Painting

Unfortunately for Elianna, I am not one for crafty things. I don't mind them but always think of some reason to not do them with Elianna. I hate the smell of play dough. Markers don't come out of clothes very well. And painting is just so messy. Well, I am trying - for Elianna's sake - to move past all of those things so that she can enjoy doing little kid things like painting. So after a quick trip to the Dollar Store, I bought some watercolor paints. Huge Big step for me!

After I covered her little table in trash bags and then covered Elianna with a trash bag, I handed her a brush and told her to go at it. She loved it! I stood back and tried not to freak out. She loved it! We wrote her name, drew a turtle, a cow and just had fun together.

My new phrase is "It's just one vacuum (or wipe) away from clean." Still not sure if I am ready for the play dough yet. It smells so terrible. And apparently is so fun to play with. Maybe next year week.