Pushing My Boundaries

I am not a "crafty" person. Not in the least. Sometimes, with the help of Pinterest and very detailed step-by-step instructions I like to attempt crafty things, but not often. And craft projects with the boys? Ha. Even the "super easy and kid-friendly" crafts would take me longer to set up (and clean up) than I could expect the craft to keep my boys' attentions. Not to mention the fact that I'd probably have to go to the store to get any supplies (my craft supplies are pretty much limited to paper, crayons, a few paints, and adult scissors). However, I know the value of a good craft project for building creativity, and I know craft projects tend to develop lots of good fine motor skills, so I'm trying to make a conscious effort to do them more often--no matter how much "work" it may be for me.

Since my car was still in the shop and we were stuck in the house for the second day in a row, I decided to flex my craft muscles yesterday and let the boys have some fun with paint. In the bathtub. And it was actually pretty awesome. They were entertained for almost a solid thirty minutes, and other than the fact that Garrett tried to eat some paint, there weren't really any snafus. This definitely has "rainy day" activity written all over it--and who knows, may I'll get really wild next time and give them some paper to decorate as well!

In other news, my car is fixed and ready to be picked up. I'm glad to have a vehicle back, although I was kind of hoping this would be the impetus we needed to actually go out and get the van we've been talking about getting for months. I know it's good that we weren't "forced" into getting the van and now we can take our time shopping around when we do actually start shopping (probably not for a few more months since we just put a couple hundred dollars into repairs for my car), but I'm kind of just ready to be done with the whole thing. Oh well. All in good time.