ahhh Pinterest. Painting with Davey

Pinterest.  It’s awesome.  I tend to avoid it unless I am looking for something specific, because I can lose a lot of time while on that site.

Yesterday I went looking for fun craft ideas for Davey and me.  I found several.

Our first project required that we make a trip to Hobby Lobby to get a canvas, masking tape and some paint.

We began by “writing” a word on the canvas with masking tape.

love

 

Then I set Davey up with paint and off he went.

painting

 

He painted and he talked. He talked and he painted.  I think he really liked discussing the entire process more then he liked painting. Although he did have fun with the paint.  I did too.  We both just painted randomly all over the canvas.

painting-in-process

 

Buster rested at our feet.  He’s such a good boy.

buster-love

 

No rules.  No strategy.

love-in-process

 

Once the paint was dry, I peeled the tape off.  Davey and I are pretty happy with the final result!

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Speaking of love.  Davey was explaining the workings of the human heart to me yesterday.  He explained that there are no bones in our hearts.  Just blood and Love!

Another visit to McKay Lake

We’ve gone to McKay Lake several times while we’ve lived here.  It’s a fun open space.  Such a pretty lake, and there are also some short trails in a wooded section where we like to explore as well.  It’s pretty open here in Broomfield with few wooded areas, so this is a fun place for us to go.

Off he goes!

runnin

He was pretending about something.  I can tell this primarily from the “expression” of his hand.

pretending

He asked me to take a picture of the “sparkly lights” in the water (something about coming here always inspires him to ask me to take specific pictures of things.)

light-sprinkle

We have a nice view of the mountains here.  We will still see mountains after we move to Washington, but I will miss seeing the Rockies.

mckay-view

We had Buster with us.  He was thrilled to be with us.  It’s a nice trait that dogs have.

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We followed a little trail through the woods.  We debated for a little while as to whether or not we should try to cross this bridge.

driftwood-bridge

We decided against it.  I wasn’t sure I could maneuver Buster across without splooshing into the creek.

David was playing golf with a friend.  He was just down the street, so he stopped by when he was done.

Davey required his assistance in inspecting some type of injury on his leg.

davey-injury

They determined that Davey’s leg was going to be just fine!

It’s a cool cloudy day today.  (It’s been a few days since our visit to McKay Lake.) It hasn’t gotten out of the 50s I don’t think!  I’ve been exploring crafts on Pinterest.  That is too much fun.  We experimented with tape and paint on canvas today.  We also tried a photo transfer technique.  Everything is in the process of drying now.  We shall see how it all turns out!

Heavenly Cashmere and a birthday party

Yesterday Davey went to his friend Olivia’s birthday party.  Somehow they hadn’t seen each other since her last birthday party.  I seriously don’t know what happens to time, but they were very happy to see each other again.

One of the games they played was called hot potato.  Cool game – there was a water balloon on the inside of the potato which popped after a certain amount of time.  It was too much stress for Davey although he hung in there for just a little while.

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When it came time to open presents Davey waited very patiently for Olivia to get to his.  Then he leaned in to watch her open it.

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Then Olivia gave him such a sweet hug:

davey-olivia-hug

I also got my Icelandic Knitting book in the mail and had to start on a scarf pattern in it.  I usually get bored with scarf patterns, but this is lace and is really fun so far.  Part of it is that I am using this incredible yarn:  Filatura Di Crosa Superior.  It’s mostly cashmere with some silk and merino wool blended in.  It is so soft and light – ethereal (there’s a word I don’t get to use every day.)  It is amazing.  It is a laceweight and so light that the knitting does go kinda slowly, but that’s ok.  It’s so nice to work with.  I actually bought it from Knit Unto Others when I was still in Arkansas.  I fortunately got it on sale there, and I was always waiting for the right project for it.  I think I found it.  This yarn is so light and lacy that my iphone can’t focus on it properly.  Really! I have tried multiple shots with no luck.  I need to get the light just right.  Either that or break out my regular camera!

cashmere

And finally –  Davey asks so many random questions.  I love to hear what he is going to ask next.  This morning, very first thing, I heard him ask David:  “Daddy who was your best friend when you were a kid?”  I don’t know why he thought of it very first thing, but I liked hearing his sweet voice asking the question!