We fell into this tradition by accident, but once I realized it could be a thing, I made it one. Every year on this date, I make the boys stamp their hand prints on paper.
We started it in 2011 - Jack's first year on Earth. He was not quite 6 months old. The big boys were nearing 4.
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| Jason, Shawn, and Jack (left to right) September 28, 2011 |
They were all so tiny then.
They keep getting bigger, these boys.
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| Shawn, Jason, and Jack (left to right) September 28, 2012 |
Bigger.  |
| Shawn, Jason, and Jack (left to right) September 28, 2013 |
And bigger.
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| September 28, 2014 Shawn, Jason, and Jack |
And stronger.
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| September 28, 2015 Shawn, Jason, and Jack |
And even stronger every day.
Now these big boys are nearing 9, and Jack is 5 and in school.
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| September 20, 2016 Jason, Shawn, and Jack |
I swear Jason's hand looks like an adult's!
Their hand prints are such a visual representation of how much they've changed, a tangible way of seeing the passage of time when sometimes it's so hard to grasp in day to day living of life.
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