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Play food

Biscuit got a big set of Sculpey for Christmas and it has been FUN. She only wants to make food for her American Girl Doll, Irene, and Irene's new (also pretend) puppy, Honey. After a whole week of waiting for me to find time, we've now had 3 sessions Sculpeying at the dining room table. Over and over she's told me, "thank you so much, mommy! This is so fun!" Which makes me feel bad because I'm not sure she should be thanking me for playing with her. Thanking me for cooking dinner and folding her laundry? Sure. But not for having so much fun.

The ice cream sundae was our crowning acheivement but the pizza and sandwich are pretty awesome, too. The grapes and egg were because, "she needed more healthy foods." :)

Thanks, again, Kristy for the great gift!

Artist

Lately Oscar has been pulling caps off pens, grabbing pencils and generally scribbling on anything he can find. It occurred to me he might be ready to paint. And he was!

I have an idea in my head for a family art project (one canvas per family member) and Oscar was up first with his primed board leaned against a bale of straw and his clothes stripped down to the diaper.

Biscuit was very impressed he knew how to make green. ;) I gave him yellow paint and blue paint and it was like a miracle!

I was more impressed at how he managed to dip the brush end of the brush into the paint on the palatte and get it on the board without 1. eating it 2. grabbing the wrong end of the brush or 3. falling over. Kid still doesn't have much balance.

Look, I even took a video (which is admittedly very hard while also holding the paint palatte and supervising the kid).

 

 Now I just need to figure out the rest of this paint project.

Best kindergarten project ever

Every kid in Biscuit's class made a ceramic couch with their family seated on it. Could it be any cuter?

I love how Oscar is a fully formed baby in our family.

Definitely a kid art project to treasure.