Wylie has been a "loomer" for quite some time now and needs none of my You Tube tutorials to assist in her bracelet making!
However, my precious little Bessie Boo wanted so badly to be able to do a rainbow loom just like her sister! I will have you know it took me numerous You Tube tutorials and many failed bracelets but alas my friends, I have mastered the Rainbow Loom. (One the beginner easy bracelet tutorial is a creation I can claim, but I can rock em out friends!!)
I did all of this tutorial fun for my sweet Bessie Boo! And worth it was it!!
Together, Bess sits and lets me hold her in my lap and together we loom away!! I eat it up! Once I get her going, she can create the pattern on the loom and then together we use the pick to make our latest fashion statement!!
Oddly enough, I really do find this looming a bit therapeutic! I also have learned I can have chaos going on around me and still be able to loom these creations while holding a conversation! Multitasking at it's finest!!
What melted me the most about this whole fashion fad was how desperately Bess just wanted to do what Wylie had been doing! She was so excited when together we created our first on -- THAT ACTUALLY WORKED!!!! I was thankful for her relying on me to figure it out and help her do what she wanted to do! I realize looming might not be necessary for college acceptance, but if that changes, Bess and I got it under control!!
Thanks to Snowstorm Pax, this momma has found herself going from looms to the other most popular event of our house!! Legos!
Charlie has just recently discovered Legos and it is ALL THE RAGE with him!! I must admit, while rainbow looming reminds me of the good ol' friendship bracelets I use to make with thread and clipboard, my familiarity with Legos is a bit lacking!!
So when approached with the request to help him read his "constructions" for his newest Lego purchase, I was a bit worried for us both!! Thanks to the fabulous Lego "construction" books (as Charlie calls them) I was able to go step by step with pictures to guide me in the creation of our Super Rad Police Man Car and our Seriously Super Monster Truck! It was impressive and I must admit I also found this little activity therapeutic as well!!
While my little love has them simply tossed in his Lego container and not organized by color or size, I was able to impart some Lego wisdom to him by explaining a system to keep big and microscopic pieces separated for easier finding!! It was the least I could do!!
We worked super hard and time flew by quickly because what I thought would take 20 minutes lasted over an hour! Now, I will admit we had to redo the entire car 2 times but it was my first go at lego making so I considered that appropriate!
Before you knew it, my sweet little boy was happier than he had been all day thanks to the moments of time we spent together bonding over Legos! And I was again so thankful I had taken the time to stop and spend it with him!
After both of these "little" moments, I looked around and realized there were still dishes in my sink, my laundry had not been switched, the messy kitchen floor still had not been mopped and I was 100% perfectly okay with it!
I say it all the time, I don't want to miss moments and I know that I often get too busy in my checklist of chores that I don't stop and enjoy these precious moments happening right before my eyes!
I am so thankful for today for pointing out that those things can wait. But my babies being babies is changing right before my eyes.
Little loves, I love you lots and lots! Thank you for our fun day of looming and Legos! Wouldn't have wanted it to be any different!
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