Painting 101

Well, I think it's official.....I can no longer count on two hands (and two feet) how many times I hear a day Daddy saying "You're going to do what with LB?" OR "Are you sure that's a good idea?"

Let me explain why.....

Being that I am a first time parent I am often scratching my head trying to come up with enrichment ideas for LB. How does one play, and I mean really play, with a 14 month old child for longer then 10 minutes? So last week this brilliant idea came to my mind. Aunt Kissy was kind enough to hand down a Little Tikes picnic table and I have oodles of non-toxic, kid friendly, washable paint and more 12x12 white scrapbooking paper then I know what to do with. Do you see where I am going with this and now do you see where Daddy's questioning comes into play?

My first attempt at letting LB paint didn't go so bad. I had a little foresight and stripped him down naked because I expected him to paint every surface that he could touch.

Here he is slowly warming up....

Well....and as you can see he was able to figure things outI quickly learned though that I had made one big mistake. What do you do with a child that is naked and covered in paint? Good question!

After I quickly realized that I have Monet 2.0 on my hands we were back out painting the following day. However, day 2 didn't go as well....

Now...to answer the question above. You have the bath tub filled and waiting before you ever hand him the paint.

I suppose like Daddy you are thinking she MUST be CRAZY for letting her 14 month old child paint, however, I feel like I am an awesome mom who lets her child explore, have fun and get dirty because after all...it will ALL wash off.

Now for tomorrow's enrichment...homemade play dough!

Lots of Love~SL

Short and Sweet!

So the other night Daddy, LB and I are all gathered around the table eating a very delicious dinner when out of the blue LB puts both hands up to the sides of his face, rolls his head around and starts screaming. Don't worry it was a cute, playful type of scream.

He is almost acting like I have finally managed to drive him crazy. Which personally, I am surprised it took almost a year to break him down!

I slowly get up and grab the camera as best as I could without LB getting worried that I might not come back and then he would stop with the crazy, head rocking screaming.

What do I do once the filming begins???? I quickly through Grammy under the bus and blame her for my son's craziness!

Unfortunately, as much I tried to bribe my son to get him to perform on command he would not put his hands back up to his face. So....you are left with 99.9% cutness instead of the full 100%!

Enjoy!

Lots of Love-SL