It's 1:23 a.m. and for some stupid reason, I am still awake! I took a "Spencer 15" 3 hours ago while I was waiting for my dear friend to drop by and pick up her cute as a button baby girl and since that nap, I'm WIDE awake.
So, naturally, what does one do when one can't sleep? Blog. One of my very favorite blogs to read is http://nieniedialogues.blogspot.com/ . If you haven't heard of NieNie (Stephanie Nielson) then you are truly missing out.
NieNie and her husband Christian were in an airplane crash a few months ago and suffered serious burns. Her sister, Courtney, is taking care of their 4 children while she and her husband recover. Christian is in therapy now as he is out of his coma and Nie is coming out of her coma now. Anyway, Courtney is keeping NieNie's spirit alive through her blog. It is worth reading. NieNie is a fabulous mom who loves her husband and she tells us all about her wonderful life through her intimate and personal posts.
One post that was re-posted on September 15 (a very good day as it happens to be my birthday!) is on making HAPPY FORTUNES.
I think this activity is a fabulous Monday Night activity of which our family will do this week!
How to make HAPPY FORTUNES:
1) Cut slips of paper
2) Color and draw pictures on slips
3) Write the "Happy Fortune" on your colored strip of paper.
Ideas for fortunes might be: "You are special," "someone loves you," "God loves you," "you are beautiful," "you are perfect," "you are like a rainbow," "you are pretty like a unicorn," etc.
4) Fold in half and stick a "stickie" on it that says, "READ ME" (refer to top picture)
5) Hide them in fun places for people to find. NieNie took her family downtown Pheonix, I believe, and they hid them in places for strangers to find! You can decide as a family on where you would like to hide your Happy Fortunes!
This activity seemed so uplifting, beautiful and meaningful for children to learn about caring for others and making a positive influence on people.
Definitely, if you haven't, go visit NieNie's site. I have shed many a tear reading her blog. And her sister's blog - also worth reading. http://blog.cjanerun.com/
1 comment:
Cute idea!
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