Sidewalk Chalk

1 Box of sidewalk chalk: $2

Feeling like a kid again: Priceless.

At the beginning of the summer on a grocery run we found a box of chalk FOR $2! Needless to say we bought it immediately... and it has sat in our closet ever since.

Taylor was busy, Jess was busy, Mallory couldn't come up... so the chalk just sat, and waited.

Finally, right before we moved out, we got a chance. I had finished finals, (wahoo!) Jess was free, and it was a perfect evening for a visit to the park. So we did.

We enjoyed a lovely walk to Adam's Park and picked a spot to chalk-i-fy.

During the course of our chalk activty we discovered a few things about chalk:

1. There is no black. But of course everything you want to draw requires some amount of it. And gray isn't a very good substitute.

2. Chalk likes clothes. A lot. And it gets EVERYWHERE.

3. There are only 3 main colors of chalk: purple, green, and a poor substitute for blue.

4. Red is also a nonexistant color, despite the box...

5. Sharp chalk is wonderful, but it only lasts 4.35 strokes.

Lacking a creative mind I drew normal chalk things. A heart, a sun--with sunglasses!, flowers, and my trademark Princess scene, complete with dragon. I even drew two stick figures that said T & T above them...

Jessica--the arteest!--drew a masterpiece of the sea, complete with an island, coconuts, boat, shark, Nemo, Scuttle, Sebastian, Flounder and Ariel. Of special notice is the "Lady with her cute fat dog."

As we were coloring two ladies walked past while they were out walking their little dogs. They remarked on how they'd never seen two grown girls (if you can call us that) coloring with chalk on the sidewalk. We laughed. We're not exactly normal, as you can see. The next time she passed she saw Jessica's drawing of the island and she said, "That's where I want to be! You can put me there with my fat dog." So Jess granted her wish. Of course there was no brown, and so she made the dog purple, but you can kind of see it... :)

A chalk adventure--the next chapter to our adventure book! And we really need to try this one again. Next time we're going to explore space!