The First Day of Spring...2009 (Post 1)

We had a blast celebrating the first day of Spring! Evan was out of school for a teacher workday and Wesley had spent the night before so he was here with us. The day started out as normal but ended up far from it. (see why in the next post)


Early in the day, the boys were already "bored" so I knew it was time to come up with some ideas. The babies were napping and I suddenly remembered that I had a box of my granddaddy's old ties. So I decided that we would turn them into snakes. We stuffed the snakes with cotton, hot glued the ends shut, added a felt tongue and some eyes. The boys really enjoyed it. I just realized that we don't have a picture of the finally product, so I'll have to add that later. We also made one for the babies, which they too love.

The First Day of Spring...2009 (Post 2)

After the babies woke up from their nap we went outside. The weather could not have been any better for the first day of spring. I mixed up some of our favorite sidewalk paint. (so easy... water, a little cornstarch, and food coloring, it washes off when it rains...plus everything is edible so it's non-toxic for the little ones)


The big boys enjoyed painted but I think it was the little kids who enjoyed it even more. Elijah immediately wanted to join in on the fun. I handed him a brush and showed him what to do and he was so excited. He would squat down to put the brush into the pan and paint then immediately jump up, look at me and smile...as if he was so proud of his accomplishment. The kids painted for the longest time. This was the first of many art projects for the babies, so I didn't really know what to expect. I kept them in the pajamas so that they could get as messy as they wanted.



I was very impressed with how long the babies stayed focused on painting, they painted on paper and on the driveway.

Everyone hard at work

Ella's very first artwork!

Elijah's very first artwork!

This was his, jump up and show Mommy pose after each painting.

Silly boys...

Elijah thinks he is so big!

The First Day of Spring...2009 (Post 3)

After a long while, the painting fun did finally come to an end. The babies had so much fun walking around the yard, picking flowers, (well, weeds) and following the big boys.

Ella had the most fun with the flowers. A section of our backyard was covered in Dandelions. Ella picked them one by one and gave a couple here and there to me but mostly they were for her brother. Evan was so sweet, he went inside and brought out a jar of water to put them in.

Ella's sweet hand, covered in paint, picking a flower.

Silly boy...with his hat around his neck.


Bringing Mommy a flower.

Giving them to her brother, one by one. This pictures melts my heart. Those two are so close!