I was showing my daughter the cover that I’m making for my Andrew Jackson Stephens binder. My son – who is a graphic designer – created the outline of a tree with the silhouettes of 5 men in the tree. When she looked at the image, she told me that the 5 shadows looked like a “boy band” and she told me I should title it “The Andrew Jackson 5″. Well, she caught me at just the right moment and I found that extremely funny and giggled about it the rest of the night.
I told her that I’d like to use her fingerprints to make the leaves for the tree. (An idea that I totally stole from the Budget-Minded Bride blog.) So I thought I’d give an update with a picture of my cover as well as a picture of my daughter diligently coloring her fingertips with highlighters to use like rubber stamps to create the leaves of my tree. I just love it! She drew the line, however, when I asked her if I could use her hair like a paint brush to fill in the grass. I guess helping out mom and “being one with the tree” only goes so far…
This brought huge grins this morning. Thank you! My daughter (eyes rolling) agreed she might do the fingerprint stamping but threatened to commit me if I even look at her hair.
Susan, sounds like your daughter and mine would get along great! Thanks for the chuckle!
I think it’s so sweet how your kids are interested in your genealogical work . The five shadows representing the 5 possible Andrew Jacksons must be on your son’s mind too ! I miss those days when I had my kids helping me look in the graveyards and also patiently drawing while I am at the library . One day , many years later , I found a file that my daughter created for me with my missing records .
I don’t know if “interested” is the right word – more like “tolerant”. But they are the best kids in the world when it comes to helping me with projects like this! They will grab a camera and help when I want pictures of EVERY tombstone in a cemetery and my 3rd son is willing to be my “book fetcher” at the library. I hope at least one of them really catches the genealogy bug some day, but I’m not going to hold my breath!