Fun stuff

Sophie and Nora have designated shelves on their bookshelf in their room where they get to have whatever they want on them. It started a few months ago when Sophie kept rearranging her bookshelf, and then when she was gone to school I would fix it back to my way..... typical mom. She would come home from school and get sad that I had "messed it up". So I decided since it is their room they should have a spot to do with as they please! Sophie takes great pride in organizing hers on gym days (Tuesday and Thursday!) It is so fun to see how they change things around and what treasures they find or get that are placed on the shelf - it is quite an honor for an item to be put on the "special shelf" as they call them. So here they are:

Sophie's special shelf

On Sophie's is a book that her 8th grade buddy made her at school, a Hello Kitty journal, a small snow globe that Brian brought her back from a conference, a freaky doll-head jewelry box that my sister sent her, a clay bird/birdbath that she made in school and was SO proud of, the large pink diamond she got in her stocking, a few marbles, a kitty figurine from the dollar store, her "willow tree" from Christmas, a top Brian brought her from his last conference, a ceramic horse she painted, a purple decorative tin that I bought for myself but she loved it so much I gave it to her, a container with tape, staples and whatnot in it, a marble purple egg that Brian brought from his last conference as well, and a silhouette that I made of her that she immediately loved and put right on her shelf so I figured it was a good place for it!

Nora's special shelf

One of Nora's prized possessions is that pink piggy bank. She got it from the dollar store from my mom and counts the money inside it at least 3 times daily. She also loves her large pink diamond from her christmas stocking, her purple treasure box from the dollar store, her tin lunch box where she likes to put her stickers, a calendar of naunie and grandpa's dog, - Tay - and her silhouette. She is not the stickler that Sophie is about keeping hers organized, which is good because hers is within the reach of a certain little boy.....

* In case you are wondering I got the idea to do the silhouettes from the blog of Stephanie Nielson. She is amazing and inspiring in so many ways. I remember doing them in 4th grade and I think they are so fun! They were super easy to do. I took a picture of the kids profile's (letting them watch tv while I did so made it easier!), printed them out, cut them out, and spray painted them black and glued them onto white paper. These are 5x7's but I also did 8x10's so more pics to come of them when they are finished!