2010 Bookmark

I started this tradition when our little bookworm entered his second year of preschool. Every year on the eve of his first day I present Buby with a handmade bookmark. It's simple, always with his name or initial on one side and the year on the other.


We got into chapter books last fall, so the bookmarks are pretty useful already. Plus, I love the idea of Buby heading off to college with a sentimental stash of 14. One for each year of schooling. He keeps them in or on his bedside table and reaches for them when need be. I figure I can't sew or knit or crochet for my wee ones like their grandma {oh how I wish I could sew}, but I can do the bookmarks. That can be my thing.


This summer Buby and I were together 24/7, so I had to wait until his first day of school to run to the craft store without him. I chose a very thin rectangular piece of wood and asked My Sweets to drill a teeny hole in it for me. {He's used to these late-night requests.} Then I paired a yellow star with a red apple on one side and stickers of his three favorite dinosaur species on the other. Between his book bag and lunch box, this feels like the year of the dinosaur.