Butterfly with Flower

Butterfly with Flower
Originally uploaded by AYeager99

We've been drawing a lot lately. This last week it really started to warm up...triple digits, so we're back to indoor fun for quite a while.

So I picked up a coffee table for your bedroom. It's where we do most of our coloring. It's the right height for you to stand and me to sit. You're too sophisticated for kiddie furniture :) Your crib is now a daybed that we use as a couch, so a coffee table in front of it makes perfect sense, right? It's actually where I'm typing this from (you're asleep in the office/guest room right across the hall).

This afternoon we took a break from standard coloring books and used the plain white sketch pad paper we normally use for making personalized birthday cards and nametags for your friends gifts.

You selected a black crayon and marked up a bold statement on the paper, then moved on to another paper while choosing a new color from your 'cams' (crayons). It looked like a flower on a stem to me, so I started to color in the petals and leaves and noticed the figure to the left resembled a butterfly. I colored in the wings and used my artistic license to add two brown antennae to bring it to life. The end result was picture worthy. I'm calling it Butterfly with Flower, officially.

We've done this before, but not on a blank paper, so this time the image is much more clear. I'm going to start photographing and scanning your artwork. Eventually I will designate the picture ledges in the dining room to a gallery just for you. As for today's masterpiece, I think I'lll crop it and frame it to display.

P.S. While I was typing this I heard you say in your sleep "No diapew." (that's how you say diaper). You haven't worn a diap for a couple days now and Daddy tried to put one on you earlier tonight. I'm guessing that's what you were dreaming of.