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Gone are the days I worried about my kids making messes. It’s taken me four children to figure it out, but I’ve finally realized that kids – and kitchens – are washable! Below are pictures of the boys playing with the paste I let them make with flour and water and paint. It definitely wasn’t our cleanest activity, but it was one of their favorites! I was minding my own business in the laundry room when I heard someone behind me. I turned to discover that the construction paper fun had continued! Here’s Becky announcing: “I’m crying.” And: “I need a tissue.” And finally, “My glasses broke.” After my girls saw some pictures of construction paper costumes created by my cousins’ daughters, they have been begging me to let them follow suit. Who am I to stand in the way of the creative process? So I got them supplies and left them to their own devices. In the last two days, armed with a pad of colored construction paper, scissors and oodles of scotch tape, they have… …turned a horse into a unicorn:
Made functional masks (in addition to fairy wings, which were taped to their backs): Decorated their window:
And recreated the characters from Eric Carle’s “Brown Bear, Brown Bear” (you’ll see a red bird, green frog, brown-ish bear, purple cat, black dog, gold fish, blue horse, yellow duck, and white sheep):
I can’t wait to see what they come up with next! It’s a good thing Danny doesn’t mind serving as his sisters’ personal dress-up doll!
Even though he’s been walking for five months now (since 11 months old), Danny has recently re-discovered his love for baby walkers. And I re-discovered my love for putting funny glasses and hats on my kids.
Having four kids over to play with your four kids makes for some hilarious pile-ups! (And no, no one was injured in this particular kid traffic jam!)
Jimmy: “This looks like a leaf blower.” (On a side note, last weekend Jim told Jimmy he was going to go out and use the leaf blower to clean up the yard, and Jimmy kept asking how his dad was going to get high enough. Jim finally figured out Jimmy thought the leaf blower was supposed to blow the leaves off the trees!) Sometimes when I ask the girls to describe a picture they just drew, I’m reminded of the adage “If you ask a stupid question, expect a stupid answer.” Cases in point:
Susie: “It was a bad green day. The wizard made everything green. Because his favorite color was green.”
Becky: “I am dressed up as a pyramid and the pyramid says no.” I was so touched the other day when Becky excitedly pulled me aside to show me a poem she had written all by herself after hearing one I had written. Not only did I love the fact she had done her best to sound out the words and rhyme the stanzas, but I also loved her sentiments. What a blessing to me she is!
Translation tips (she switches some “P’s” and “R’s”, and writes “My” for “Me” and omits about half the vowels in most words – not bad for not being able to independently write a single word a few months ago!): I love my family. They take care of me. They put me to bed safely. My mommy loves me. My dad is funny. God loves our family. God blesses our family. Now we are happy. Last weekend, our church had its first annual Sunday School picnic. Thanks to a lot of effort by everyone, it was a huge hit! A great time was had by all the kids (especially the BIG kids, as you can see from the pictures!). |
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