SIMPLE PLATE DECOR PROJECT

PINTEREST inspired this project.  My mom has great handwriting, so I asked her to help.

Materials:  plates from Target, black Sharpie pen, nice handwriting, plate stand.

KIDS HEIGHT MEASURING RULER

Got this idea from the Dear Lillie blog on a pin from PINTEREST!

Remember when your parents marked your height with a pencil on the wall of the laundry room?

This was really simple.  You just need a board, some stain, a silver paint pen, and some patience.
You can actually do whatever combination of colors that you wish.
Measure three times before hanging it on the wall, too.
We decided to hang ours 9 inches from the floor.
We love having this as a memoir instead of marking their heights on a wall.

ABC WALL IN KIDS PLAYROOM

Another great idea from PINTEREST!

Love this decoration for the playroom.

We bought the letters from Hobby Lobby.  A few of them were wooden, so we painted them different colors.  Then you just creatively hang them up with nails. EASY and FUN!

AWESOME KIDS BOOKS

Here are a few of my favorites from when I was a kid.

(My 11-month-old LOVES Hand Hand Fingers Thumb and Goodnight Moon the most.)  

Look at these great lists, too...
Oprah's Kids' Reading List

Top 100 Children's Books List

Parents Magazine's 25 All-Time Best Books for Toddlers
Babycenter's Checklist: Favorite Toddler Books
Babycenter's Top 10 Children's Board Books
Amazon's Top 10 Toddler Books

Dr. Seuss - Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish, Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on Pop, Fox in Socks

WONDERFUL WORDS TO LIVE BY

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to….love what you do. Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. Your time is limited. Don’t waste it living someone else’s life.“  - Steve Jobs