Painting

With the daylight lasting well into the evening, and a little someone's naps getting mysteriously shorter and shorter, I've tried to come up with new activities to do together. Of course, she'd be content to read all day long, the same books over and over, but mama is looking for a new activity. Crayons get thrown on the floor and stomped on until they crumble to bits, I don't even want to think about finger painting, and although she does like to run around with mama's Sharpies, I was thinking something a little more gentle and not quite as permanent.

So our first adventure in painting with watercolors took place two days ago and it was a big hit. We set up a little table by the window so we could watch the birds while painting and got to work.

The concentration on her face made me realize how old she's getting and how she develops new skills in a matter of hours. It's quite amazing to watch. After a good deal of time painting with the brushes, she eventually switched to watercolor finger painting. It worked ... actually better than the brushes did. Always willing to experiment and test the limits, she is.

As I was cleaning up I heard some crinkling behind me. I turned around to find her sitting on her first completed painting and tearing it to pieces while giggling. I quickly grabbed the other drying paper and tacked it to our bedroom wall. Now before bed and nap time she points excitedly to the painting and smiles proudly. She made something.

Thank you for all your comments and advice on yesterday's post. No, I'm not pregnant and had a good laugh at those suggestions! I'm cutting out orange juice again for a longer time to see if that helps. And tomorrow will be a long overdue crafting post!

Comments

[Bobbi]

i'm so in love with her feet and i like how far they seem from her in this picture. i'm glad that the painting went so well!

[Angie]

This post is so sweet :-)

[Dawn]

Those pictures look so sweet, and your daughter's painting looks like she really spent some time an effort on it, what a great activity.

[Stacey]

Isn't exciting to watch them grow and change?

[Grace]

The photography in this post is fantastic! I love each of these! You should get a frame that holds six photos and put the whole series up together. It's really awesome. Great job!!!

[Shelley]

How cute! I just wanted to comment at how sorry I am about your eating situation. My sister is the same way and it pains me to see. The fact that you can't even trust orange juice to affect you is just sad. Sorry.

[Tava/Yarnmama]

Hi,
I read your blog daily and always want to comment on how cute your little girl is. She is just adorable! Good for her for being such a budding artist. Any more ideas for things to do with little ones is great! I have an 8 month old and will be looking for more ideas!
I love your blog.
Tava

[Bluebirdbaby]

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Tava-Thanks so much for your sweet compliments! I love hearing from "lurkers". We're not yet at that age where activities last long, but hopefully her concentration on one activity will get better shortly :)

Shelley-Thank you for your sympathy. I'm slowly feeling better, so maybe it was the O.J. I just didn't want to believe it. I love it so...

Grace-I'm so glad you like the photos! Good idea about the frame :)

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[Sheila]

She is so beautiful!! I love those works of art!! I am horrible about letting them go though! It goes so fast before their form changes!! So enjoy those first swishes of a brush! Keeping you in my thoughts for better health!!

[Jackie]

The photos of her sweet little face was darling...although I loved all the photos! You can see how immersed in her painting she is.

[Berlinswhimsy]

Oh, I love that: sitting ON her painting!! Gotta love the creative process at that age! It's all about process...

I hope you're feeling better. I've had my own troubles here but it's just a good old fashioned flu bug... Ack.

[joanna]

aw...she is so adorable! what a great adventure! ^_^