Summer Busy Bags

It's summer! 

As much as I am looking forward to long summer days with Grace, I know how easy it can be to get stuck in a rut.  This summer, I decided to be proactive and ambitious.

Cue busy bags.  Busy bags, will hopefully get us through summer without too many mentions of being bored.

To make my busy bags, I scoured pinterest for crafts I thought Grace would enjoy and I threw in some fun learning activities as well (just cause it's summer doesn't mean that we can't continue learning, right?). 

In addition to 'pinning' my finds, I printed out a picture of each activity (including directions for anything that required it).

Then, I gathered the supplies needed...

and I put them into baggies.

Toadstool craft via Mamas Kram

I've filled a cardboard box with dozens of new to Grace activities and crafts. 

Bring it on summer.  I'm ready for you!

Superhero Capes

Into everyone's life a little rain must fall.

Sometimes, that rain must fall when you've promised a super fun outdoor play date. 

Sigh.

Fortunately, I have superhero powers.  My powers happen to be battling rainy day boredom.  My superhero gadgets include a sewing machine, fabric, felt and glue.

BAM!

Bored little girl, turned super girl.

POW!!!

The world is now safer with 2 new super girls, ready to use their super imaginations and fight crime.

As I sewed the capes at the speed of lightening...

adding rosettes along the back collar...

each super girl worked on the emblem for their capes.

Super Grace.

Super powers include but are not limited to; the ability to sense if any of her hundreds of stuffed animals have made it into the donation pile, the ability to turn a clean room into a messy room in the blink of an eye, the ability to melt my heart with her spontaneous declarations of love.

Her Kryptinote, getting her hair brushed...resulting in complete immobility and, often times, fits of crying.

With a sink full of dishes, I wish my super powers included the ability to get the dishes cleaned without lifting a finger.

But wait...I just remembered, I do have super powers of persuasion.

Without lifting a finger, I've convinced my handsome husband to do the dishes. 

I'd say, despite the rain, this has been a super day.