Our new year is off to a good start. We enjoyed crab legs for dinner - our traditional New Year's Eve meal a day late. AJ is gettting more capable at cracking his own shells, which is nice because it means we can spend more time eating and less time helping him. It also provides an abundance of photo opportunities.
Earlier in the day the kids kept busy doing arts and crafts. I was pleasantly surprised... correct that... I was downright amazed by how quietly they played this morning, allowing Jeff to get some much needed sleep.
Sydney's masterpiece, she explained, is called a fairy tale. She added a skull and cross bones sticker to it, she told me, because pirates are cool. This burst of crayon creativity followed earlier work with paint, paper shapes, glue sticks and glitter.
AJ, meanwhile, set to work with construction paper, scissors and glue. And a little bit of tape. Midway through his project he pleaded, "I need tape to fix something."Sydney immediately piped up, "I need a little tape, too, to fix something."
When you're three, is there anything as fun as Scotch tape?
AJ seems to be exploring his interests in architecture. Those are houses he's working on, though who he's planning on giving them to keeps changing. First they were for me, then Jeff. Most recently he's decided to bring them to school next week and give them to his teacher.
And that would be just fine with me. One of my resolutions this year is to reduce the clutter in our house. (Not to say his artwork is clutter, but I have more than enough samples of his work to inflict on his future wife some day.)
And that would be just fine with me. One of my resolutions this year is to reduce the clutter in our house. (Not to say his artwork is clutter, but I have more than enough samples of his work to inflict on his future wife some day.)One thing was evident watching the kids' creativity today. I should have no trouble keeping this blog going in 2011, because they certainly have no shortage of imagination.
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