Random places around the house I hide treasures so that when we are doing something as mundane as grab a new tube of toothpaste or look for something to eat/cook, we're reminded of special times and how much we're loved...
One kitchen cupboard, do you see the hidden treasures?
On the top shelf next to the baking goods I'm reminded of my team, "Go Seahawks!" A Raider mug is probably hidden somewhere in the back!
On the third shelf, I've taped up the letters of the girls' initials that fell off their soccer team backpacks (ok, they should have been put back on their backpacks but that didn't happen!) next to the shrinky dinks (ah, times of the past!)- which leads your eyes to the matching pewter s&p shakers that I found in 2 separate thrifting outings (yeah!) and mini-PT cruisers all in front of pictures of my sisters & I.
On the bottom shelf next to the chocolates lies the pacman game control & DVD player (sometimes you gotta watch a movie when you're cooking dinner!) and the now scrap paper filled money jar. Above the DVD player is something Breana made in Religious Ed, "Thank you, God, for life" on the flip side it says, "Thank you, God, for family" ~ love that.
Another kitchen cupboard, funny, huh?
I got this idea from a friend - I opened one of her kitchen cupboards and found a picture of her as a child w/ her Father - I loved it. She told me it brought a smile to her face & a tear to her eye everytime she pulled out the dishes. Ok, this picture of Dan & I makes me cry from laughter because I remember the night that picture was taken!
Another place where a treasure is hidden, can you guess where?
When we open a cupboard in the bathroom, a jar full of whales & sea stars sit in a jar. When the girls were younger they use to take the contents into the bathtub with them. The whales & sea stars were purchased 1-2 at a time at the
Seymour Long Marine Lab which is a fun place we visited a lot when they were younger. So the jar reminds me of how life was when I had them home all day and we went on fun excursions and explored with no homework involved.
These are some of our hidden treasures that remind us to slow down, to remember and to reflect.
Do you have hidden treasures?
When you step outside from the dining room, you get a glimpse of the Lemon tree reflected onto the studio - more so now since the hydrangea bush isn't exploding with flowers.
