I did however get a chance to meet up with a friend and go to a Christmas Craft Fair. It was so much fun. I didn't have to worry about which child was running off in which direction. I had two uninterrupted hours of shopping and talking to vendors. It was GREAT!!
All to often when the two hours were over it was back to the grind, a quick run in the grocery store, stop home to put the cold stuff in the fridge and off to Jack's soccer game. They didn't win but 6-7 year old kids playing soccer always provides great entertainment. I must say it was FREEZING....the sun wasn't really out, the wind was blowing and it was only about 58 degrees. I was so glad to get home and warm up.
Probably the best part about my weekend was watching Phil and Katie complete her homework. As an assignment Katie was required to make a musical instrument. The back of the instructions from the teacher were some ideas to make an instrument. They were really clever ideas.
About a month ago, Phil cleaned off his truck with all the old copper pipe and fittings to be turned in to the scrap yard for cash. At the time were a little strapped for money so I knew if we helped him it would help us all. When you added it all up we spent about 24 hours breaking down the copper so we would get the most for our money. The kids were helping sort and clean it was kind of fun with all of us chipping in.
When Phil came back from the scrap yard we were straightening up the garage from our work stations we set up and realized we left a length of copper pipe in the corner. Phil was a little disappointed we had missed it. Off the cuff I just said, "There was a reason it was missed. Just leave it there and we'll find a reason. If not we'll take it the next time."
Little did I know the length of pipe would be broken up into a homemade xylophone. With an extra set of chopsticks we had, Katie is so excited to go to school tomorrow. Bonus points for Daddy!!
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| Art with Daddy |
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