Sometimes sick days are good, because we are forced to stay home and figure out something fun to do (for the non sick children). I must say that I do not enjoy being vomited on twice in one day, but weirdly enough I have almost gotton used to having some form of child dirt on my shirt. Yesterday I was lucky to have my tie die shirt on when Elliot decided to reject his carrots by spitting them in a five foot radius around him. I thought, yes, the orange carrot color blends nicely into the tie die orange. I don't have to change my shirt. Today the vomit was not the same color as my shirts, so I am wearing the third shirt of the day.
We have left over rolls of brown paper used for keeping the floors clean when our house was remodeled. The left over paper comes in handy for large pieces of drawing paper, wrapping paper and other craft projects. One day we traced Calvin's body and he drew in some of the detail, but I ended up getting more into than him. I am always trying to get Calvin into art and drawing, but really what he likes best are activities that involve moving. (Although, when it comes to a good book he becomes very focused and into the story.) Today we took a five foot piece of paper and placed it on the ground in the back yard. Calvin, Elliot and I all had a good time lying in the grass and drawing on our giant piece of paper. I ended up drawing a tree in our backyard, Calvin asked me to draw a rocket and Elliot got his daily fiber from the crayon wrappers and a little crayon wax to help it go down smoothly.
For the first time in months both of my children were napping at the same time. Calvin does not take naps anymore. (He sleeps in until 9 or 10 am fairly frequently though.) I chose to fix some fabric picture boards that I had made previously and wanted to make some changes to give them a more clean look. It was fun to start and complete a project without any interuptions. Yippy, I just love it when that happens.
Another recent fun project I did was make Calvin a super hero mask. It was quick and easy, but still, I had so much fun doing it. Now Calvin has a mask to wear along with whatever becomes his cape. He recently watched The Incredibles and is now very into super heroes.
Later I will post pictures of the fabric picture boards I made and of the "SUPER CALVIN" mask.
