Birthday Craftin'

 Blake likes to "make crafts for Daddy."  This usually means scribbling a picture on construction paper.  Right now Blake is great at drawing snakes.  We thought we'd bring out the big guns for birthday crafting...PAINT!!!

 

We started out well, just happy to be painting, then...

...a trip to time out for throwing the paintbrush at Mom.  (I just had to sneak this picture)

After recovering from the meltdown he played with the moon dough barn (in the background), while I made cupcakes.  He covered himself (and the floor) in moon dough, so the clothes came off.  Then he devoured a cupcake.  Afterward he ran away from me and tracked moon dough and chocolate cupcake crumbs across the living room.  Bath and bedtime could not come fast enough.

 

The next morning we were both in much better spirits and ready to finish the project.

"Take a picture of the nail, Mom."

 

His favorite part was stretching the rubber bands.

It's a maze!  Notice the marble in the bottom left hand corner.  I love that he is old enough to work on projects with me.  A giant maze would be so much fun for an older kid to make, but the smaller "Blake" version was fun too!