You just never know.

Yesterday I wanted to do a fun Halloween activity with the boys, particularly Jake as Scott wouldn't be able to participate but he would have fun watching. =) I decided we could make Halloween paper plate masks. Perfect I thought. This would be fun as Jake loves to draw so he could draw on the plate as much as he would like after I cut out goofy faces on the plates. Then we would have lots of fun wearing them and later "scaring" Daddy when he got home from work. Plus, it was a pretty much free activity since we have all items needed on hand, bonus! I was excited. I had these visions of a very fun activity. As all parents must know, you must go with the flow and your expections can easily be smashed to pieces in a matter of seconds. Everything depends on your child. And this activity was just that. I had goofy faces cut out on a couple plates with ribbon tied to them, all ready for Jake to draw on. I put the masks on and Jake loved it. He was laughing and have a lot of fun. And then it ended. No drawing was done, no more fun with these plates were had. Jake was so upset that the plates were not "whole" anymore. "Fix it, fix it" he cried. I tried changing them out with new "whole" plates but that wouldn't do as the masks were not whole. I tried to explain to Jake the pieces could not be put back on the plates that were cut out but "Fix it, fix it" was still be cried out. Eventually, Jake was caught up in playing with his cars and trucks. And the plate masks were in the trash. Just like my vision for this activity was. Oh well, we will try again next year. :)