Attempting to be a Super Mom

We used to do this in the past where every Wednesday Ben and I would paint with watercolors.  We haven't done it in so long.  Not since Sydney was Rylie's age.  We started it again today and Sydney got to experience painting with watercolors for the first time.

Oops, it seems this week I've been a little neglectful with my dear blog.  I'll try to do the best I can to update today.  I'm not in a great mood today, but I'll try to not let it affect my update today. We had a nice memorial day weekend.  Saturday, we started the day out by going to the Farmer's Market.  We didn't get there until late though so we missed out on the lettuce and spinach.  We did buy a bottle of wine for $18.00.  When we pop it open, I'll let you know what I think about it.  I'm normally happy with cheaper wines.  I've become a big red fan over the last couple of years and Shawn needs a sweet wine so we bought the one that will hopefully fit both of our likes. After lunch, I took Ben with me as I went garage sale hunting.  Shawn watched Sydney and did his school work.  We didn't find a lot, especially since we went out so late, but we did find a couple of good things.  We got Ben two little toys and I found a pr...

Over the past couple of nights, Shawn and I have been packing the kids up in the stroller and going on a walk.  Last night, we took the dog too and put in a little over three miles, jogging some of the way.  I was so proud of how much I was actually able to jog.  I can't wait to get out there and do it again and hopefully jog even more.  I feel so good today and full of energy. We got up this morning and picked up the mess that I was too lazy and tired to pick up last night.  I have a wonderful husband though, that had done the dishes for me last night.  All I had to do with them was to put them away.  Ben put his toys and all the shoes away, then sat down and read to himself.  I love that he loves books so much and he looked so cute curled up with his book.  We did the craft I'd planned on doing yesterday, but was to tired.  It was O is for octopus. He was a coloring fool today too. ...

Today was Watercolor Wednesday.  Since we were super busy today, we had to do it this evening.  I painted this time too.  I don't think I've used watercolors in years.  Ben loves Wednesdays and Fridays because he loves to paint so much.  Not long after that picture was taken, we had a little oopsie where Ben accidentally knocked over the cup of water.  No biggie, it was just water, but what happens to a water color painting when water is poured on it?  It becomes a wet, plain sheet of paper.  The paint disappears.  Ben had to start over.  I felt so bad for him, but he didn't seem to mind.  He was just worried he was going to be in trouble or have to stop painting.  I let him start over as soon as the water was cleaned up. This was the finished product: And here's both of our paintings:

I was a little scared to do watercolors today and the thought crossed my mind to either take it outside or to the garage.  We have no kitchen table right now since it's covered in boxes while we finish the work on the cabinets.  I sucked it up and we did the watercolors on the floor in the living room on our cardboard that we used for the other crafts today and thankfully, we had no mess.