martinimade

We are deep in both the winter and the President's Week holiday. Which means that it is time to break out the crafts. 

Yesterday, Maddy and I tackled the Project Runway dog design kit * that she'd gotten for Christmas. Rather, she did the bulk of the work. I was merely on hand to cut fabric because a) we had no lefty scissors that were sharp and b) in her opinion, I'm better at the menial work while she is best at adding the sparkles. She is correct.

Fun was had. As was a mess.

Note that Barney is in his official winter position, which is parked in front of the pellet stove. Because generating your own body heat is so *hard.*

The end result:

 
 Right before I took this picture, M asked if I was going to put it on my blog. There was eye rolling.

"Is that OK?" I asked.

"No," she said. "Well, yes, it's OK."

"I won't put it up if you don't want me to."

"Put it up," she said, with a heavy sigh. "So all of your friends can see it." 

I'm not sure what to make of our exchange, other than to think that the days of her not caring about what her mom does are numbered. And rightly so, given that she gets to have privacy if she wants it. Enjoy pixs of her while you can, friends. I suspect we're about to enter a whole new phase.

* We also watched Monday night's WKC show, which I'd recorded. M viewed it as an audition tape for a future dog.