Painting and eating

Painting and eating...that is what Bennett has been up to today. Two separate activities, right? Well, yes and no. Today Austin wanted to do finger paint to make a welcome home picture for Daddy (about 36 hours to go!). I decided it was time to let Bennett have a go at some artwork. This was his first experience in art, unless you count the top of a green crayon he ate about a month ago.

Looks like a natural, huh?

Such hard work, but I think it looks better on my face.

This picture didn't turn out as well as I had hoped, but if you look closely, you can see paint on his forehead, ears and all around his mouth. Yes, he kept licking his fingers after every swirl on the page. Thank goodness Crayola products are non-toxic.

Austin hard at work. I actually painted the "D" in the middle- as much as Austin likes letters in books, he has no interest in handwriting of any kind.

So back to the eating. I thought Bennett was growing out of the "eat anything that looks interesting" phase, until we had the sand issue in Guam. Then, in the past couple of days I have found him eating ground pieces of tile that chipped off our floor, a cracker he found on the playground, a leaf and today- a cigarette butt he found on the ground at the park! Yuck. (well, I got the butt out before he consumed it but it did go in his mouth) Both boys started with runny noses today...maybe that is why. Otherwise, we are all excited for Chris to get home Thursday morning!