that, no matter what, you would not give up. Even though it was bringing you to the brink of insanity and back, you kept trudging ahead. You knew that it could be completed....you just need all the right material. And, although you were an hour into it, you compulsively needed to see it all the way to the end.....
Plus, there was this little voice whispering in your ear......please, mommy.....fix it. I wanna play with da dinosaur...
Arrgg.....This is what I had to work with....
Andres discovered the long put away Imaginex building toys that were Carlos' a few years back. They were being stored in the playroom closet until Andre's was old enough to play with them. Well, that day was last night.....at 6:30 pm. With nothing more than a few scattered and torn well-worn pages in which to work, I set forth to build the Island of all Islands..."Dinosaur Island." I don't know if any of you with boys are familiar with Imaginex toys......but you bascially need an engineering degree to put these things together. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE this building set and Carlos had many hours of enjoyment with them in his pre-Lego years. But.....there's alot of pieces. And, it doesn't help that the set was mixed in with the the construction, firehouse and police station sets. So, armed with my degree in psychology and journalism and the basic ability to count to 100, I did my best to construct it.
And.... Voila......just in time for everyone to go to bed, I got it done......
So proud of myself. Can't wait to play with it today!
I wanted to show you the cutest little necklace I got from Donna of at Party Wishes. I had sent her a Witch Tag to put on a cauldron for a party she was throwing. She sent this back to me......
Plus the picture of the witches she used for the invite.....
Sorry for the glare. I just couldn't get a good shot.
I've also been hunting for some good vintage book with which I'm totally obsessed. The thrift store had the whole volume set of these. But Igot this one because it has the nursery rhymes and children's storys in it.
And, then I got the motherload of all Little Golden Books.....woo hoo.....
Love it!
I have been working on a bunch of stuff. But, weirdly enough, I really don't have anything to show because everything is in a half-done mode. I started this project which is a redo of something that I did earlier for my mom from Andres.....
The cute little cardboard book is from Tricia over at Vintage Bliss. The original one I did for my mom was a couple years back in the early stages of my "scrapbook paper" collection. I have been wanting to do it over in a cuter, sturdier style. Andres loved looking at the original one and therefore, it's falling apart. I just have to add the pictures and the poem and I will be all done....
Well that's about it for now! Today is the big day for Andre's haircut.....he hates getting it cut.... so it is an ordeal for not only for him, but me as well. I will have exciting before and after pictures to show. Kind of like "Shear Genuis" the kids version.....Talk to you soon! Karin
