Project Day
We started the day out by going to a Lowe’s Build and Grow Workshop where Phoebe got to build a memory box. She likes going to these and building something that she gets to keep. Alex always did too, but now she’s “too cool” to do something like that. At least in public.
From there, we went to Home Depot. They had one thing Ray wanted, so he got that. Then we went to a different Home Depot which had the other thing, so he got that also. Why couldn’t both locations have both items? Dorks. While at the home improvement meccas, we also picked up a few things for Alex’s school project. Oh, and a couple of hot dogs on the way out. Can’t forget those!
While Ray had gone into the second Home Depot, he had first dropped Alex and I off at Joann ETC to get a few things. She needed some hardening clay and some paints for her project and I needed some hook-and-loop tape for Phoebe’s dance recital costume.
Finally, we went home. Alex’s friend came over and the two of them worked on that project for NINE hours! Last night, Ray had cut a bunch of wood and essentially made a kit for them. So, today they spent lots and lots of time assembling their pyramid. It had to be at least a foot and a half square (they made it two feet), have at least three floors with at least two rooms per floor.
Most of that nine hours was spent in assembly of the pyramid. The last hour was spent making items for the inside out of the clay and baking it. There is still so much to do. And, yes, it is due on Monday. Tomorrow, we’ll be at a volleyball tournament, so that takes away time to work on it.
Almost as soon as Alex’s friend had arrived, Phoebe and I left for a birthday party. A girl in Phoebe’s class turned five and had a princess party. It was so cute and we had a really good time. Then we went home and baked pizza for the starving project builders.
It wasn’t terribly exciting today, but it was a LONG day. Tomorrow won’t be fun as the stress mounts for finishing this project. Oh, how I hope it gets done without my head exploding.
