There are so many ways to welcome out of town visitors, and some of our most memorable moments come from Grandparents and bystanders when they see they easy to make signs. Our toddlers hold them up running eagerly while looking for Grandpa and Grandma in the airport with anticipating smiles and twinkly eyes.
We simply tape kid decorated poster board to yard sticks or whatever kind of sticks we have and send the kids a runnin'. They are especially proud of their signs because they made them "all by themselves". Grandma and Grandpa can find us easily not only by seeing the signs in the air, but by hearing all of the "oooh... that is so darling" and "I hope that kid doesn't hurt himself with that sign" comments.
Grandma scoops up the children at first sight and discusses all of the effort each child has put in to their sign. This is great for pictures and videos... especially when the sign is bigger than the child. :)
The most exciting sign we've made was to announce the birth of our 3rd child. Our eldest child held up a sign that said "All five of us are so happy you are here!" As always, Grandpa got it first and showed it with his proud grin, then had to bring Grandma's attention away from the growing children and all of their artistic efforts to have her read the sign.
We are so Blessed to have such grateful and appreciative Grandparents. Hopefully, you and your out of town guests will enjoy the signs as much as we do!
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Thanks for the great idea. Grandma and Grandpa flew in today and we made the signs. Trevor put stickers all over them and the boys held them up. Grandma and Grandpa loved them. She even kept them so she could take the home.
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