Rapunzels on Spring Break

Spring Break snuck up on me. I didn't write it on our calendar until I flipped to April. I didn't make any out of town plans. But, I did predict the need to fill the hours the girls would be together (expressed when I put Meg to sleep Sunday night and her response to my, "You don't have to go to school tomorrow it's Spring Break" was, "The only thing I don't like about Spring Break is that my family can be annoying!"). I did see the week of afternoons at home (during Tyler's naps) as a chance to try out some projects with the girls that I had been filing away for "someday." I went to a few stores and gathered a small pile of supplies...

Today's afternoon plan required me to stitch up long strips of felt beforehand. It required me to enlist Matt, his pocketknife, and his empty water heater boxes. It required the girls to become artists and costume wearers. Together, we enclosed our large picnic table with castle walls and added flower gardens at ground level (Meg opted for meticulous petals. Paige insisted on sky-height on tiptoes because it's her castle.). Thankfully, our clouds and coughs cleared a bit from yesterday. Once costumes and hair were put on, the girls were ready to play - Rapunzel style. Paige, in her pink dress with clicking princess shoes underneath. Meg, with a seperate tower of her own, in her requested brown locks.

I asked the girls to say "hi" for the picture. Rather than facing the camera's lens that I'd been inplying, Meg explained to Paige that a hand must be raised to signify a proper greeting. Looks an awful lot like two Indians taking a pledge in Old Testament robes, ah well! Soon the heavy "hair" became too much to manage. With a makeshift "fan" in one hand, how is a true princess expected to keep tabs on anything else? The "Tangled" locks got dropped, and the play continued! Those hours of happy playing (with high-pitched voices) is the most important part.