Gearhead Mom

Friday, May 16, 2008

The First Adventures of Incredible Sy

Posted by Missy W. @ 9:45 AM

Do you remember just loving ANYthing that was personalized when you were little? I’d comb those little racks at tourist shops for iron-on patches or bicycle-sized license plates with my name. Missy just wasn’t that popular in the 70s, so I usually came up empty handed. So I was pretty stoked when I ordered Sy’s first Just For Her book, The First Adventures of Incredible You, written by Sarah Riley Hendrick and Sarah Foreman Rivers. Illustrated by Jill Dryer Bartolucci. Sarah and Sarah were mom-friends first and now business partners. Go Moms. Go!

The First Adventures of Incredible You is a completely personalized storybook surrounding childhood memories. There’s also a cool dedication page to remind your child how much they are loved. In addition to the child’s name and birth date, some meaningful things you can include in these custom children’s books are the child’s favorite sports team, neighborhood street, nearby park, favorite food (banana bread, of course), vacation spot, local Zoo, siblings/friends, grandparents, and pet. We don’t have a pet, so I put Sy’s lovie’s name instead. She loves that page the most. I love the pages with her grandmas included. I know they’ll feel extra cool when they read it to her. The pictures are brightly colored and inviting. Sy enjoys looking at her zoo page a LOT.

You can even take a virtual book tour to see what the book will look like with your child’s information.

As the site points out, this book works well for any gender, race, family structure, age, you name it. The age range stated is 0-8 which is probably right on - any older and the child probably wouldn’t be captivated by the simple, yet sweet story. The book talks about the day your child was born, and follows them through some of their favorite activities. I think this book works best when the child is a few years old, so you know their personality a bit more and some of their favorite things (pet, lovie, food, etc).

The first time I read this book to Sy, she wanted to know why there weren’t any pictures of her since it was about her. I told her we could pretend the different animals in the pictures were her. So now when we read it, she picks out which animal she is going to be on each page.

I loved getting this book in the mail. It reminds me how special our daughter is, even on days when she has just thrown Baby Jaguar at my head.

Snapshot:
Awesome gift to create for your own child, grandchild or friend’s special birthday.
They even have gift certificates if you are unsure as to which sports team your niece actually roots for.
Fast order to shipping turnaround time.

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