Picture of the Week: Painting with Watercolors

Picture of the Week: Painting with Watercolors

Seahawk requested some watercolor painting supplies for Christmas, so we happily obliged. As part of that, we got him a journal made with watercolor paper rather than regular paper. The understanding was that he would use his paints and journal to record some of the experiences we have this year. The goal is to paint a picture every day, but that doesn’t always happen. I’d say we’re averaging about twice a week at this point. In the few weeks he’s had the opportunity to paint regularly, I can already see drastic improvement in his skill.

Have a great weekend!

Blessings,

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Picture of the Week: Football!

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In honor of the Super Bowl this week, the kids decided to dress up in football “uniforms” and play outside for a little while. I have no doubt that Seahawk was the mastermind behind this, since he’s the biggest football fan in the family. He had some birthday money a few months ago, and he used it to buy the Seahawks jersey and helmet (which he then wore for Halloween). Munchkin’s helmet is technically a softball helmet that we bought from Goodwill for Halloween 2013 – Seahawk went as a football player that year, too. When he bought his official helmet, he passed the other one down. Munchkin is actually a Baltimore Ravens fan (no idea where that came from considering we don’t live near – or have ever traveled to – Baltimore), so to make the softball helmet “his,” he drew his interpretation of the Ravens logo on paper and taped it onto the helmet. (He’s currently saving his allowance for a Ravens version of the set Seahawk has.) Small Fry’s helmet is a knight helmet that my dad bought him from the Dollar Tree. [Read more…]