Art Adventures

During the last bit of cold, the girls broke out the finger paints - and since the kitchen is slated for remodel this summer, we threw caution to the wind and let them go nuts on the floor.



Jeneric's pictures. On the left, she painted a rocket ship, planets and the moon. On the right is her interpretation of the Northern Lights, which she is hoping to see this summer.


Toddler Wily decided to paint her hands and then press them onto the paper. Finger painting, quite literally.

Flood

Many have expressed concern over the impending, record-setting flood of 2011. The waters crested Saturday evening at approximately 39'. Our town had more than enough dikes and diversions to protect the populace. Folks to the north (i.e., downstream) have not been as lucky. For them, it is the worst flood ever.

We took a walk last week to investigate what we could - without breaking any local or federal laws. The girls were interested but cautious.



The city is trying out a Norwegian innovation, Aqua fences, but clearly don't trust them as they placed a clay dike immediately behind this fence.

Taken Thursday evening	Taken Sunday morning

Looking straight down Elm Street. It will take a few weeks before this road reopens.


And on the way home, Jeneric shows us how she's grown since last fall, running at full tilt and pulling the wagon - all the way home.

Random Tuesday

Our apologies for the blog silence. It's been a busy two weeks around here, with a bit of travel and a flood. The girls have kept busy...

Playing vet,






Building castles,


Reading,


And singing in the rain.


Flood photos to come...

Hairs cut and hair cuts!

With the lure of a full-length movie (thank you, Tinkerbell!), Toddler Wily relented for her first hair cut - but only after she'd watched Jeneric's haircut and even then, only when sitting in Jenni's lap.



Two bobs, with a small side of curl.



(see the hair tips right there? Curl. Nothing extreme, but enough to make things interesting. Also, she required every single pony hair clip in the house).

Friday Random

Celebrating the end of spring break with a little random.

First, we say good bye to winter.


Then we cuddle up with Walkabout for a good movie.


And end the week with some superhero action.

Artwork Friday

Jeneric is a prolific artist. She loves to draw, paint and color. We just photographed a few of her pieces (those that will not stand the test of time) and thought we'd share with you.

First, we begin with her absolute favorite piece: the bear cave.

Made of card stock, stickers and shaving cream, Jeneric proudly put this on the fridge only to take it down to play with the bears.

Next up, another bear - a cinnabear.

Yes, there is real cinnamon on this picture. It smells great! It's also quite crumbly.

A study in blue.

Paint and a paper plate.

Finally, an avant garde piece, that probably includes a spider web*.


Toddler Wily, though less prolific than her sister, is getting in on the arts and crafts.

Sheep! Naughty sheep, if you ask Toddler Wily.

No idea what this is, but yes, those are fruity cereal puffs.

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*Spider webs are a motif with Jeneric.

It's a hard knock life

Yep, the girls have chores (already!) including washing all the floors.