A few days ago, i laid on my side and my daughter brought a tray with watercolors, paintbrushes and water in bed. It made my heart so happy. I'm easily discombobulated moving my arms around much and in unison but this was manageable for a short time. It was so fun for me and her! First, i folded the coffee filters in half, quarters then eighths and then we chose our paint color and got busy creating. Lots of water was key or else the color didn't saturate properly. She made some beautiful rainbow tie dye ones and i made quite a few blue patterned ones. I will attach a picture, although this is from google as i am not able to get up and take pictures of our snowflakes. I will include one with instructions in case you want to do this with a little one in your family 
Then, we continued reading our current story we are on for bedtime stories..... A Midsummer Nights Dream...Usborne childrens version. She is really enjoying it and i am too. I forgot how much i love this Shakespearean drama/comedy. Anything with faeries and her and i are in! I am quite certain her and i might be part faerie, haha! When the tooth faerie came for my children, she would always leave a little tiny note on a scroll tied in twine and wildflowers and its so magical for them. Actually, when i went into labor with my daughter, my son was high on alert of how he could help, so his kind little 9 year old hearts first thought was to write a letter to the faeries and put it in our garden and he asked them if they could help me. Isn't that the sweetest thing! He also gave me certain crystals to take with me he thought would be helpful. When she was born, everyone called her a faerie baby because she had the most beautiful little face and each ear center was in the shape of a heart. She is such a little love bug and always has been from day one.
I don't have a normal life and i am not a normal mother to these children in this state ...but we make the best of it. Somehow, we prevail. Somehow, we are doing it. I hope they remember love and some good things one day. I hope she remembers paper snowflakes and fairy tales. I hope with all my heart.
"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine:
There sleeps Titania sometime of the night,
Lulled in these flowers with dances and delight."
(Oberon, Act 2 Scene 1)
Then, we continued reading our current story we are on for bedtime stories..... A Midsummer Nights Dream...Usborne childrens version. She is really enjoying it and i am too. I forgot how much i love this Shakespearean drama/comedy. Anything with faeries and her and i are in! I am quite certain her and i might be part faerie, haha! When the tooth faerie came for my children, she would always leave a little tiny note on a scroll tied in twine and wildflowers and its so magical for them. Actually, when i went into labor with my daughter, my son was high on alert of how he could help, so his kind little 9 year old hearts first thought was to write a letter to the faeries and put it in our garden and he asked them if they could help me. Isn't that the sweetest thing! He also gave me certain crystals to take with me he thought would be helpful. When she was born, everyone called her a faerie baby because she had the most beautiful little face and each ear center was in the shape of a heart. She is such a little love bug and always has been from day one.
I don't have a normal life and i am not a normal mother to these children in this state ...but we make the best of it. Somehow, we prevail. Somehow, we are doing it. I hope they remember love and some good things one day. I hope she remembers paper snowflakes and fairy tales. I hope with all my heart.
"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine:
There sleeps Titania sometime of the night,
Lulled in these flowers with dances and delight."
(Oberon, Act 2 Scene 1)
