Let the creativity juices flow

Maddy had a great Christmas. So great, in fact, that she wrote Santa a letter to tell him thank you for the best Christmas ever! I already mentioned the hula hoops....a huge hit! However, she also got a great big supply of art "stuff". (I'm not sure why the big guy is getting all the praise. After all, she did get the art stuff from ME.) J/K I am a big Santa fan, you know!

Anyway, she LOVES her art supplies. Almost daily, Maddy pulls the supplies out (much to her daddy's dismay). You see.... art supplies = big mess!

Her art "stuff" consists of paper, markers, stencils, stickers, feathers, glittery stuff, pipe cleaners, etc. All the kids join in on the fun.

A couple nights ago, the art supplies came out and the kids began creating. On this particular night, they were all interested in the pipe cleaners. Are you wondering what in the world a pipe cleaner is? Well, it's a fuzzy sort of wire stick that you can bend into shapes. And it is altogether possible that they aren't actually called pipe cleaners. I'm not exactly a craft expert, you know!

They look something like this.


And this is what Josh made with his.... a personalized necklace made completely out of fuzzy wire sticks. It was an early birthday present for Maddy.



Maddy was so thrilled with her gift that she decided to make something for Josh in return. Don't ask me what it is, because I have no idea! But, she was quite proud of it.

Ahhhh, those sweet moments when they are nice to each other does my soul good. We have our fair share of taunting on the one end (Josh) and whining on the other end (Maddy), but who wants to blog about THAT?

They really are great kids!