Time to Paint

There is a new awesome website I HAVE to share called Unplugged. Every week a new theme is posted, and a craft project (generally too advanced for A.) which you can participate in. I have stalked the site for a while and decided now that things are settling down a bit, to participate in some of the themes/activities in such a way that appeals to a 16 month old. Its sort of like pre-preschool. This week's theme was "PAINT" and so today I made a smock for Anastasia for finger painting tomorrow! We also checked out some books from the library with famous paintings and a few fiction books with painting themes. So in light of paint, I wanted to share one of my favorite paintings by Vincent Van Gogh:

The cafe scene. Every time I see this picture I want to be there. I actually have this picture framed and was inspired to seek out the painting and hang it in my kitchen today. I also wanted to share this book, Looking at Pictures by Joy Richardson. I borrowed it from the library and I have learned quite a bit by reading it. There are a lot of really interesting tid-bits about classic art work. I would highly recommend this for older kids (who can read really well) and for younger kids to look at with you.

Other than that my life has been pretty busy. I finished Anastasia's room today so I will post pictures of it soon! I spent all day trying to fix my sewing machine that wasn't really broken (apparently I put the needle in wrong). We worked around the house all weekend, had a cookout at Andy and Heathers and saw Billy, one of Nick's friends from college.