A Day of Shopping

For months now the girls and I, well in all truth just me, have been dying to visit the new Michael's in Pickering.  Having one car is quite limiting but you do what you have to do. So on a visit to my mom's house we stopped in and spent some birthday money that both the girls had. 

For Christmas Kiya got a Rainbow Loom and well she has let Mylee use it.  Now Mylee wanted one of her own and I said okay.  So right at the front of the store both Kiya and Mylee were done their shopping.  Me on the other hand had ideas.  My first stop was the shadow boxes, I have tossed all my school gumpaste flowers for lack of space to house them but have kept my 2D figures.  Well I wanted to shadow box them.  Didn't find what I was looking for but that's okay there was always another day.  (Update: Both figures have been broken thanks to curious hands, but just means I can do them 3D and a lot better next time).

So after we finished our stop at Michael's off to mom's house we went to play. 

Kiya learning on her new Knitting loom that mommy bought her.

Mylee learning how to do her loom properly.

This was a really fun process to watch.  Kiya teaching her Grandma how to use the Rainbow Loom.  Grandma got pretty good at it too.

 

I really enjoy these quiet activities with the girls.  Their imaginations fly and it has nothing to do with electronics.  You never know what new invention will change life as we know it and make it better.  And building up a child's creative side definitely brings out their well rounded thinking.