Fathers' Day

We had a great Father's Day weekend last weekend. On Saturday, my husband and I took our son hiking at Silver Falls just south of Salem and on Sunday we met my dad, stepmom and cousin for breakfast and went fishing. My dad caught a 5 pound steelhead in a new lake we'd never been to before (for those of you who don't fish - that's a pretty awesome fish!).

But the main point of this post if to show you one of the things we gave my dad for Father's Day that I'm particularly proud of:

Not only was it super meaningful, but it was frugal, too! We got the frame that came with the four-part matting for $5 at Walmart and took pictures of my son holding different parts of the message on piece of wood painted with chalkboard paint. Prints are super cheap (about $0.10 each). So: awesome meaningful gift for less than $6? That's how it's done, ladies.

This could be re-fashioned for lots of different occasions, but I totally love the idea of kids holding up signs to spell out messages that you can frame as a gift.