6 year old + Spray Paint = Bad

Mike and I started on his Raingutter Regatta boat today. As the Regatta is tomorrow it doesn't leave us much time to finish. I had Cameron run me to Meijers last night so I could pick up some model paint and wood glue to finish projects. Thanks to the Michigan scan law, and a mismarked can of Testors spray paint the $3.00 bottle of paint and the $1.69 bottle of glue, along with a bag of cheetos only cost $1.80.

At any rate, before Mike got home from School today I rounded the bottem of the boat off a little with the wood rasp and sand paper I got from Cameron. The block the give you is boat shaped but very flat. Once Mike got home I set up some newspaper and let him paint the fist coat. He did very well, though he managed to cover three of his fingers in paint. We let it dry during dinner, then I gave it a quick sanding and let him do the second coat.

Somewhere in the back of my head I figured it would be ok for me the hold the boat upright by one finger in the tip while Mike painted with a spray can. Needless to say, my had is red. I touched up that coat once Mike left the room. We're gonna give it an hour to dry then attach the mast, keel, and rudder to the boat. One that is done Mike can decorate the sail and we can put that on.

Then, maybe we can get Mom to write the name of the boat with a sharpy or something.

I'll post pictures when it's all said and done.