Have you thought about............

Father's Day coming up? This Week???? eek!

We are pretty traditional when it comes to Father's Day celebrations around here - BBQ, making a favorite dessert, maybe breakfast in bed, a few fun homemade gifts from the kids that they made at church, etc.

One tradition we started two years ago was the "Dad" photo. I posted my photos of this gift last year after Father's Day and had several bloggers comment they wish they could have done that. SO this year I am posting early - well sort of early ;)

What you do is go buy some larger wooden letters. You need 1 D and 1 A. They can be prepainted if you want them to be. Buy a frame that holds three photos horizontally. Then dress your kids up (or not) and take their photos holding one letter for each frame. It's probably just easiest if I show you. :)

Here is the first year we did it ('06)-

and here is the second year ('07) -

As you can see they cooperated much better the second year ;). The frame hangs in Daddy's Office with the previous years stacked behind the current year. I know how much my kids change each year but this is a fun way to have it documented. This is a great gift for Grandpa's too! You can do GPA or PAPA. Just find the right frame and the right letters and have fun! (and don't forget to stash away your letters until next year!)

I am not posting what this year's photos look like because Hubby is a daily reader of my blog also and I would want to spoil the surprise for him or the kids. :) I hope this was helpful for any Mom's searching for a Father's Day idea! OH! and thanks to Carrie of EMA Photography for sharing the idea many years ago!