Hard to keep up...

As a mom these days, I try so hard to keep up on all the technology so my kids don’t leave me too far in the dust.  I have an iPhone and a Facebook account; I text instead of call; I blog; and I download and share photos. There is plenty I don’t have the time or the energy to figure out, but now Pinterest has been added to the list of communities you have to be apart of.  Pinterest is an online bulletin board for all things anyone might find interesting on the Internet.  Just when I was starting to embrace my slacker mom self and feel like it was ok to underachieve on things, I join Pinterst to be reminded of how much other people do with their kids (or at least dream of doing)!

Well, the other day I was stewing in sadness about all the big milestone birthdays we have coming up this year...a five, a ten and a forty!  The pressure is mounting to make the milestones something special.  I want to do something unique, but I don't have the time or the energy (and dare I even say skill) to pull that off.  So, I sit on Pinterest and try to figure out how other more organized people mark these milestones.  When what to my wondering eyes should appear, but an idea that I can totally pull off!

Molly turns five in just one week; so, the idea had to be easy enough to complete in a couple of hours.  It also needs to be inexpensive because once you start something; you need to keep it going for all your children!  This idea had me interview Molly on her favorite things.  Then I take those answers and put them with recent photos of her.  A little Photoshop pizzazz and it becomes something special!

Her interview went like this:

My favorite food is: pizza

The snack I like best is: Lucky Charms

One food that I really dislike is: tomato soup

My favorite sport to play: soccer

My favorite restaurant is:  Davanni’s

My favorite thing part about school is: learning the letters of the alphabet

My favorite color is: pink and purple

My favorite flavor of ice cream is: rainbow sorbet

My favorite activity is: yoga

My favorite toy: American Girl doll and horse

My favorite thing to do outside: sledding

My favorite season of the year is: winter

My favorite holiday is: my birthday

My favorite place to visit is: my families’ houses

My current favorite song is: Save Me San Francisco by Train

The best show on television is: Wild Kratts and Zaboomafoo

The book I reading right now is: What Do Snowmen Do at Night

My Favorite Team is: The Packers

If I had one wish it would be: That I could be a horse doctor

The absolute best thing about turning 5 is: That I get to go to Build-A-Bear and make a stuffed animal

If I could go anywhere in the world, I’d go to: Arizona

The phrase I like to say most often is: dirt

The thing I do the most awesomely is: run really fast

When I was little, I used to: suck my thumb

When I grow up, I’m going to become: a doctor

Three words the describe me are: caring, good, winner

My best friend is: I can’t choose one!

My best memory is: going to Arizona to see Grandma and Grandpa

I love: my dog

I hate: when I get hurt