Reindeer with hand and footprints

On Christmas Eve, I thought it would be fun to do a place mat project with Atticus. We traced his hands and one foot to make a reindeer. It was a little above his skill level, especially the cutting out of the prints, but he sat at the table and cut up thousands of tiny pieces of paper which was great fun for me to clean up later....um, yeah.

Anyway, I had aspirations for us to make 6 place mats, but we ended up with just one for him. Here it is:

In a rut

We have not been creative lately. Not one bit.

I hope to have something interesting to report this week. Check back after Christmas!

Ornaments on a rainy day

Will and I went to Disneyland for my birthday on Monday 12/7. Will's mom Joyce stayed with Atticus and Meredith for two nights. While she was here, it rained all day. Stuck in the house with two very active kiddos, here's what they did!

Acrylic paint and glass

Above: Meredith and Lila chowing down...

That's what we painted on Tuesday with our friends Tina and kiddos Devon and Lila, as well as Elena and her kiddos, Eva and Paloma. The big kids - all of 3 years - poured acrylic paint into glass ornaments and shook them as hard as they could. We ended up with four beautiful ornaments that are now hanging high, high above Atticus and Meredith's heads in the living room - safety first!

Atticus the serious: showing off his ornament