What to do on a gorgeous winter day??? Hmmm??? A little painting maybe? Throw in dash of dry beans, a pinch of dry rice and a funnel? Sounds like fun to me... :)
Our precious neighbor friend brought us a fun valentines day art project to do... The kids have never really done anything with watercolors... so they mixed all the colors together and the "rainbow" heart kinda came out black... But I still thought they did a great job for their first time.
There is so much to learn... how to hold the brush... Make sure you have enough water... Don't push too hard or too soft... try not to mix the colors or all you'll get is black...
Hal washing up after painting...
We have been doing all sorts of things to help the kids learn more about "cause and effect"... simply because it's something fun to learn... Our friend Beth gave us a bunch of dry beans, rice, popcorn kernels and pasta... along with a bunch of funnels, measuring spoons and measurong cups... all for the kids birthdays last year.... and they love to play with everything... It always takes Siah a few times to figure out that if he puts stuff in the funnel, then it's going to come out of the bottom... i love the look he gets on his face when he's trying to figure it all out...
It's those "Simple" things again that end up being so much fun...
Siah's staring at Papa's motorcycle tire sitting up against the garage... I can see the wheels turning in his head... "Why is that tire there? It's supposed to be on Papa's motorcycle? How did Papa get it off his motorcycle? Why did he take it off?????"
What glorious sunshine we had today!!!! We ended the morning with a picnic at the park with Milly and Brit and their kiddos!!
Blessing upon Blessing!!!
Our precious neighbor friend brought us a fun valentines day art project to do... The kids have never really done anything with watercolors... so they mixed all the colors together and the "rainbow" heart kinda came out black... But I still thought they did a great job for their first time.
There is so much to learn... how to hold the brush... Make sure you have enough water... Don't push too hard or too soft... try not to mix the colors or all you'll get is black...
Hal washing up after painting... 
We have been doing all sorts of things to help the kids learn more about "cause and effect"... simply because it's something fun to learn... Our friend Beth gave us a bunch of dry beans, rice, popcorn kernels and pasta... along with a bunch of funnels, measuring spoons and measurong cups... all for the kids birthdays last year.... and they love to play with everything... It always takes Siah a few times to figure out that if he puts stuff in the funnel, then it's going to come out of the bottom... i love the look he gets on his face when he's trying to figure it all out...
It's those "Simple" things again that end up being so much fun... 
Siah's staring at Papa's motorcycle tire sitting up against the garage... I can see the wheels turning in his head... "Why is that tire there? It's supposed to be on Papa's motorcycle? How did Papa get it off his motorcycle? Why did he take it off?????" What glorious sunshine we had today!!!! We ended the morning with a picnic at the park with Milly and Brit and their kiddos!!
Blessing upon Blessing!!!
