Painting Time

Evan painted a little craft back in November at a friend's house for Thanksgiving, and he really loved it.  For Christmas he got play dough, paints and brushes as a couple of his gifts.  He LOVES playdough.  He still takes a bite out of it every once in a while, but he is also learning how to play with it, roll it out, cut shapes, etc.  We use his trains and cars to make tracks in it, and we're starting to mold his name and other objects as well. 

Today, I broke out the paints.  I've been hesitant to do it, since I didn't want to spend forever cleaning up after him.  I put the butcher paper on the kitchen table, and we had a lot of fun painting.  I'm pretty sure he was going at it for close to an hour.  He had so much fun. 

A candid shot of him painting.  He was having such a great time. 

He has been giving me dirty looks like this for the past couple of weeks. 

His first paper.  I like the swirls.

His second paper.  The dots are made with straws.

What's up mom?

I swear he just had a growth spurt. I can't believe how skinny this kid is looking.

We enjoyed our time together, and I think we might have to do this a few days a week.  Honestly, I'm not going to do it everyday.  I'm too lazy for that--I don't want to have to clean up after him all the time.  I am looking forward to the weather warming up and getting an art easel to take outside for him to paint on also.