Day 45: 4th of July Festivities.
We are becoming increasingly good at making our own indoor fun while outdoor celebrations take place. Although we would love to be sitting in a park waiting to risk our lives for the sake of some pyrotechnic beauty, we figured cookies were the next best thing. Happy 4th to everyone! Stay Safe, and from one gimp to the next.. keep your extremities safe! Peace. Love. America.
Day 44: Create a trading card.
There are not enough “thank you’s” or “i love you’s” in the world to express just how absolutely grateful I am for everything Soph has done and continues doing since the hip surgery. ‘Super Sophie’ is an understatement. Her patients and unconditional love not only makes me a better person, but it makes these endless weeks of bed rest a whole lot easier. I love you more than all of the everythings in the land!
Day 43: Use typical children’s art supplies in a non traditional way.
This year, due to the ol’ hip surgery, we sadly had to miss the ever-so-entertaining pride parade. You may remember these lil ladies from the pillow I made earlier this year; What a perfect fit for our Pride Project!
Soph has not only been an absolutely wonderful nurse, but with my lack of mobility, her creative confidence has also hit an all time high! :) So, as I played Art Director, my little assistant did a terrific job helping this project turn out the way it did! Who knew melted crayons would be such an easy success! My brain is already giddy thinking of the other uses for this technique!!
Day 42: Repurpose old mail for something new.
In our attempt to save up for a new TV, the Money Monster was born!
Day 41: Write a haiku about something that has happened
hai·ku[hahy-koo] noun
A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five.
Day 40: Pizza creation
“When the moon hits you’re eye like a big pizza pie, thats amore!”
Day 39: Explore with something new
“It’s always better when we’re together.” -Jack Johnson
Each stick has a different date idea ranging from new restaurants, to recording our next hit music video. haha! Soph came up with the great idea to color the back of each stick as we complete them to continually brighten up the jar!
Day 36: Work with food dye.
Let me just start by saying Easter egg dying was SO MUCH more fun when Mom was in charge of the egg prepping. I quite prefer my naive mentality now that I know the seemingly endless process you encounter BEFORE you can even think about turning those little white eggs any sort of color. By the time the eggs made it to the table, I’m pretty positive there were only, if any, 3 uncracked eggs… Which turns out didn’t make a difference once we woke up in the morning to find our “proudly displayed” eggs had been sitting out all night! Really? REALLY?? Not quite how I pictured this activity to pan out!
Day 34: Use [marker] pens as your material/inspiration.
“What a feeling in my soul, love burns brighter than sunshine.” -Aqualung
Day 33: [Sophie’s Pick]
“If you’re a bird, I’m a bird.” - The Notebook
In one of our multiple trips to Michael’s, we came across a variety of plain wooden birdhouses that Soph fell in love with. As our room revamp progresses, these little guys will be hung in some sort of mobile fashion! Such an easy, but huge change a little paper and paint did!
Day 32: Work only with green colored materials.
Today I learned the beauty in being a month behind! ;) St. Patty’s day was a perfect opportunity for an all green challenge. Even better? Why not make an entire girls night tie dye party out of it! So, with the lovely Darcy Wood in tow, we dyed not only ONE, but in fact, 5 shirts. (One for Brody too, of course!)
A note to those who embark on a ‘tie dye girls night’: Make sure your tshirt/dye ratio is in your favor. If only we had thought this through BEFOREHAND, we could have assured that lime green wouldn’t have actually turned out yellow. Luckily, there were no complaints! :)
Day 31: Use a new ingredient to bake
I had to come to terms with the fact that there would inevitably be ‘failures’ along the way; Trial & Error, per say. In the past, I have successfully made eggless cakes using sprite (for white cakes) or diet coke (for dark cakes). Being without the necessary brownie ingredients, I thought I’d try my luck and adapt the trick. Well… let me just say, the end result was not brownie-like at all. Haha! Oh well, the thought was there!
