It is increasingly difficult to keep Ms. Edie happy at home these days. It's too hot and way too mosquito-y to play in the backyard at most hours. And with Eli needing so many naps, it's hard on him (and me) to be on the go too much. So, how to keep a two year old from bursting into flames during our generally homebound afternoons? Crafts!!
Edie has been dabbling with markers, painting, gluing, play dough, and even cutting with her brand new safety scissors. Bubba Eli is usually asleep when she wakes up from her nap, so we get some quality time together doing a project then. Which means dinner doesn't get started, and the house work stays undone. But in the grand scheme of things, I guess I'm making the right call.
Here she is, working on gluing together a paper chain.
Some gluing and coloring with kleenex and paper.
A fun project with Dad, involving homemade play dough and sticking in little bits of this and that into the dough. Good and messy.
Crafts, crafts. A little girl's choice. It will be interesting to see if Eli follows his uncles' lack of interest in crafts and proceeds to jump off things and run his trucks into furniture--did I mention banging on things, the louder the better?
ReplyDeleteYou have mentioned this. Guess I have some wild times ahead. I am trying to stay here with my tiny cuddly baby right now.
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