July Neighborhood of the Month & A (Repeat) Gift

Last weekend was a fun weekend for Jeremy and I. On Saturday, we went to our niece, Sofia's 1st birthday party. She was such a big girl and really got into her little cake!

When I started this blog a couple years ago, I made a 1st birthday gift for my best friend's little girl, Grace. It was one of my first posts, but the pictures aren't showing up. I decided to give Sofia the same gift and repost the project.

The book has 18 pages, one for every birthday from ages one to eighteen. On every birthday, Sofia will answer the same 20 questions. For the first couple years, her parents will answer for her. Then, her parents will put a picture of her on her birthday next to the answers.

The project is pretty easy. Start with some cute paper.

Add it to a scrapbook. Glue in the question page and use stickers to number each year.

I really like this type of scrapbook because you can personalize the front with the child's name.

The following are the questions I glued in for every year.

1. What is your favorite color?

2. What is your favorite toy?

3. What is your favorite fruit?

4. What is your favorite TV show?

5. What is your favorite thing to do with Mom?

6. What is your favorite outfit?

7. What is your favorite game?

8. What is your favorite snack?

9. What is your favorite animal?

10. What is your favorite song?

11. What is your favorite book?

12. Who is your best friend?

13. What is your favorite movie?

14. What is your favorite thing to do outside?

15. What is your favorite drink?

16. What is your favorite holiday?

17. What do you like to take to bed every night?

18. What is your favorite thing to do with Dad?

19. What do you want as your birthday dinner?

20. What do you want to be when you grow up?

And that's the project.

On Sunday, Jeremy and I went on our first Neigbhorhood of the Month date.

Skokie is a town just outside of Chicago. We headed up there in the early evening and started our date by walking through the Skokie Sculpture Park. It was a beautiful day and we had fun walking together and guessing the sculptures' names.

After the Sculpture Park, we went to this great restaurant called Kubal House. It's an Afghan restaurant. Neither Jeremy or I had ever had Afghan food and we were delighted at how much we liked it.

It was a great inaugural neighborhood of the month date. We are both looking forward to August's date.

Until next time, keep crafting.

SB