We decided to make August the arts and crafts month!
So far its been great - even Kara has been getting in on the fun!
Today was painting day.
I wanted it to be finger paints, but neither Ethan or Rachel
wanted to get their fingers that dirty {who's children are these anyway?!}
so we got out the paint brushes and painted away.
I enjoyed seeing what they each decided to paint.
Rachel painted more letters than I thought she would.
Ethan did more pictures, which is what I would've pegged Rachel for.
Kara was all about circles and what she told me was "the sun" and "stars".
At one point I think she was trying to paint the moon,
but got frustrated with its outcome and called it a banana :)
finally!
the day has come when Kara actually LOOKS at the camera,
smiles and says "cheese!"
Honestly, I thought we'd never get here.
Ethan's was all about Creation.
He told his sisters this story, while they painted.
I was happy to hear that he has the story correct and in proper order.
I remember the day when on the 5th day, God created the Jedi Knights and so forth...
This was Ethan's idea.
He asked me to to write the letters with a pencil,
so they would be "great, like Moms write"
- then he took the paint and traced over my writing
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So, we took pictures.
Rachel's apron is amazing! When I bought it from Anthropology (name dropping, I know) for her birthday last year, I just thought it was cute and I was shocked that it was only $20 bucks.
But, it has surprised me with how useful it is and how much coverage it has! She likes the pockets a lot as well :)