Painting and Pool

After Grafton slept in this morning and James refused his morning nap, we decided to have our own church time at home then have some fun family time outside.  With all the construction going on at our house right now (we are in the process of adding on to our kitchen, breakfast room, and laundry room) we have lots of scrap wood laying around.  I have gotten all of these fun ideas for wooden stools, picture frames, etc that Eric can make and the kids can paint, so today was a perfect day for our first attempt at being crafty! We set up the baby pool and sprinkler, got out lots of paint and brushes, and as Eric began building stools, the kids began painting on wood.  It was a mess to say the least!  James immediately put bright green paint all in his hair, painted his belly with some brown, and tried to eat the blue....but it has all been washed off now and he had a blast! Grafton was much more controlled with her painting and even made a cute little picture frame that I can't wait to put in her room!  The kids loved playing in the pool, coloring the sidewalks with chalk, and painting the wood, and now they are both sound asleep in their beds.  It was a nice, hectic, and beautiful morning!