Friend-day Friday

Well, we started back to school the first Monday of August.

Why you ask?

Because it is so stinkin' hot in Texas that there is just absolutely nothing else to do. It's too hot to swim. The pool water is as warm as the air. It's too hot to breathe outside much less attempt any sort of physical activity. It's just too hot.

So the kids and I decided that if we started back the first week of August, we could take off the entire month of December.

Brilliant.

So we did.

But since all our friends are heading back to school next week we decided to have one last friend bash. We called it 'Friend-day Friday' and everyone invited over their bestie.

The new rage here in Texas are the painting places where you can go, pay money, they provide all the supplies and take you step by step through a painting. It's fun to go with a someone so you can paint an identical picture with your friend. We thought it would be fun to do the same at our casa.

It really wasn't that hard or expensive. Hobby Lobby has the economy canvases at $5 for 2 and their Annie's acrylic paint is so cheap, they almost give it away.

So the kids would have a little more success, I printed out a picture of the project they picked out and then outlined it briefly with a pencil on the canvas.

We went step by step in painting. We looked at the pictures and discussed which colors would work best. It was really fun.

And they all went home with a fun picture that they painted with a friend. A fun momento that they could hang up in their room. Or their closet. :)

This is a friend-day activity that we will definitely do again!