She’s Got the Whole World in Her Hands

In a moment of insanity, Rob declared that Kate should have a homemade piñata on her birthday.  Sure, who doesn’t like to eat a bunch of sugar and whack at something with a big stick on their natal day?

Painting by Phil Krohn

The other night while Rob and I were on a little date, Kate and her sitter began the arduous task of covering a large, orange balloon in pieces of goo-covered newspaper.

I asked Kate about her process, and here’s what she said:

“You make glue and then you put some newspaper on the balloon, and first you have to blow up the balloon, and then put the newspaper onto the balloon.  And it’s kinda fun to do it, but I haven’t done the rest yet, and you have to do it four more times.  Now I’m done.  Well, I’m not done yet, because I haven’t finished it yet, so I will do it and maybe I will write it down again.”

Needless to say, we’re pretty excited about filling this large globe with little Japanese erasers shaped like cakes and ice cream cones, plastic gemstone rings, monster finger puppets, temporary tattoos and gummy candies and taking a whack at it ourselves.