with a spiral binding. It was sturdy enough for her vigorous "reading"!
@allie912 Thank you Allison! For a boy he is remarkably gentle with his books so this one might survive! @twr Thank you Timothy! @summerfield Thank you Vikki! He is going to be quite pleased with himself too as he is in almost every picture!
What a great idea and so nice that you got multiple copies. I made one for our last vacation and plan to do one for this year's trip, but it's so expensive to buy more than just one so I guess my kids will have to fight over them when I'm gone.
@lisabell Check out Snapfish Lisa- they often have those deals where you can buy one and get two free. I usually get their basic linen cover or the paperback kind in the case of Isaac's book. I think their quality is nice and the turn around is usually pretty quick too. Don't go by this picture- I added the cartoon effect here for fun. The actual cover is a regular picture.
This was in today's devotional 9The Upper Room) written by a woman from New Zealand. I thought it was so timely:
My two-year-old daughter loves having me read to her. She stands, hands outstretched, in front of the cupboard where we keep her books, and yells, “Book, book, book!” I pick her up to let her choose the book she wants. Then she snuggles into my lap, and we read together.
One of her favorite books is her photo album. She loves looking at pictures of herself as a baby or seeing pictures of herself in her prettiest dress, with her granddad, or in her daddy’s arms. My daughter has seen pictures from the ultrasound I had before she was born. As we look through the photos, I tell her what was happening when the pictures were taken.
The Bible says that God has a book about us, in which all the days of our life were written down before we were born. I imagine that God’s book is a little like my daughter’s photo album, filled with the places God wants me to see and the people God wants me to help. I look forward to seeing, one day in heaven, what is written about me in God’s book. I hope to read that I lived up to the good plans God had for me on earth."
@prttblues Thanks Bev- felt it would look better on 365 with a little extra umph!
@allie912 Thank you so much for sharing that with me Allison! I'm printing it out and sticking it in Betsy's copy with an explanation of how it came to me. A story within a story! And a great devotional too!
@kerristephens Thanks Kerri!
Thanks Taffy, Meg, Yao, Dione, Lisa, Maggie, Alia, Nicole, Rick, Carla, and Henri! I'm looking forward to the first time we read it together!
@digitalrn I use Snapfish on line. I have also had CVS make up a photo book on a couple occasions and theirs are pretty nice too.
@daisy Thank you Kathryn! That's what I see too!
@moreyoulessme Thank you Jerri!
@twr Thank you Timothy!
@summerfield Thank you Vikki! He is going to be quite pleased with himself too as he is in almost every picture!
My two-year-old daughter loves having me read to her. She stands, hands outstretched, in front of the cupboard where we keep her books, and yells, “Book, book, book!” I pick her up to let her choose the book she wants. Then she snuggles into my lap, and we read together.
One of her favorite books is her photo album. She loves looking at pictures of herself as a baby or seeing pictures of herself in her prettiest dress, with her granddad, or in her daddy’s arms. My daughter has seen pictures from the ultrasound I had before she was born. As we look through the photos, I tell her what was happening when the pictures were taken.
The Bible says that God has a book about us, in which all the days of our life were written down before we were born. I imagine that God’s book is a little like my daughter’s photo album, filled with the places God wants me to see and the people God wants me to help. I look forward to seeing, one day in heaven, what is written about me in God’s book. I hope to read that I lived up to the good plans God had for me on earth."
@allie912 Thank you so much for sharing that with me Allison! I'm printing it out and sticking it in Betsy's copy with an explanation of how it came to me. A story within a story! And a great devotional too!