Esias Denies Everything.

My son made me a lovely drawing for my birthday!

Recent Happenings--Painting, Haircuts, and More.

Summer vacay is in full swing here, and by full swing, I mean Eden is bored out of her gourd. We've tried to curb the boredom with some craft time. Esias LOVES watercolors. Yum.

Check out my budding artists.

I have no idea what she was doing-- this is pretty typical behavior from my middle child.

Esias is still lining up his cars. He lines them up on the back of the couch, the floor, in the windowsill, no matter where, they are lined up! He's started sorting them a little by size even.

Speaking of lining things up, Esias got the mother of all haircuts. My sister usually cuts his hair but was out of town. I wanted him looking sharp for his b'day party Saturday, so I called around and found a stylist who felt comfortable with a squirmy boy with tight curls...I guess I should have been more clear about how short I wanted it. I told her I wanted a "fade" and she read that as "almost bald." Oh well, he will feel good in this hot weather and it will be much easier to clean. He's a totally messy eater and he plays in the dirt all the time. So, as we wait for it to grow, we can enjoy being able to literally hose him off and call it good.

Here we are enjoying some of our friends the Nielsen's family videos.

He doesn't seem to mind his new haircut! He did sit still pretty well, if you're wondering. Though I don't think I'll stray from Aunt Brynnie's haircuts again soon!

This is Ertastik.

Eden has quite the creative flair. See for yourself.


From a worksheet at school...

A picture of Esias (he doesn't have two sets of arms, one is the bib strings, she explained)

Sorry I forgot to turn some of these before I uploaded them. This is the sweetest little congratulatory note Eden wrote after we passed court.

That belly button makes me laugh!

A horse, of course...

That circle is a pond, and those legs are frog legs as the frog dives into the water. There is also a duck.

Again sorry for the sideways-ness...hilarious.


Eden drawing while singing "How do you solve a problem like Maria?"


After she went to the farm and saw chickens.

What she would buy with one dollar...

My fave of all time...the bluebird delivers the news: "this is ertastik."

Watercolor with Miss Elly

Miss Elly loves painting. I got some cheap watercolor (don't do it! Don't buy RoseArt! Stick with Crayola people!) and Elly had a blast (despite her mother's obvious annoyance at the product's quality) painting all over a large sheet of white paper today. Love this kid!

Beautiful Drawings!

Nativity, 2008
Marker on paper
by Eden Grimes, 6
[below- close-up of the top right side, I think it's communion...it says "crist", "blud" and "body"- I thought this was pretty awesome. We had just had communion at my parents' church before she drew this]



?, 2008
Crayon on paper
by Eden Grimes, 6

The artist's signature! Love it.

Roasting the Pig from Thanksgiving at the Stantons, 2008
Ink on tablet paper
by Eden Grimes, age 6

Faces, 2008
Marker on paper
by Elly Grimes, 3
(check out the one she called "toast" on the side)

Face with Eyelashes, 2008
Ink on paper
by Elly Grimes, 3

Two Girls Arguing with a Boy Named Cody, 2008
Marker on paper
by Eden Grimes, 6

We Three Cats, 2008
Ink on paper
by Eden Grimes, 6