Craft time!

Johan and I play differently with the girls. He likes to play football, 'toss them' around in the swimming pool, go down the slide or up on the swing with them, be a human playground for them ... it's horseplay. He's the more active player and enjoy teaching them things like riding a bicycle for instance. I, on the other hand, am the more passive player. I let them indulge and be messy with paint, dough, water, beading, cutting, pretend play ... ahem, the more creative aspects. 'wink'.

Anyway, this morning, I suggested he did something different with them, something crafty. He did look at me with some trepidation but in the end conceded with a good amount of gusto. It was 3 simple steps really - mix the plaster, pour plaster into moulds, and then paint them. I thought I could leave them while I snucked out for a while but nah, it wasn't possible. It was,

"What! I have to read an instruction sheet?!!!!!"
"I need a mixing bowl."
"Baby, can you get me 60ml of water?",
"I need a wet cloth ... "
"Do we have more paint brushes?"
"Yasmin don't touch the plaster!!!"
"Yasmin, don't eat the plaster!!!!"

Ahh, in the end, I stayed put to mix, mould and paint with them. And I'm glad I did, because it was good fun!

Guess what he's doing ... ?

Mixing the plaster, very precisely ... hee hee

Sera painted everything in her trademark 'rainbow' colours

Yas painting her seahorse