Saturday, February 27, 2010

Saturday Afternoon

I tried to hide this activity from Joseph as painting is always made more laborious with a two-year old involved. However, he is never far so he was granted the use of one paint brush and one colour: green. (And, yes, that vase is always in the middle of the table. It is my attempt at beauty; alas, it is rarely filled.) The other three were allowed the use of four colours, all primary. Jacob asked me if we had any secondary-colour paint sets around.
Benjamin has developed his own painting style and all his scenes are depicted in arches of varying colour and size. The effect is actually quite nice.
Jacob and the proverbial house and sun.
Hannah is an almost seven-year old girl. Thus, she is painting large hearts in the sky.
Joseph has an affinity for swirls and dots.
He also knows how to pose. Rebecca, does this remind you of Rhett?
This is Dave. His school is undergoing its district review on Tuesday. He is attempting to look good for his superiors. He didn't want to paint.
Losing interest. Paintbrush has been abandoned. Hands and fingers are in full use.
First attempt to exit the table and wreak havoc with painty hands.
Benjamin trying to tell you how many months until the baby comes.
Ahh, success: six months. His feelings regarding becoming the middle child are depicted by the many arches. They depict flexibility.
Successful attempt at wreaking havoc. The dog is now ready well in advance for St. Patrick's Day.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

The first thing I noticed was spotless t-shirts - even on Joseph. That's impressive.

Rebecca said...

The first thing *I* noticed was how much Joseph looks like Rhett... and then I scroll down and see your question. I have always thought that they looked alike and I think they are actually starting to look even more so.

I like Benjamin's painting very much. Rhett is into drawing cars, firetrucks and pictures of the babysitter, Laura Lee. They all look like triangles to me.

Sue A. said...

Dave looks so happy, working away there. And on a Saturday,yet.

Good call on the green paint for Joseph - blends in with the chair backs. :)

Elena said...

by jacob and hannah afelskie Wow jojo painted the dog ! sammys reddy for stpatricks Day sammy saes im stptrick your not sopost to talk