Clearly on one of the last warm days of autumn, we decided a project was in order.
I like to save Sunday afternoons for resting, for family, for refreshing our focus, for thinking, for breathing, for starting fresh. There's even room for family fun. I think Daddy was napping in front of a football game. Craft projects with girlies make naps for daddies much more realistic.
Which is why, I told Blossom1 and Blossom2 to get out their craft kits they got for their birthdays.
Then, digging into my "stash," which is alternately a life-saver and on other days, a clutter disaster, I brought out some plain white t-shirts, which turned a two girlie project into a project for everyone! (insert my Chance voice from the Homeward Bound movie... "there's plenty for everyone!!")
Y'all, I can't stand messes inside. As a good friend of mine jokes, "They make me twitchy."
But outside, they don't seem to bother me, which is why this table was cause for celebration. I could totally picture crafts happening here! When mama chills, everybody enjoys themselves more!
With stencils, puffy paints, plain t-shirts and tote bags, the girlies were happy campers. Well, they were happy as long as I scrupulously supervised Blossom4, thereby preventing her from methodically squeezing each puffy paint pen into enormous puddles of paint on her t-shirt.
The thing that I loved most is that the crafting inspired generosity too.
Blossom1 and Blossom2 used their leftover supplies to craft a sweet little Winnie the Pooh library bag for their cousin's birthday!
