Day 89: Ama to the rescue!

So, we decided to go up to Great Grandma's house today, and I was thinking "ok, what kind of craft shall we do?" the entire time we were packing up, well, I never got around to gathering craft, and I knew I was going to be kicking myself for that.  But, then, as we were driving up, I remember my mother-in-law mentioning something about having a craft to do with Great Grandma.  So, I said a silent prayer to the craft god and made the 1 hour trek up to Thompson- the first of two Thompson trips this weekend.... i hope gas stations are open tomorrow, because my light has been on for at least 30 miles!

Well, conveniently, Ama did have a craft for today!  She had pretty purple, pink, and red beads as well as alphabet beads for the girls to string.  Each of the girls got a bit of cording, beads, and letters to spell their names and we let them go, stringing them as they saw fit.  Obviously Coraline didn't get to string beads, but Aunt Kathy made her a necklace.  Iris chose to make a bracelet with pink beads and managed to get IRIS in the right order but the R and S are backward :-p  Penny did really well making a purple necklace and managed to only string the E backward.

I THINK the crafts are in the van, but it is 10:02, I am exhausted to go get them and take pictures, and the Easter Bunny just showed up, so I think that is my cue to go to bed.  Hope everyone has a hoppy Easter tomorrow!

Day 12- Warm Weather

I was so excited about today's craft.  I thought it was something that Penny and Iris would be able to do this craft easily, and most importantly for today, it would be QUICK.  My dad was here today to help us finish up some wood working projects before we sell the house, and I was elbow deep painting the back room.  So, today's craft needed to be quick and low mess.   I had everything laid out to start, and our freshly dyed stringing pasta was in a bucket.

My idea of "quick" turned into RECORD speed.  We finished lunch, the girls each got about 8 beads on their necklaces and Mike and my dad headed outside- in 60* weather mind you, in JANUARY!- and that was it.  The girls were instantly done and went running out the door.
Better luck tomorrow I guess!

I just loved this picture, flash went crazy and turned everything neon.