Arts and crafts

Fi sitting laying on my knees, ready for footprints!

Fiona and I did our first arts and crafts project together last week.  Before she was born, I prepared some canvases for her hand and foot prints.  I've been delaying the actual print process though as I've tried to figure out how to actually get her prints.  I assumed the feet would be easier than the hands, so I conducted a trial run with her footprints on paper. When Fi was good and sleepy, I put her on my knees. I smeared paint on a paper bag and then rubbed one of her little feet in it. The first dip caused her to stir, and the resulting print wasn't so good, but she was so zonked out that my next few tries turned out well. Plus, we turned the good prints into Mother's Day cards for her grandmothers (Nana and Grandma) and her great grandmother (Mom-mom).  As I have been playing with her hands while she sleeps, I realized that there is a reason that the hospital just does footprints for her birth certificate.  Handprints will have to wait until she is older.