Creativity au quotidien

Isabelle and I didn't have a very nice afternoon. We were both exhausted (she because she skipped her nap at the sitter's and I because I had a bout of insomnia last night that had me lying in the dark eyes wide open listening to the church clock chiming every half hour until 4) and impatient with each other. Not pretty.

Finally, out of sheer desperation, I left the cooking for what it was (somehow neither of us could get really excited about the 'Broccoli cake' by this time) and gave in to her request to 'uisje bouwen' (building a house).

Except this time, we actually had a great idea. We used the wooden blocks to make furniture for the farmer's family who usually live 'entassés pêle-mêle' in the red barn, together with all their animals. Of course, we didn't have a proper house to put all our furniture in (the animals refused to let us have said barn) so we used her stair-shelf. Here are some highlights:

This is the entire family at dinner, father in the kitchen (obviously :)) ...

grand-ma in the armchair with the cat.

A very tired father brushing his teeth before going to bed.

And finally, the bird view.

Not bad for two grumpy girls, he!