It's no secret that I'm often losing things... including blog posts. Blogger lets you keep drafts, so I have lots of them (107 as I type this - for better of worse). There are ones that I have started but not finished, and ones that are complete, but are more relevant to a future season or holiday theme. There are also ones that are simply a photo or a title to remind me to write or craft about something. Bottom line; there are a lot. People are often saying to me; "how can you post daily?" the answer is, I struggle sometimes choosing which blog post to post!The problem with this approach is that every now and then posts go missing. I'm not sure whether I go over my quota, or whether I accidentally delete them while deleting something else... perhaps 107 is absurd and I should do something else with my time... like mop the dining room floor... or iron... or not.
Anyway. Today's post is a quick one about a giant cardboard box. Sadly, I wrote this as a long blog post a while ago, but lost it. All I remember is that the box arrived with a piece of furniture and that the girls had a great time standing next to the giant box, tracing their entire selves, then turning the tracings into people; Betty and Alice they named their shadow selves as I recall. Beyond that I can't remember the details which is a shame... but you get the picture people; up-cycle everything, be resourceful, let your children make a mess, collect a little bit of everything, but not too much of any one thing... like draft blog posts... grrr...
Then again, to sound more glass-half-full; it's a good lesson to learn; it's much better to accidentally lose the blog version of your cardboard kids than misplace your real children!
Here's to keeping our kids inspired, safe, happy, and, well... just keeping them!
Linda.
