Riot and Frolic

My life is in a perpetual and precarious balance between overachieving and total slacking.

Over the weekend, I like to plan out my next week, prepare nerdy/artsy/schooly stuff (for the girls' activities or for my own projects), and catch up on stuff that slipped through my to-do list's grasp.  But I also avoid doing the dishes and laundry until Monday AND cook a lot, but then I make up for it by waking up early on Monday and cleaning and doing things, but by Monday night, I just want to sit on the couch and eat Halloween candy for three hours.  

By Thursday, I've lost the energy to create anything from scratch and forage in the refrigerator for leftover scraps, I cross my fingers that I planned enough interesting things for the ladies to do, and I start to wonder if not having a television is really the best route to sanity. 

This last week was no different, but let's all just nod and smile about what happens to "structure" after Hump Day and pat ourselves on the back for making it through 57% of the week unscathed.  

Monday

Library Day: 

The Human Alphabet featuring Pilobolus

Paul Thurlby's Alphabet (my favorite of this collection, great illustrations)

Almost an Animal Alphabet by Katie Viggers

Music:

Alphabet Aerobics (by Blackalicious, NOT Daniel Radcliffe)

Tuesday

Cards: a project from the 365 Craft-a-Day book, which is usually super easy, but cutting out letter shapes is relatively HARD. Plus, then you have to glue them on paper and spatial awareness in the 6-and-under set is NOT STRONG.  

But it was still adorable and quick, so WHO CARES.

Wednesday

Bead find: this is where my proper prior planning prevented poor-parent pandemonium.  I made these alphabet find templates, bought a pack of letter beads AND cute beads, and dumped them in a bowl.

Once they had found all the letters, they got to make necklaces.

Time at the table: more than 30 minutes. YESSSSSSSSSSS.

Thursday

Scavenger hunt: we were at the studio most of the day, so I set them loose with my iPhone and one of the alphabet find sheets.

Boom.  

20 minutes PLUS exercise.  

I had the greatest intention of making these fabric covered letters with/for the girls, but WORKING, CLEANING, SLEEPING, SUCK IT.

How was your week?  Awesome-ade (awesome with sugar and water added to it?)?