Spent the last two days getting ready for and dealing with Tropical Storm Fay.Now that Bean is old enough to get the big picture of what a storm/hurricane is we had to handle things a bit differently when preparing for or talking about the expected weather. She has been intrigued with Hurricanes for the past two weeks since we picked up a booklet at Publix that gives you a list of things you need to prepare. She wanted to know what makes a hurricane and if the weather map showing the projected path was a computer or a real photo.
We made our time stuck inside a fun one by having a "weather party". We made pizza and cookies. (What is a weather party without comfort food?) We had a mock photo shoot. Cleaned the playroom and then, Bean wanted to do an art project. So, we made a few characters on Popsicle sticks - Cinderella, Evil Step-Mother, Step Sisters (the two in drag), Prince, Fairy Godmother, Mice and Birds and put on a show for Mama and the dogs. I really had a blast doing this. Bean was so into cutting the paper. She was sure to tell me that boys don't have red lips, only girls. I said that some boys do wear lipstick. She insisted that the prince did not so I had to color over them...black. A goth prince.
