An afternoon of painting

Well the weather here has been dark, cold, and rainy lately. What better weather to have an afternoon of fun painting with my little guy. Colton is a huge fan of painting so he was very excited.

I bought some wooden cut outs on sticks from Hobby Lobby. A friend of mine had we kids paint them and them stuck them in her plants around the house. Loved the idea and Colton was real excited about it too. He painted a star and a bird house. He chose the colors he wanted to use and did all of the planning himself. I just held the star and helped him change brushes when he switched colors. We put one in each of our house plants. He was so proud sticking it in the pot and seeing his work displayed.

Next he wanted to just paint on paper. He. chose his colors again and we talked about how you use different paint brushes so you don't mix all the colors together. I tried to get him to finger paint, but Colton is not one to enjoy getting all dirty. He cracks me up! He's ok with having dirt and mud on his hands but other things just weirds him out.

We had a great afternoon talking and painting together.