Awhile back, we went to a kids' Hallowe'en party. Our wonderful hostess had crafts prepped for the kids. I thought, Crafts? Seriously? My kid is 2. He won't go for it.

I was so, so wrong.

Not only did he go for it, he was enthralled with it. He kept heading back to the craft table after I'd drag him away for pictures or food.

At playschool, he loves craft time too. If he talked more, he'd probably say, "My own glue stick! Sweet!" (As of right now, he makes the "Ohhhhh!" sound that means he's really excited about whatever is happening.)

So we got him a craft kit of his very own. It had been in hiding so we could bring it out this weekend (and keep him on the lino instead of the carpet for potty training).

Unfortunately my kiddo caught a bug somewhere this week, and is sick today. The kind of sick where you do a lot of laundry and unfortunately, scrubbing the carpets.

He seems to be feeling better, but I didn't want to take a chance, so I decided to break out the craft kit a bit early to keep him on the lino (as I've already scrubbed puke from the carpet once today - at 6 a.m. - and didn't want a repeat).

I brought it down and he saw it, smiled, and said, "Ohhhhh!"

I said we'd take it to the table, and he wouldn't even take the chance of me not following. He held on tight to that box.

He's in heaven - cutting and glueing and colouring - he's been at it for almost an hour so far (which is really good for my kid). We got crayons, scissors, gluesticks, construction paper, a drawing pad, popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, and the holy grail of craft kits - GOOGLY EYES!

God, how that kid loves googly eyes.

He's glued about fourteen eyes to a heart I cut out. I'm planning on putting it up at Matt's office on Valentine's Day. How long do you think that will stay up? :D