One of the things that was very hard for me to get used to when Laurel started public school (after her year-round day care) was the juggling and stress associated with school vacations. And the periodic days off that tended to creep up on me and totally freak me out when I lined up my workflow with less hours.
Normally Friday is a day when I get around 6 solid hours of work time while Violet is at day care and Laurel is at school. However, tomorrow is one of those periodic days where school is closed (due to Good Friday). But instead of the freak out, I decided to approach the day with positive intention -– yes, I need to push some work along, but I figured, why not embrace the fact that this is a rare day with just me and Laurel in the house and rock some fun projects? Yesterday I jotted down these project ideas on one of the chalkboard circles in our kitchen. Laurel noticed it immediately when she came home from school and was jumping up and down with happiness. She loves dyeing eggs, piping with frosting, paper crafting, cuddling and reading, and getting her hands dirty in the garden.
So do I. I have a feeling it’s going to be a really good Friday.
hmmm, with the exception of a few of those, our lists are the same!
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Paper egg collages sound right up my kids’ alley! Do you just cut out colored paper eggs and arrange them into a collage? If I’m missing something, I wanna know! (I’m so NOT crafty but love that my kids LOVE them anyway!)
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Christine Koh Reply:
April 5th, 2012 at 7:37 pm
Hi Amy, well, I haven’t completely thought it out but the goal is to put the random decorative paper scraps in my studio to good use! I was thinking I’d cut large eggs out of poster board, then cut the decorative paper into small squares… then Laurel could paste into patterns or whatever she wants using a glue stick. I’ll take some pictures!
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Ah….now if you had said *mosaic*….I wouldn’t have imagined these cool things with those neat papers…I need to start a better scrap collection.
Your daughter is super creative!
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