I just stumbled upon a super AMAZINGLY fabulous New Year’s family tradition over at Paint In My Hair.
This magical mom interviews her kids every year using questions like…
What is your favorite…
- Cereal
- Vegetable
- Drink
- Toy
- TV show
- Thing to do
- Game
- Book
- Restaurant
- etc.
She types up the interview and then leaves a little box for her Happy Buddies to color a picture. Finally she slips the interviews into a folder for her Happy Home to return to each New Year’s and read previous responses.
If you visit her blog you will see a sample that her daughter did a few years ago- totally cute!
How fun is that?! I think it would be so fun to see how much the Happy Buddies have grown and changed over the years with this simple idea. When my Happy Buddy turned one last July, I did something similar for his birthday. Such a great record of their ever-changing little lives!
I was so inspired by Lisa’s post that I drew up an interview for you to print and do with your Happy Buddies this week as we start 2011! Print it out and get your kids to answer all the questions (you can even make a big deal about the interview process – grab your karaoke microphone and sit at a table with cups of hot cocoa. Say you’re Barbara Walters. 
).
Click the link below for your printable New Year’s Interview!
New Year’s Interview with the Happy Buddies!!
P.S. Go ahead and do one for the Happy Hubby, too. Why not???
Happy New Year’s Interviewing!
This is an adorable idea, Julie! Missed your smiling face today…hope to see you at M.O.M.’s in Feb.
Lisa Grey
http://www.pinkkitchen.info
totally IN LOVE with this idea!!! I interviewed my girls yesterday and they had the SWEETEST answers–it was SO much fun!! I LOOOOVE the questions at the end especially what do you love about each family member–really cute!! I can hardly wait till next year when we pull it out again to remember…
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Happy Home Fairy for helping me have “ALL KINDS of fun projects” to do with my precious girls!!!! You are such an incredible blessing!!! xoxo
PS–one of my girls said that what she loves about her mommy is that I do all kinds of fun projects with her.
I LOVE YOU KATIE! YOU MAKE ME SO HAPPY!