Nature Painting

At some point in life, the desire to sit on the floor and participate in imaginative play for hours disappears. Old people can only play Little People or party with stuffed animals for so long. I'm old now and have toy A.D.D. My job title is mommy; duties include playing with my son, but I only have the patience to play toys for a half hour or so, so we do lots of projects at our house. We "play school" or make crafts--not craps. (INSIDE JOKE--when my niece was little, she always pronounced "crafts" as "craps." She would ask Nana, "Can we make some craps?" I love speech impediments).

I got the idea for our latest project from this site. First we went on a scavenger hunt adventure walk and found a bunch of cool stuff like pine cones, flowers, and sticks. Then we used the found items as paint brushes and made cool designs. Colter thought it was weird to paint with items that weren't paintbrushes, so he had to use a paintbrush too. Look at the cool dandelion prints. I think I'm going to go into business making canvases of dandelion art for people to hang above their couches...Dandelion Divans. Don't steal my idea. And for your viewing pleasure, my kiddo's "cheese" smile--the fake one that gets plastered on his face if I ask him to smile for the camera. OH, how I love this boy!

Dandelion Fluff

Want a lawn seeded with dandelions? Give Colter a call! He'll hunt up all the dandelion puffballs and gladly blow seeds all over the lawn in record time! He doesn't like the fluff on his hands though. When that happens, he wipes it on mommy.

For references call Grandad.

FFF-Spring Has Sprung!

It's Favorite Foto Friday! We have been spending a lot of time outside because spring has definitely sprung. Colter loves going on long walks in his stroller and looking around outside, but he's not sure what to think if I try to get him to touch anything. He's scared of grass! He also clings to me tightly if I bring him close to a tree.

Here he is when a branch from a bush was blown into his space. When the branch brushed the back of his head, his mouth dropped open, and he quickly backed away! Pretty amusing.

Now he is refusing to even acknowledge that I've got the camera. He's not going to look at me and smile! I abandoned him in the evil grass.
He's starting to look more concerned. Maybe grass really is scary.

Yep it's scary! Time to put the camera away. No smiles for this photo shoot!

Some subjects are more cooperative. Look at this gorgeous plum tree!And this lone tulip!I love red bud trees.
Everything is so pretty in the spring!
Even the despised dandelions are pretty! I'm sorry, John. I know you've suffered greatly in your battle with the Dandelions of our Yard, but I kinda like them. They're spunky. I hope you can forgive me for taking this puffball's picture instead of ripping it from it's roots, dousing it with gasoline, and setting it ablaze.
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