Day 047, Year 3 - Alexis & The Birthday Crafts by stevecameras

Day 047, Year 3 - Alexis & The Birthday Crafts

After spending the weekend on the south coast for Alexis' birthday celebrations we brought her back to my folks for a couple of days hanging out together.

This is her at the table '"doing crafts" as she calls it, which always consists of drawing, painting, cutting, moulding, sticking etc. In this picture she is painting egg cartons to make a garden of flowers and bugs made up of the cartons, stickers and pipe cleaners.

3 good things:

1 - Wake-up cuddle from Alexis...the first in weeks.
2 - A great and very fast run round the village
3 - A fun and very special bath and bedtime with Alexis, mainly because it doesn't happen very often
It all looks under control! A bit retro! It reminds me that my mum (who was a teacher) only supplied me with blue and yellow poster paints. I think they must have been over-ordered at school or something so she bought them. I often think I could have been Rembrandt if I hadn't been restricted to blue/green/yellow. Can't imagine why I didn't complain about it except that she wasn't the sort of mother you complained to - you were grateful for the two colours you had!
February 17th, 2015  
@judithg That's funny Judith.
Alexis seems very content with the 3 colours. And most of the time anyway, it ends up in the one pot mixed into the generic 'brown' ish colour before being plastered everywhere :)
February 17th, 2015  
Fun times
February 17th, 2015  
She's cute! It is a very lovely portrait and a perfect photo!! =)
February 17th, 2015  
I am sort of pleased My children are beyond the poster painting phase, my heart always dropped when there was mention of painting, making something or worse still playdoh (really because I am a bit OCD about mixing the colours). Lovely image and one to be cherished.
February 17th, 2015  
Paints have so come on from those horrid littke hard squares of paint which were so,wishy washy they were useless......proper vivid colours here! A girl,who likes her crafts ....she will never be bored!
February 17th, 2015  
love her expression and the colors are wonderful.
February 17th, 2015  
I love her expression.
February 18th, 2015  
What a cutie!! Great comp and colors. Thanks for the visit Steve!
February 18th, 2015  
Fun portrait.
February 18th, 2015  
I like that grin!
February 19th, 2015  
LOL so sweet!
February 21st, 2015  
Fun time, future artist.
February 22nd, 2015  
she's very cute, and I love the quote "love without condition"
February 22nd, 2015  
Beautiful shot! Love the colours and her gorgeous expression. She looks like she is having a great time.
February 23rd, 2015  
@lucypics Lucy I do know what you mean. I used to hate anything that involved mess in many respects but funnily enough if she wants to do it now I just don't mind. Odd. It may be because she is getting better at keeping it under control. I do still get annoyed when the red pot turns into brown after having green, and yellow added to it :)
February 25th, 2015  
February 25th, 2015  
She looks like she is in her element
February 25th, 2015  
@nicolecampbell She loves it Nicole so yes definitely! :)
February 25th, 2015  
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