Projects that start with the letter P

My 5-year-old grandchild, A-child, was with me this past weekend as her younger sibling, B-child, was being born.  This kiddo has a bunch of energy, both mentally and physically.   I figured she wouldn't want to do many of the things occupying my focus recently (projective maps and static dynamics?  hy-flex course development?  no?)

So I saved up a few more physical projects to deal with.  Very early in the weekend, A-child pointed out that "playing with Prewash" starts with the letter P.   It turns out, this whole weekend was brought to us by the letter P.   

Consider, for example, painting with pre-schoolers.  The previous owners had painted the whole house in various, trendy tones of gray.  In fact, a week or so ago I'd gone through the stash of paint cans in the basement, and the collection down there looked like the a rough draft of an E.L. James novel:  "A Dozen Shades of Grey".   So many different names for this color!  (My favorite name was "Elephant Skin".)  Well, as much as grey is a popular color, it's not a me-color.  At the end of last summer, I'd bought yellow and orange paint, and this past weekend, A-child helped me paint the living room.

So much help.

Note:  "paint" starts with the letter P.  Yeah, I'm guessing you noticed that already.

Also, we planted the "back 40".  This house I'm in, it has zero yard.  No grass, no dirt, just a paved patio out back, a second-floor balcony off my Command Center, and a (totally awesome) front porch.  Since the second-floor balcony faces south, I decided to attempt a container garden there, and who better to help me get it started than my very own A-child?!

She helped me plant a pesto garden in pots and paint cans.  (Note again the preponderance of P's).

I'm not sure this space is going to get enough sun for a real garden, which is why I don't feel even remotely bad for using paint cans and such in this beta-version.  If it goes well -- that is, if some miracle occurs -- I''ll probably spring for hardware to hang planters on the railing.  But I'm dubious at this point.  

Back to the original P:  our dog Prewash is sleeping really well this week. She's been snoozing basically ever since A-child left -- I think the kiddo wore her out!