Sometimes it's best not to count your chickens before they hatch...

Take, for instance, it's probably not a good idea to pat yourself on the back for being a cool mom until you have all the facts.
(I should have learned this lesson right?)

But let's start this post pretending like you don't have all of the facts (because you don't) and you can think I'm a cool mom for about 20 seconds .
Unless, of course, you are Gwen (a for reals life cool mom) and your initial thought will be "you are crazy!" (which is probably the best assumption of my social status)


In my blog-stalking/following I have been gathering up ideas for fun summer crafts and activities and saving them in my delicious account. This particular one I found here and it looked so neat that it just had to be done.

One day in early July, after a week and a few hours of not being a fun mom, I decided to pull out my world's best mom pin and prove I still deserved to wear it.
This art project, Corn Syrup Paintings, was perfect seeing I had all the supplies on hand and it required little to no prep.

I even took pictures.
(Remember, I was thinking I was cool... As they say, "pride cometh before the fall.")

we're working with Landon on opening his eyes in pictures. Sometimes it works better than others.

It was very clean (surprisingly) and super simple. The kids loved it, I loved it, and there were happy feelings all around.

See look! Everyone had a good time and I was a pretty cool mom.

Check out this link for detailed pictures and instructions on how to do this.

Fast forward about 5 hours...

Let me preface this with saying I don't know how these things happen...

I turn around to see Cooper walking on the carpet with his corn syrup painting stuck to his feet.

(why?)

Which wouldn't have been such a big deal (I say that loosely) had he not found it fun to unstick the picture from his feet, walk around on my freshly mopped kitchen floor, stick it back on his feet (to apply more ammunition, naturally) unstick it from his feet and walk all over my recently steam cleaned carpets, stick it back on his feet and repeat... until I found him.

I'm trying to sort out my feelings... do I love this art project or do I hate it?

I guess I love it. (It really was cute and super fun and unexpected)

Unless, of course, you have a Cooper at your house, and then I say... probably not a good idea. (unless you hate your carpets. Because, while corn syrup cleans up remarkably easy, food coloring does not.)