Raising. Lovies.: play

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Monday, February 13, 2012

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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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Wrapping up the weekend right.....

Saturday morning we woke up here-

right smack dap on the brink of the ocean.....

we went outside to enjoy the view and do some oceanside hula hooping....

we hung out until about noon, then packed up and hit the road. We usually drive up the %, but its so depressing and sad to go passed all the factory farmed cows and the dry oil fields.... we chose to take the slightly more scenic route... the 101. The RV is a bit big for the 1! at least until we get a little more brave!

on sunday morning, Ira woke up with a craft bug in her.... she was the first to get sick, so she is pretty well all fixed up- now we are all sick!

a moustache...

a ring for mama...

a bracelet to match my ring...

a headband to match my bracelet and ring.... note my awesome bed head hair.

liv, despite her not feeling well, decided that while daddy was unloading our van, she was going to dig....

and she found her first earthworm!!!

she scooped it up and chased her siblings with it.

love it.

jared made us all gluten free and egg free cornbread. it was so delicious, he could sell it.

we ran to target and to the laundromat to wash bulky blankets after the trip. it was a taxing trip with half of us being sick. The littles insisted on going, though. we medicated with pumpkin spice latte for mama and cookies for all.