Ahoy!!

This morning, Matt had to leave early to help friends move into a new home. It seemed a great opportunity to have some fun time with the girls. So, we packed up and headed to Home Depot together (the girls asking why we were going to Home Depot for a fun time). Home Depot has free (!) kids clinics the first Saturday of every month, with projects for them to make (using real tools!), aprons for them to wear and pins to put on the apron for each project completed. I found out about this from my college roommate, Kate, whose kids did this earlier in the spring. Thanks, Kate!
Well, the girls LOVED it! They got to hammer and use real nails (Katy was especially excited about the real nails, not just toy ones like she plays with at her friend's house!). Katy did great at following the picture directions step by step, and she hammers pretty well for a kid who has never done it before! Darsie needed a little help, but she was engrossed in it the whole time. After a loud hammering time, they came home with beautiful catamarans (you can see them below). I will post another picture after the paint dries on them (that's what we did when we got home).
And what are they doing now, after such a fun adventure? The girls are in their room wearing their aprons and playing Home Depot. :)