Being the wannabe crafty, hip, recycling Momma I am, I had what I thought was a brilliant idea.  I would take the empty diaper box that I would otherwise have collapsed and thrown in the trash, paint it, and let the kids help me, creating a cute, home-made toy box!  We would have time outside during a glorious day, get all covered in paint (all of which I’d capture on my Sony digital of course) and have an item we could desperately use (until we get a “real” one) in the living room. 

So, I get Jackson in his “I’d never take you out in this outfit” clothes and Alex down to a onesie and changed into my painting clothes.  Once outside all Jackson wanted to do was take the spray bottle full of water and spray the concrete, shed, fence, me, Alex, etc.  Alex was only interested in the ant farm sand box.  Never deturred once I have something in my mind, I commence to painting this box.  Red would work.  As I said previously, I am a “wannabe” crafty mamma so I didn’t have a real paint brush.  I was using a sponge brush that was several years old and pieces of it came off onto the box making the paint look more like that of a drop paint ceiling.  I decided just to ditch the whole project and chase Jackson around with my own spray bottle.  Way more fun.