Friday, December 17, 2010

How to live dangerously while wearing white...

Ellis and I were very excited to get out paints for her very first painting experience. At first (and by that I mean all but the last 2 minutes) Ellis was most intrigued by dipping the brush into the water and then the paint, as well as mixing the colors. She tested them out every way possible, including the taste test (passed) and the skin allergy test (also passed). This whole event was a little on impulse, as you can see by the fact that I allowed a toddler to experiment with paint while wearing a white shirt and white sweater. I realized this halfway through and decided to just let it slide. This same impulsiveness with painting is why if you look hard enough, you'll find paint somewhere on most of my clothing.














Ellis' hair is getting pretty long. Though she only lets me put pigtails in when she's distracted by a "funny oovie" (Shrek is her fave), and takes them out as soon as she realizes I've put them in, here are a couple of pictures of her cute piggy tails.




Probably watching the funny oovie again:

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a great start to my weekend, thanks so much for the peek of the artist at work, I probably have your first painting in the box of all your art and stories.Just found two big art pads under a sheet of drawer liner in a dresser we gave to Bob and Mary. Lots of "house" plans from when you wanted to be an architect. xox Mom

Bell Family said...

aw aw and aaaaaaaawwwwwwww!

tim and kristi said...

ellis jane - you are the cutest! and i love your pig-tails. please keep them in and explain to your cousin why she should keep them in too. :)

Kristi said...

ooooooooh, that looks like fun!!!