It started as a simple finger paint session. Things were going well and Bailey painted a picture of Nala (can't you tell?) on orange paper because orange is the color of the week. Then the bomb dropped: no Bible study. I was expecting three other gals to come over for a Beth Moore study (on the book of Daniel) and the plan was to stash Bailey in Mommy's room with a DVD while we ladies did our thing. Hummmm...now what are we going to do all afternoon?
Body paint! We took our tray of paint outside and continued the finger-paint fun, using our legs and feet as the "paper." Bailey had a blast!
And let's not kid ourselves. I had fun, too; maybe even more fun than Bailey. C'mon, when was the last time that YOU covered yourself in washable paint and DIDN'T have a grin from ear to ear?
Since this impromptu activity came on the heels of our "learning time" portion of the day, we of course reviewed shape names and (some) letters as we drew on each other. But she's two and my legs aren't that long, so we didn't have room for all the capital letters A through T (yes, I'm bragging; Bailey know's her capital letters A-T).
We painted until the tray was empty, and even then, Bailey insisted on swirling her finger around and around, hoping to get a few more drops of fun out of it.
The best part of the whole debacle, though, came when Bailey stood up proudly and declared that she was going to paint a bra.
Wait...what?!?
"A'ma paint a bra!"
Don't worry, I video taped it, too, for future blackmail - er, I mean, for posterity's sake.
Ta-Da! The finished products!
Had Brandon been around, there would be pictures of the clean-up, too, which involved lots of scrubbing and one squirreley little toddler racing around the grass trying to escape the reach of the hose. Not a chance, toots! In the end she was soaked from head to toe - and laughing all the while.
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