30 days of Thanks {Day 11}

Day 11  A tradition -The Birthday Plates

I’m so excited to blog today about a tradition that has become so fun in our family.

I don’t know when exactly this tradition started, I’m thinking it was when Taylor was about 4 or 5 years old. NO clue where I got this idea from, but…I knew that I wanted to do something that all three of my girls would always remember for their birthday morning.

And so it began…the birthday plates.

The night before the girl’s birthdays, I take a dozen or so paper plates and write and draw all over them. The plates say things like, “We love you”, “Happy Birthday!”, “It’s your special day”.

Then, I place the first one at their bedroom door that leads to  a trail of plates to the breakfast table. When they get to the table, their gifts are at their seat.

So, that’s our unique tradition. 🙂 It sounds silly but now every year they ask me, “Mommy, are you going to do the plates?”

What about you? Do you have a unique tradition that you do for birthday’s or holidays? Leave a comment and share, I’d love to hear it!