Paper is a Staple

At least it is around here. The kind of staple that is always to be checked on- the way you would check the pantry for flour or the fridge for eggs when you make a grocery list or a run to town. It is essential. And, it can be used in as many different ways as flour and eggs. For instance, just this morning Samuel found some brown cardstock useful for building a racetrack for his CARS.

Simply cut off an end, tape it to a table, and now you've got an enemy spy camera up high above the race track. And who would notice a spy camera so discretely placed and bad guys so well hidden?

Couple brown card stock with home-made Lincoln logs and you've got the perfect pit stop.

Once in a while, after a particularly good history read, the boys opt for something a bit more colorful to cut and glue in order to create a page for their notebooks.  Although Josh is the only one "required" to do a notebook page, Samuel usually wants to do just what his big brother is doing.

Paper can be made into airplanes.

Pilots.

And crash scenes.

Did you know you could wear paper? How about some hard rockin' hair!

Or a disguise?

Yes, even a vest for one of my favorite bird watchers.

Oh, and sometimes we like good, old-fashioned, plain white paper for drawing.

Paper is a staple around here.