Let's just say Monkey Baby under glass and on the wall displeased little lord flaunty boy. So much, in fact, that he had to make a new drawing of the "babies" that would never, ever, ever, ever be protected from harm.
He likes them grubby.
And to make sure they wouldn't be seen as precious ...
once he'd finished painting them, he scrawled on their faces with pencil.
"FOUND. POMERANIAN. MAIN STREET. CALL blah, blah, blah"
The downturned smile is because she KNOWS this dog has an owner who misses her.
Homeless pomeranians are a rarity. Someone was bound to know to whom she belonged. All we needed to do was call around.
But having a dog for a few hours, feeding her steak and listening to her snore, was also a pretty good indicator that maybe it's time to start looking for our dog.
I got pneumonia. The kind that kneecaps you instead of letting you walk off scott free. And we'd planned a party for the Big 8 today that included -- as you might be able to surmise by the amount (and sizing) of the craft tables -- all of her classmates and a few extra friends from past classes.
1. Collect all those toys you've been stepping on. I used the holiday set from Playmobil that I bought last year, but any plastic toy will do.
2. Clean out some jars, make sure your toys fit inside. Ittybit helped with this. I couldn't for the life of me fit the snowman in the artichoke jar and was rummaging through the recycling for a bigger jar when she simply took off his hat. So. There.
3. Spray paint the lids to make them a uniformed color (you can cover them with fabric or leave them alone. It's fine for people to know you've sealed Frosty in an old artichoke bottle. You can also use bottle caps to act as pedestals if the jar is large and the toys are small.
4. Wait 24 hours for the lids to dry.
5. To make the trees I cut little bits of fake greenery off our garland, trimmed them a bit and stuck them in little slabs of cork I sawed into quarters. I punctured a little hole in the cork with the tip of a knife to make tree insertion easier.
6. Mix the epoxy and dab it onto the toys, press them on the inside of the lid and let dry for a couple of hours.
7. I added a half teaspoon or so of glitter to the jars and a dab of glycerine (seriously only about a dime-sized dab for the largest jar) and then filled them to the top with distilled water.
8. Over the sink, I inserted the lid scene and shut it as tightly as possible.
9. Of course it still leaks a little.
But look ...
So pretty.
Maybe ... if I ever do this again ... I'll try a silicone sealant on the lid.
Let's face it ... when you have kids to entertain, every little whim that materializes into hanging balls of glue and sparkle or stitched-together pieces of old pajama bottoms is like Christmas morning threw up a little in your house each and every day.
Might as well change the sheets before the place starts to stink.
Because you know, if you give twin Monkey Babies a bed, they're going to want a mattress. And if you give them a mattress, they'll want pillows. And if you give them pillows they'll want a blanket.
