Keira's art

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so much painting, so much laughter...

i bought a bunch of washable paint....

i have been worrying about our first painting session inside the RV.... these kids get wild and it can go from painting heaven to full on chaos in seconds.


well, the paint is amazing.... it came off of

 the ceiling

and my clothes   and the walls, and the cabinets


and daddy's new coat.....


it was great.


worry free painting.




and really pretty colors- for being washable paint....




ira's upside down peace sign heart...







this was emer's first painting session where he wasn't trying to just eat the paint or rub the paint all over himself....



i NEEDED this night.



the kids NEEDED this night.



we NEEDED to get messy


and create

and cover the walls

and cabinets

 and ourselves in....



                                                                       C O L O R







our souls were fed.



then we broke out the jewels!






and the new colored pencils.....



before i went to nursing school, i always wanted to work in Art Therapy.


Specifically, I wanted to go into hospitals, cancer treatment facilities and homes of the terminally ill and facilitate the creation of art through their own hands, feet, etc.

Since having kids, i have always felt it was really important to open up the bottles and let them free flow with all the mediums and without confines and without worries of mess.




Unfortunately, this RV *is* small enough that it has caused me to hesitate when it came to painting...

i was worried about MESS.


ME!!!!!


anyone that has even been to my house in tucson would be shocked.

we used to write on the walls with chalk, pens, paint, whatever.

at any random time there were bound to be

drying papier mache dragons,


    or a half dozen half painted painted canvas
   

                   500 smashed crayons all over the floor, (or melting in the oven.....)

             



or, lets be real, children ACTIVELY painting ON the floor while i baked something.



going from OWNING a house to renting an apartment- well, it broke me a little.

i keep forgetting-



THIS IS OUR RV!!!!!!!!!!!




so, im embracing my old messy artist self.... and trying to release the last year of "don't do that. don't do this. this isn't our house!'









and in other, more hilarious news- after cleaning up the kids, emers walked passed me knitting and said "bye!"


i look up to see this:



         



he wanted to go outside- in his underwear- at 9p.m.  in 40degree weather....




we got him a little more protected and off him and his daddy went.


he is getting so big!!!!!






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Keira Art

keira got into a show on netflix about dragon warriors.

it really sparked something in her. she went around drawing images for days.

she practices the yin/yang over and over until she got it perfect free hand. i tried to show her how to use a cup to stencil- nope. she wanted to do it herself!


I'm seriously impressed.



this is a poor picture- but she drew me a picture of some lemon merangue pie- and boxes to check yes or no...



warriors....a







apple tree....


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Ira Drawings

I am always shocked at her ability to draw from
Memory. She drew these of sponge bob characters in the car.











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Crafty Kids

The past week or so we have been laying low and enjoying slow paced days...

Ira decided to start on our Halloween decorations... She designed and created all these on her OWN...









They were silly performance artists...





More crafting...


Ira made pop up cards...





Blocks...


Story writing... Click here if you missed the dragagatorunicorn...


Painting...


More card making...





Clothing design...


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Ira's Art...

We had a doctors appointment for Emers, and Ira decided to make use of the coloring station.... I love watching the drawings get more involved. She was a little upset because liv drew a swirl and scribble on it... And Emers wrinkled it...









Then she drew Emers a quick "feel better" drawing after his treatment...




And a pirate treasure map...




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The best of times....

We had an amazing Wednesday....

Baby ducks!



Gorgeous park day!
With friends- old and new!







And then we all got reaallllllyyyyyy sunburned....

So we spent Thursday & Friday doing this-

Lots of little einsteins....



Lots of arts and crafts....







We watched the royal wedding.... Like three times.....

And snuggled....



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Ira Art...

Ira created a gallery of Fancy Nancy after we read "aspiring Artist"...









Then she made a bouquet of flowers... All her idea, and she was so creative in figuring out how to get the hearts perfect each time.



She used a domino as a press!



She has also been writing lots of music...



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