By Douglas Hay
Mother’s day was fast approaching and I wanted to take Tatum out shopping for a special Mother’s day gift. Then, I got the brilliant idea and we would make this a dual purpose outing and do some Birthday shopping too since Steph’s Birthday is 11 days later! (stay tuned for a future B-day blog).
Alright, I started putting some thought as to where we would go shopping. Well, Steph isn’t into Knick-Knacks, so what would be a cool gift to get: Books (no), jewelry (no), a whatchamacallit that says Happy birthday (no). Ok, this is going to be tougher than I thought. THEN, ah hah! I got the IDEA. Tatum could do a special craft project to commemorate this day and suddenly there were tons of ideas!!!
I settled on a Mug painting project – after all, Tatum told me she like painting on a recent day when Steph and I picked her up from school. But first, we started with the card:
Tatum asked me if this was her in the picture? No sweetie, but I got it because it reminded me of you!
Next, we composed a thoughtful heartfelt letter to Mommy in her card! No Kidding. Check it out in raspberry letters: t a t u m There’s some accompanying art work in green just to add a sweet touch! Without further delay, we move to the backyard table to get this project underway!
Pleeeease – can I start Doug?
Absolutely! It’s all yours!
We’ll start with some black and then red
Hummm… Kinda looks like Tatum has learned to paint some sort of oriental looking characters at school!
Don’t forget to paint the handle.
Ok, a little more paint to the handle and that should do it. Now, we’ll pop this baby into the oven to cure it and then it will be done.
Happy Mother’s Day Mommy!! I love you!
We had a great time together making this cool gift for a very special mom. Steph, you have such a heart as a mom and we are both are crazy about you! Happy Mother’s day to a very special mom!