When we named our kids, we went for classic names, but not those that are commonly heard. We looked at ones like Caroline, Josephine, Claire, Theodore, Abraham, etc. I can’t tell you what we picked, in case my kids want a career in politics, I can’t have some reporter digging up stories about how they pooped on the couch or ate leaves when they were young. But, I can tell you that neither of my 4 year olds has ever seen their name on one of those personalized bike license plates or pencil racks at Walmart. And it bums them out, especially Geetle. Sure, I have taken puffy paint and written their name on sippy cups and spelled it out in wooden letters on the bedroom wall….but they seem to know that its not the same. They want to see commercial products with their names spelled out in bright letters.

Problem Solved! At Olive Kids, they sell cute personalized placemats (amongst other personalized items, bedding and decorative items for kids). Geetle would love the pirate placemat. Pookie would love the zoo animals or fish. They even have holiday ones. Island Review is giving away a chance to win a $50 Olive Kids gift card. I would have fun with that. I would get 2 placemats for each kid and another one for Papa, my Dad. He has a special spot that he always likes to reserve at the dinner table, but one of the grandkids always seems to beat him to it. If he had is own placemat, they would not sit there! Haha!

I would get Papa this one with the turkeys, because he always says its hard to fly like an eagle when you are surrounded by turkeys.