Tuesday, May 29, 2012

summer boredom blues

It hit today.  My kids were overwhelmed with summer boredom and I was unprepared.  We made a list last week of "things that are more fun than watching a show on mom's computer." But, inevitably every item on the list meant work and preparation for mom.  I have got to find a way around that.

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So even though I had things I needed (no, really needed) to get done today, they got pushed to the side while I perused the city website for summer activities.  I didn't find much, other than Art City Days all next week, that'll give us a few days of fun.  But I did find that as part of Art City Days there is a children's art competition, so I took that and ran with it.

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I pulled two small canvases from my stash and set Sir O and the Captain to painting during the Gentleman's nap.  It was wild and brave of me, and consumed more energy than I actually had to spend, but we definitely have something to show for it.  I'll go submit the boys' paintings once they're dry tomorrow.  Wish them luck.

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(The Captain's painting is acrylic over spray-painted canvas.  Sir O's is oil over spray painted paper mache over canvas. Yup, all kinds of clean-up there)

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