The poem says:
Sometimes you get discouraged
Because I am so small
And always leave my fingerprints
on furniture and walls.
But everyday I'm growing...
I'll be grown up someday
And all those tiny handprints
will surely fade away.
So here's a final handprint
Jus so you can recall
Exactly how my fingers looked
when I was very small.
(author unknown)
8 comments:
Oh I love this poem! We made sweatshirts for the parents when I worked at a home day care! They all loved them. I think a frame picture would have been nicer, so they could have hung it...I doubt any of them actually wore the sweatshirt!
Oh, we do this at the day school I teach at!! I LOVE that! I have one for both of my kids. I just love the words of that poem.
I loved Anna's post too!! We do this handprint art the Mother's Day Out that I teach at too. I love it. It is so sweet and it always lets you remember how tiny their hands really were.
That is funny. I was just looking through MY baby albums with my oldest, Jamie, and there was an art project with my handprint and a poem. I copied the poem so that I could make a page for each of my girls' albums with their handprint and age.
Funny how time can seem to stand still in a sense when looking at something like that!
xoxo
i forgot to mention that it was the SAME poem that your son had!
my kids did that too in Kindergarten. I just love it!
Apparently it's a pretty popular poem! My sis-in-law did one for Son #2 but I couldn't put my fingers on it (it's probably in his baby book). Son #1's - in the photo - is laminated, which is why it's still on the fridge. My non-blogging sister read the post and emailed me to tell me that her mother-in-law made a ceramic tray with the handprints of my 4 neices and nephews and the exact same poem. Makes me feel a bit less guilty about wiping away the smudges on the wall (besides, when they're 9 and 11, their grimy handprints just aren't as cute. ha ha)
jules, I bet you have an awesome scrapbook for your kids, don't you?
I was on another blog and wanted to check out yours. I am a pastor's wife and I loved your poem. I also read the previous post and I don't think your skin needs to be thicker. I like your style of writing and I'll be back to check it again. Thank you. Nadine
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