1 mom + 2 kids - 1 set of tonsils and adnoids = lots of cabin fever

for those of you who do not know... dallin got his tonsils and adnoids out last week and while he has been extremely brave it has been a long week of watching movies and laying on the couch. needless to say... we are all suffering from an extreme case of cabin fever!! i was racking my brain for something that we could do that wouldn't take too much effort on dallin's part. i came up with painting but could not find our paints. i decided to run down to our local hardware store and pray that they would have paints. although inthe back of my mind i was pretty sure they wouldn't. (yes...living in a small town is very adventurous!!) to my surprise they had paints. YIPEE!!! i guess in small towns hardware stores are required to carry a little more than just hardware. so we spent the afternoon painting. i loved watching the creativity stream from their little fingers.

dallin was very thoughtful with each of his paintings. carefully deciding what to paint and then meticulously carrying it out.

megan was more of a free spirit. her artwork is abstract. she loved to splatter the paint onto the paper. when she decided she was done (usually about 5 seconds) we would then try to decipher what it was.

it was a fun afternoon of painting and watching my little picasos!

dallin's american flag

megan's abstract artwork