Summer Crafts

I read lots of blogs. Lots of cooking blogs (not that they inspire me to cook anything, lol). Lots of photography blogs (I drool at the beautiful images). Lots of craft blogs (ha! scissors and glue are sooo not my friends!). For the most part, I am completely content to just read the blogs. But now summer is here and Megan wants to do crafts. She constantly wants to create new things, to turn boxes into stages, toilet paper rolls into flowers. She LOVES it all. And, although usually she is happy to just do her own thing, occasionally she wants me to help her with projects.

Here's a little secret. It completely. stresses. me. out.

See, the problem is that we have different priorities. We do things differently. We see things differently. For example, today she wanted me to help her make some little mini folders for her Barbie's "preschool". Now, in my mind, you should make all of the folders exactly the same, uniform. But to Megan, each folder should be sized in relation to the doll that would be using it. Making 10 different folders really grated on me. To an irrational degree.

But we persevered. Barbie folders are made. No tears were shed and no bad words were said. Tomorrow we tackle making wall decorations for Barbie's classroom.