The painting

Last night I went to a paint and wine party and left the house before the kids went to bed. This morning when I saw John, he said "When did you get back?" I explained that I got home after he fell asleep. I asked "Did you see what I made?" He said "No." And I led him down the hallway to show him my painting. He said "No way! That's amazing! Good job!" 

Later I showed Gillian my painting. She said "Did you buy it?" I said "No, I painted it." She said "No. You went to the store and buyed it. You didn't make it." 

My two little art critics. 

Painting

We received a bag of hand-me-downs on Friday. The bag had books, Monopoly Junior, a Melissa and Doug paint by number and a Spiderman wallet. John claimed the wallet and Gillian declared the paint by number hers. 

Gillian desperately wanted to paint her project. But with her recital this weekend she didn't get to work on it until Sunday. The paint by number was actually a 3D display with dolphins. Gillian spent Sunday afternoon painting and following the instructions to a tee. She surprised me. I thought she would have done her own thing. 

She worked very hard and after everything dried she helped me glue it together. 

Yesterday morning I found her in the kitchen with her paint brush out again. She said "I missed a spot. But I fixed it!" 

The map

This morning I let the kids paint.  Gillian made a beautiful rainbow.  John made a treasure map.  He put a lot of thought into it.  I had him describe the map and all the traps. 

Painting

Daddy spent majority of today painting Gillian's room. After the first coat of paint, we ran a few errands with the kids. It was so nice outside, that after running errands I decided to keep the kids outside. I made them some sidewalk paint. They were excited at first, but John got bored quickly. I gave him regular sidewalk chalk to use. Gillian loved the paint. She kept saying "I paimpting!" Daddy stuck his head out of Gillian's window to see what the kids were up to. Gillian proudly told him"Daddy! I paimpting! See!" John took the sidewalk chalk and made a hopscotch a d a big map. According to John, "The map shows the way to the golden coconut!" Love their imagination!