Knights Becoming and a Lady in Waiting

Shields

My sons are very into knights, castles, swords... you know, all those manly things from days of old.  I was reading  jaminacema's blog where she has these wonderful quilts for each of her children.  At the end of each year, her kids sign the quilts and she dates them, a symbol that they have graduated from that year.  It is a totally cool idea, especially if you're into milestones, but:

a) I don't sew much more than a buttonhole yet; four quilts could take up the rest of my natural life

b) The princes, at least, are not into quilts.  The princess may be, but they are not.

So I'm thinking I'll see if I can find, buy, or make some sort of wooden shields for each of them.  On the front, they'll get to design their coat of arms the year they become a page (roughly age seven in medieval times).  On the back, they can sign and date every year as they finish that year's "training".  I think a good verse from Proverbs would probably be a perfect finishing touch.

If... no, no, when we get around to making these (my oldest will be a page next year), I'll try to remember to post a picture here.

Thanks for the idea, Jaminacema! :)

What a super idea!

8:31 AM, Mar. 23, 2006 .. Posted by wakeforestmommy

I love to looka t the things like this in my vision forum catalog. Here is the link:

http://www.visionforum.com

OH! And the "If/Then" and "Blessings" Charts are from a company called Doorposts. They are super in expensive and are GREAT for consistency in discipline. They are just charts that spell out what the infraction is (for lack of a better word), what the consequence is, and it also give a verse fromt he Bible to show them God's word on the sin they have committed. The Blessings chart is the same thing in reverse. Does that make sense? Her is the link to thier site. They exlain it a lot better than I do.

http://www.doorposts.net/

Have a great day and thanks for the CONGRATS!!!

By the way, I struggled for YEARS with weight loss. Now that the Dr discovered my thyroid problem and I am taking meds for it every day, it helps a lot. He told me that trying to lose weight with a thyroid issue is like trying to climb a mountain with a 500 lb boulder on your back. Praise the Lord that he has gotten it under control : )