Big Ole Roll of Paper

 This morning when the kids were arguing over which cartoon to watch, I remembered a cool idea that Lilia discovered while Franky was getting his hair cut last week. A large piece of  paper had been hung down the wall and there were crayons attached on strings. This was for the  customers (or bored siblings) to color while waiting. I have several large rolls of paper  and they mostly sit behind a desk and gather dust. Lilia has used them to color before, but got frustrated with having to keep the paper from rolling up on itself. So, I simply taped a large piece of paper on two doors for each kid to use as their own canvas. End fighting over cartoons, enter time for artwork! Franky was pretty excited about being able to use Lilia's stamp collection and Christmas stickers which he promptly stuck on his paper. Lilia, however, took her time to plan her "project" and ended up drawing a picture of the two of us. Sounds simple, but there's something exciting about being able to have a fresh sheet of floor to (almost) ceiling paper set up just for yourself. Not bad for some Saturday morning fun.