Raia's basket

Raia has been picking up willow twigs and making little rings of them almost nonstop. Instead of drowning under a sea of willow circles, I wanted to find something else that she could make with her twigs. So, I searched around a little and found this blog post. The project was just the right level for Raia. She did a beautiful job, mostly all by herself.

We may have started a trend in our neighborhood. Jaan really wanted to make a basket, too, so I got him started on one outside. While we worked, the local troublemaker hovered over us, saying how cool it was and that his mother doesn't do things like that with him. (I feel sorry for him now, instead of just being annoyed about all the bad words he's taught my children.) Then, when I came in, I looked out the window and saw Jaan still at work, along with that other boy, plus the building chairman and his granddaughter and two more little girls. All of them were twisting and weaving willow twigs.