Family Tree

Family is something that is very important to James and I. Always has been and always will be. And while we know it's important it's even more important that we teach Allan this principle. While he's very attached to the aunts, uncles and cousins he sees almost every day we still have family that live far away and we don't get to see them very often.

Thanks to HearthSong, we got to try and sample of their Family Tree Wall Stickers. This thing is so much FUN!!! First, when you start to unroll the sticker sheets it seems to go on forever. There are leaves in different sizes and colors, birds, butterflies and don't forget the actual tree.

Before we even got the first sticker of the page we knew that Allan was calling the shots. He was coordinating whose picture went with what color leaf, how many "falling leaves" we would have, how high the flying bird would fly, and which butterflies were going to be "talking" to each other. We chose a great spot of wall in our hallway to decorate.

I was in charge of putting the tree stickers up. I got the trunk on just fine, but when I started to put the first branch on I realized that it was going to go right across the light switch...makes it difficult to turn the lights on and off. But because these stickers are repositionable and reusable all I had to do was peel up and move the trunk over slightly and then put the branch on missing the light switch. It was perfect! Being reusable also helps when we want to change out the pictures of move the tree to a new location in the house.

What followed next was a blur of reds, blues, greens, yellows and pinks. "Can this leaf go here?" "Yes, but the picture is upside down. Turn it around." "Where can the yellow bird go?" "How about right in front of the tree in the grass." "Mommy, I wanted Sydney's picture in the blue leaf." "Oh, sorry."

Then it was done! We stepped back and thought "Wow, that's a great tree!" I noticed the next morning when he came out of his room dressed and ready for school that he took just a minute to create a little conversation between the two butterflies he had put up the night before. Now, can you get any more priceless than that?

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**we did not receive any monetary compensation from the company in this post. we did receive a sample of the featured item to try and to give an honest review**