Snowy Day…Sort Of

It snowed today.  We only had about an inch in Ridgefield, but down the road in Salmon Creek they had considerably more (5” or so I think).  So we loaded into the car and Aaron drove me around so I could take some photos.  I processed the two above and then of course I had to include some cute pictures of Pookie.  He really doesn’t like his glasses, but I guess it was bright enough he was willing to put them on.   The snow was short lived.  It’s all melted now.

Unexpected Snow Day

I had no idea there was snow planned for today, but Brice came running into the room to wake me up this morning yelling “Snow!”  So that was nice to wake up to.  We took him outside to play in it for awhile.  It didn’t last long, but we got quite a bit while it came down.  But that’s just the kind of snow I like.  Pretty to look at, not to drive in. 

“Mom, You Take A Picture…?”

That’s what he says to me now when he draws something he’s very proud of.  This is Buzz Lightyear.  He’s always asking one of us to draw Buzz, and really Aaron is the best at it.  But we do try and get him to try and draw what he wants himself.  I want him to be more confident that I have ever been in my drawings, so I like for him to keep trying and be happy with the result.  So I think I’m achieving this when he is so adamant that I take pictures of it all.  Which I love!

More Artwork

I find I don’t snap as many photos of Brice as I use to.  It use to be that I was constantly taking photos because he was constantly changing.  But now that he’s a little older things have slowed a little.  We gradually work into new things and it takes me awhile to realize “hey, that’s new!”  As I’ve said before, I am just amazed at the drawings this 2-1/2 year old can do.  He just gets better and better every day.  Grandma Dorothy suggested I give him some crayons and paper so I can keep his artwork, but I can’t leave him alone with the crayons or the couch gets decorated.  So the Magnadoodle is a great way for him to draw whenever the mood strikes him, and I just try and have the camera handy to snap photos.  And really, it’s a great way to hold on to the memories, as I will (hopefully) always have the digital copies, but not necessarily the paper ones.   I hope this artistic ability means he will be just as artistically inclined as he is “book smart”.  It’s great to have a little bit of both worlds in ones life.  I am going to try and at least post once a week to update you all on our going-on’s, but things are going to be a little busy around here for me the next few months, so don’t hold it against me if I miss a week.

Also…I got my new camera finally!  And it has HD video!  So I am going to figure out how to convert and compress the video so I can load some from time to time.  This guy LOVES to dance and I got the best video of him busting a move the other day, so I hope to share that soon!

Little Artist

He just constantly amazes me with his drawings.

I asked Brice who he drew here, he told me “Aunt Whiz” (Colin’s mom, Liz).  A few days later he drew Colin…but I couldn’t get to my camera quick enough.  He’s fast with the erase.

I think he told me this was “dragon”.  The kid is obsessed with the movie How To Train Your Dragon.

I forgot who he said this was…

And this one he drew Sunday morning and he told me it was him and Ryder.  I thought he did a really great job representing the fact that Ryder is his big brother and therefore bigger than him.  Yes they are only stick figure drawings, but it amazes me that he draws them round faces and can do so well with proportions.  Tonight he drew a picture of him in his footie PJ’s and he did such a great job of coloring his PJ’s in nice and thick for the body.  I think it’s quite incredible for a 2.5 year old.