Dealing with a serious case of Boredom.....

My kids have been suffering recently from a serious case of boredom. This last weekend was packed full of disneyland fun so the last few days just haven't lived up to that level of fun. I decided to follow my wonderful sister-in-laws example and have some painting fun! Her kids are very lucky because their parents from an early age have been very good about letting them paint and use markers, etc so they are very talented in the crafty areas. Me and Rob, on the other hand...we are a little bit more paranoid about the mess...that my kids haven't done very much of it. I decided now that we have such a big backyard that it would be a great place for projects. So, in all of our boredom, I loaded up the kids and drove to Michaels. Of course, i'm not the queen of creativity myself so I copied my sister-in-laws idea and bought bird houses. Well...kind of copied...theirs are very beautifully hand crafted by their father at home, where ours were the $3 ones on the clearance rack! Whatever works, I guess! The kids were in heaven as they wore their paint shirts and got to paint these bird houses (kind of a dog house thing for a bird, i think). Robbie was amazingly concentrated on his house as he perfectly painted each wall a different color. Lauren....I think she was more concerned about trying to getting as much paint on her as possible. Of course, thats much more fun that painting bird house! As always.....how about some pictures!