Tuggy

Driving home from Costco on a lovely Saturday afternoon with my family we spotted a dirty old plastic tugboat a block from my house. We had my dad drive around the block again to look, make sure from the gentleman outside it was free and grab that bad boy for little Charlie! He adores boats and all this one needed was a good scrubbing.

So my mom gets out to help and we carry that light, yet awkwardly large plastic tugboat about 20 yards and realize it would take forever at that rate. I hitch it up over my head and carry "Tuggy" home. My neighbor sweetly stops to ask if I need help, I think to myself "heck no, (but thank you) I've got my mommy super strength!" I get it in the back yard and get a big bucket of borax, bleach and give "Tuggy" a good scrubby! 

Looking good, but there was the lost plug issue...so I think...corks!! Good thing I collect them and lucky for me there was a boulevard fancy beer (larger than wine corks) cork! Fits like a glove! My "Tuggy" makeover is complete, filling with water as I type. Charlie is napping away and when he wakes to find sweet "Tuggy" filled to the brim with water that face will be priceless! Gosh, I love being a mother, and a darn crafty one too!