Kids Crafts for the Holidays.

Besides football and their normal shenanigans, the kids did a lot of crafting on Thursday. They made these adorable stress balls.

They took little balloons and used a small funnel to fill the balloon with flour. After they got a good amount of flour in the balloon, they tied off the top and knotted string around the top of the balloon. Then they added faces with permanent marker. These stress balls had personality! Each little guy was a little different.

I remember making these before in my past as a hard core crafter. But never with the cute faces and hair. I was impressed, and yet concerned. I think I need to talk to the teachers of my step-siblings and cousins. If they already need stress relief, they are getting too much homework.

However, I could have used a stress ball when my cousin Molly beat me at Scrabble. Yep, she's a fourth grader. In my defense, I got stuck with a "Q" and was in the game until the last round. I was kind of a sore loser because I didn't get to use all the scrabble two-letter words I normal score with in a game.

Her cuteness makes up for my defeat. Isn't she precious? I remember when she was born. And the first Christmas she walked. And I think she looks just like her daddy, my daddy's brother. She sticks it out with my four brothers and her brother and is a tough cookie. I heart Molly Faye.