Fun with Scrap wood and an Update
I thought I would share some of the fun things my kids and I have been doing with my scrap wood, and then I will give the update at the end.
Everyone set to work, nailing and painting, and creating.
We had some fun little creatures, inspired by Scrappy, created by Becky at Beyond the Picket Fence. I love her scrap wood projects, so stinkin’ cute!
It has been fun for me to go through the scraps, I remember what projects a lot of them are from. For example the point on the arrow above is from the trim when I built my Family File System!
Okay, maybe that isn’t very cool for you to know, but I loved it, kinda like an old friend coming to visit!
Ready for the update?
I am torturing myself doing PT 4 times a day trying to get my fingers and hand to move the way they should! I have to admit I didn’t realize it would be such a long process, but I am so glad that it is working! My kids like to mock me as I grimace and strain trying to make a fist or touch all my fingers to my palm. They pretend to “exercise” their own hands, and say, “It’s not hard Mom!” I am glad they find it entertaining. =)
I am wearing a small hand splint that I can remove, I have full mobility (not that I HAVE full mobility yet) with it on and it protects me for three more weeks until the bone is fully healed. All in all, I have up to 7 more weeks of recovery, hopefully!
I am going to start doing projects again, but for the next couple of weeks we are not going to be using any media (besides email) in our family. We are trying to teach our kids that there are more important things in life, and that even though Media is really nice, it is not necessary. This includes blogging for me. It actually comes at a good time with my hand, and we only have two weeks until school starts, so we can really focus on our family.
That is it! It will be hard for me not to blog, and really hard not to read my favorite blogs, but if my kids can survive…so can I!
So, please don’t give up on me! I am so thankful to all of you and your concern! It really means a lot to me and I have appreciated all your sweet comments! Thank you, thank you! You are the reason I blog!
See you in a couple of weeks!
Mindi
I will be linking to these parties.
LOVE it! What a great creative idea with the kids. I really need to something like that with k…again. He wants to use power tools. Ha!
Mindi, glad you are on the road to recovery. PT can be tough, but I know it will definitely help with your hand strength and mobility.
No worries. You know we will all be here when you get back. Heck, if I could, I would put all media devices in a lead box (I am actually kind of serious).lol There is a place and time for media. Go have fun with the family these next two weeks. When our kids are back in school, let's try and hook up together. 🙂
So glad to see you got your cast off. Be careful not to hurt yourself making projects while rehabing that hand! Have a great time off and we'll see ya in a few!
Too fun! Great way to use those scraps!!
That is an awesome way to inspire creativity and reuse materials. My kids would LOVE this, too.
So fun to find activities to do with the kids. My boys are always wanting to help me on my projects and it's so cute when my son exclaims to everyone…look what me and my Mom built :-). Thanks for sharing at my Weekend Beautiful Blog Party. Glad you are on the mend.
Shawna
have a restful time. enjoy your family
Hey you!!! SO glad that your hand is on the mend!!! And I LOVE LOVE LOVE the pics of your kids working with the scrap wood!! They did a fantastic job!!!! My beans would so enjoy this!!! Cheers to you for teaching your kids such valuable lessons! Enjoy your time dear friend! See ya in a bit!!!
So cute seeing them so involved! My son has a robot/pane he and his dad made from scrap wood the other day… Have a feeling it is a keeper. I love seeing their creativity come out…
How fun! I love to see kiddos learning & crafting. Thanks for sharing @DearCreatives party! Hope your having a great week. Theresa
So much fun!!
love ALL scrap wood projects, but these are just too adorable! 🙂
I hope you're enjoying your media break!
gail
ps good luck with that PT
I have to do one of these parties, I have so many left over pieces of wood! I love the signs, but I guess the most important thing was the fun, creativity and learning experience they all had 🙂 I would love to read about how it was the "no media" break , that would've been really hard for me to do.
I love your scrap projects!! I am featuring you this week on my Weekend Beautiful Blog Party, hope you can come check it out :-).
Hope your hand is feeling better!!
Shawna