I did not think I would participate in this intriguing event, as it is now summer vacation for the Pirate and the Princess. Summer Vacation, the annual spiritual trial is also known as the Season of Ashes and Sackcloth, is marked by sunscreen textured fingerprints, a redneck above ground inflatable swimming pool, and inappropriate language in front of minors as I scrape fingerpaint handprints off the walls.
Plus, I'm wrestling a manuscript and closing in on victory.
But I thought about it and realized that every day around here offers some example of creativity. Maybe not the sort that The Rejectionist® had in mind, but definitely creative. Here is how we are observing 30 Days of Creativity™:
Princess realized her kitty had a Velveteen Rabbit complex:
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| One day, I will be a REAL KITTY! |
Pirate was in charge of the end of the year Teacher Gift. (I was room mom. What can I say, I lost a bet.) The kids all painted tee-shirts (Guess which square is the Pirate's!) and we took them to a quilter who made this:
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| Best Teacher Gift Ever |
We rescued a batch of peaches from their sad state of decline on our kitchen counter and made peach ice cream. OH! And we painted the aforementioned redneck above ground inflatable swimming pool. Along with ourselves. The artistic stylings in crayola washable paint did not survive for long, but we did employ the pool in a creative fashion to create our own redneck spa:
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| Escaping household temp of 85℉ due to @##!^% landlord's unwillingness to fix. |
But Tuesday saw the pinnacle of our efforts in 30 Days of Creativity™. Daddy scared Pirate after bedtime on Monday night. He hid in the hallway and pounced from the dark, yelling loud and scary noises. Pirate jumped out of his skin and vowed revenge. Revenge took this form:
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| Snakes in the toilet! |
So, yeah, I guess I'm throwing my hat in the ring for 30 Days of Creativity™, after all. Just don't expect a tapestry, a mural, or a hand knit toilet cozy. Around here we decorate our toilets with snakes.
I hear toilet snakes are really big this year in Paris.
ReplyDeleteInk: Really? Is that Paris, Georgia, Paris, Alabama, or Paris, Tennessee?
ReplyDeleteOh and don't forget Paris, Arkansas. I think toilet snakes would be really big there.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great post. Sounds like we are having very similar summer vacations (except our redneck pool exploded).