Flag Day

Yesterday was FLAG DAY! So we HAD to decorate! I asked Melanie what color the flag was (and told her to look out the window at our flag). She came back all excited "Red... and White... and Blue!" Then I asked her what shapes she saw on the flag. "Stripes and stars, mommy!". Very good! So... we made stripes and stars, and used our red and blue paint.

I made both the girls two star stamps out of potatoes. They were extra fun to paint with.

Noelle was a messy painter. Brandon thinks it's probably because it was a potato stamp, and she wanted to eat the potato (Noelle is my piggy!). Needless to say, she was COVERED!

But she still had fun!

And our final projects! Melanie did a really good job on the flag. And the other star pictures make for some fun framed artwork around the house!

A funny side story. I called Brandon up first thing in the morning and asked him where he stores the flag (typically he remembers to put it on display; however, yesterday he was rushed). He directed me to the shop outside, where I found it literally hanging on the rafter. hmm... Brandon is 6 feet tall... I am merely 5 feet tall. Slight problem. So I tell him I'm putting the phone down, and decided to climb onto a plastic lidded bin to get the flag. I put a little of my weight on it... and it seemed fine. Then I put all the weight on it... Reached up... reach.... reach.... reach... and as soon as I had it in my hands, that plastic bin completely gave up on me and bent it. wow! Luckily, I wasn't hurt, and the flag didn't touch the floor, but I don't know who was more traumatized, me or the bin of kitty litter (thank goodness it turned out to be kitty litter and not something fragile!)