clay

I love it, just love it, when she pulls out her clay box. She tells me often that she doesn't have enough free time and never has the time for her artsy projects.
Hey, I know the feeling.
It's part of growing up... but another part of growing up is realizing that the "free time" that diminishes with childhood is replaced with responsibilities that (if your heart is in the right place) may be more tiring, more tedious, more taxing, but so much more rewarding.

But for now, she is still in the midst of her childhood. And to watch her enjoying a few minutes of creative play, is just as much fun for me as it would be if I were playing with the clay myself.
Besides, I wouldn't want her to show me up.

Paige just got a new box of clay.

So what will she do with it? Make a creepy hand to scare the pants off of everybody. How would you like to walk in on this in the middle of the night?
Got to hand it to her, though, she is creative.



A few weeks back, she made this ornament and I brought it into work with me. Everybody loved it and then she got some orders. So she's been pretty busy, she had quite a few to make.



And here's the finished product.
(Kath, don't show this one to Dad - he's getting one for Christmas)



So are you sick of my bragging about her yet?
By the way, I'm sure Paige would want me to tell you that she doesn't really believe in Santa.

Little Sadie Lady

I missed the Sadie Lady Christmas party tonight. Sniff, sniff. Now I'm mad at myself for not taking the night off. Oh, well, you can't do everything. The girls went and filled me in when I got home. They had to bring a gift to exchange, so Paige worked extra hard all week making one of her signature clay figures, sadie lady style.
Every day she would work another little part of it and then show me and say, "The head is too big" "the collar is too small" "Do you think the mop handle is too long?" "I'm going to do the hair over, it looks funny."
So I said "You're really too hard on yourself."
"That's because I know I can do better."
Well, I know I couldn't do better than that.