Birthday Book Countdown

Our book countdown for Christmas was such a hit, that I decided to do one for the daughter's birthday as well.

This time, I just wrapped each book in a single sheet of construction paper and tied a simple string around. She enjoyed counting the books in the pile to see how many days were left. A little bit poked out on most of them and she would try to guess what the book would be about.


The books were piled in strategic order. We started with the Skippyjon Jones series, which both children absolutely fell in love with.


She danced around and jumped for joy when she opened "If You Give a Pig a Party" on the eve before her shindig.

And the main feature opened the morning of her birthday:

{It is this little ballerina's birthday in the story too.}

She was so excited to write her name in the front cover. She even included a heart.

She took it to school and Miss Amy read it to the whole class.

"You saved the best for last, Mom!"


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