I worked Friday...and I've had the previous 3 Fridays off...so this was not my favorite Friday of the summer! And, like most Fridays, Patrick and I both had to work during the day...what to do??? Peyton went to her friend Gracie's and they got to help her mom with their yard sale. Keaton had his first official day home alone - we checked in a lot and I think he enjoyed it and, most importantly, I think he followed the rules! With no one to tempt him, he is a good boy!
Patrick picked both girls up to come to our house while he and Murph went to baseball practice - the last practice before the AAYBA World Series! He won the contest to compete for his team in the Home Run Derby - he was pretty proud of his performance!...so was Patrick!!! :-)
The girls did their usual pretend games and songs and then the craft bug bit them both....once again, what to do???
Peyton pulled out her craft project book and they decided on snow globes...and we found the stuff to "wing it", but it just didn't feel right...so off to Michael's we went. We got jars and 2 kinds of glitter and lots of sparkly letters and stickers and do-dads to put in the snowglobes and went home to CREATE!
crafting snow globes is serious business - as you can see from the deep concentration. I was in charge of the glue gun and Patrick had to be in charge of getting the lids on securely - I failed 3 times in a row. Peyton and Gracie thought it was funny, but I can tell you it wouldn't have been funny if I'd done it wrong the water and glitter drained out all over our kitchen...and the Miller's kitchen - YIKES!
But in the end - beautiful work! This is 'pre-water and glitter', but you get the idea!
Today, we hit the pool while Keaton and Patrick went to Opening Ceremonies (pictures later - they are on Patrick's phone!) for the World Series. We lasted 3 hours - it was hot even in the water!!! Once again, we came back here - regular imagination games, dress up, singing, fashion show....and that darned craft bug was back!
Another browse through the craft book and we decided to make slime or goo or gack or something slimy and green and salt clay....
The measured, they stirred, they mixed, they colored, they dirtied every measuring spoon, measuring cup, mixing bowl, counter top, dish towel and shirt in sight! I did the cooking (for the clay), but they had fun and now we have zip lock baggies full of slime and clay, but not just any slime and clay - HANDMADE slime and clay! Check out Sophie in the bottom picture thinking maybe they are cooking up a treat for her!!! She tries to be part of all things happening in the kitchen!
It was a crafty kind of couple of days - I was so glad to be a part of it with my beautiful girl and her beautiful friend.
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