With the cold front, that blew the summer-like temperatures out of here this morning, came the need to nest and stay at home. So the Christmas decorations came down as quick as they went up. The pine needles were swept away and a new space was made for the kids.
Their very own art space. In the living room.
As soon as the art supplies were arranged, the kids were drawn to them like magnets. They dropped everything they were doing and hurried over to their new space. To create.
We’ve been fascinated with this new book checked out from the library. A lot of the kid’s art is ish. Tree-ish. Flower-ish. House-ish. People-ish. Car-ish. Takes the pressure off of making it perfect. One personality trait that keeps their mama from trying many new things in the crafting world herself.
As Keegan was drawing circles as fast as he could, he screamed ‘baseball.’ Baseball-ish.
Now that the kids are getting older and library visits are less-stressful, I’ll update this space when we find new books that we love.
These happen to be our current favorites:
Little Hoot :: Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Little Pea :: Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Do You Have a Hat :: Eileen Spinelli
I *heart* the illustrations and sweet story lines. Jen Corace is the illustrator for Little Hoot and Little Pea. Incredibly talented she is. What children’s books are you loving right now?
Oh my grace, I almost forgot to mention… As I was scrolling through the ohdeedoh website, I found Makena’s room featured as a Most Popular Nursery Tour :: July, 2008! I was thrilled when I came across her room!!! Quite an honor. Thanks ohdeedoh!
