Getting Back To Basics

It's President's Day {2014} and the grands were off from school and my hubby and I are leaving on a 10 day cruise - so - I thought immediately "I need to spend some quality time with them before I leave and do some crafts".   So - we decide we should make some 'home made play dough' and we preceed to follow the on-line recipe and WHALAA - we come out with a sticky gooey mess that sticks to their hands and is not usable as any kind of play-dough I have ever encountered!!!  

So - no big deal - we proceed to put 'said' play-dough into a plastic bag - wash our hands and go upstairs to the playroom to build forts!  This is going well until 'youngest' grandchild doesn't want to 'take turns' so we finish up there and go back to PLAN A.  After adding a bit more flour to the play-dough - we are in business.  Christmas cookie cutters emerge and we begin making stars, and trees, and stockings and hearts.  One grandchild borrows from the others color and it becomes three master-pieces.  It just reminds me that the best laid plans just need a little tweaking and God's plan is laid out right in front of us.

Thank you for the best day - we laughed, we played, we hugged, we shared.  I'll be okay for the 10 days we are gone and so will my grands and their parents and the rest of my family.  BREATHE!

As Always, Terrie