Arts & Crafts

We have been trying different arts and crafts for about a year now.  I think Elanor is at an age now, where she is really starting to enjoy them, and get good at them!  We have beaded necklaces, painted with watercolors and finger paints, made stick puppets...but the all time favorite is the coloring book and crayons.

About a month ago, Ella received a mermaid coloring book as a gift.  I am so impressed with the skills she has developed from this book!

The night she got it (August 24), this is what she colored:

This is how her coloring has progressed, over just one month... 

September 17

September 21

September 26

I think we have a future art-eest in the house. 

We have also been trying new food!  Well Liddy has been trying new foods.  We have moved past the rice cereal and been eating...

BANANAS!! 

and PEARS!!

Just look at those smiles...much different than the face she gave while eating the rice cereal.  I knew she was waiting for bananas!  We have also tried carrots and oatmeal.  So far, I think the oatmeal and pears mixed together is the favorite.  It is so fun to see Lydia try each new food!  I just wish we didn't have to wait 4 whole days in between them...

Between meals and arts and crafts time, Ella took her first train ride.  We took the light rail from Sunrise to Old Folsom and back.  It was a blast!

There was so much to see on the train.  We even got to decide if we wanted to sit forward or facing the back.  That was an easy decision for Elanor...BACKWARDS!  

Every day is a new adventure.  I can't wait to find out what tomorrow brings.