Phone Photo Friday: 3.25.16

Happy Friday! I hope your holiday weekend is off to a lovely start. Here is a bit of our week in review...

From our day trip to the train museum.

This rascal was told not to sit on the train seats. She found a solution, stand instead.

Elise likes to be really close to people at meals and she will scoot her chair close to Eric or me, often hugging or hand holding while eating.

Family river walk on a very windy day.

This Wyoming girl was calling to the geese.

Throwing rocks into the water never gets old. 

Vegan snack tray!

Sketch. One of my daily sketches this week. 

BFFs

We dyed vegan eggs this week. I found some weird "eggs" that were made of paper or something----you could dye them with regular dye.

The girls were thrilled by the novelty.

Coconut curry chili!

Elise working on some clay at the art museum while we waited for Cordelia to finish class.

Chalkboard drawing

After Cordelia's class the girls spotted a cheetah print car...

Lucy basically sat on Elise's head, she was too sick to care. Fever is gone today and all seems well.

Found a photo of Sam and me. I was 12.

Dinner of BBQ tofu, Swiss chard, wild rice.

Morning scene, sketching at the table. Elise was spread out sketching on the floor.

Phone Photo Friday: 1.15.16

Cordelia practicing for the talent show next week. 

Sisters in the snow.

Snow volcano. Looks impressive, but it took all of the vinegar and baking soda as it melted down. If you want to try this I suggest that you bury a cup at the top of the volcano for more eruption.

Best afternoon snack ever? Melted chocolate on banana slices with unsweetened almond and coconut.

When Eric or I fall asleep on the couch, the other is quick to take a photo, then we wake the other by sending the photo to their phone. I will not reveal his photos because Eric is introverted and this blog is already a bit much.

Cordelia buried Elise in all of their stuff. It was loads of fun until they had to clean up. Then I was told that I was definitely the meanest mother. I responded by laughing and telling them to only put away the stuff that they wanted to keep.

Elise. She has such a vivid imagination and lives to play. 

Cordelia doing some Rosetta Stone French.

Ophelia now sleeps exclusively on the printer. Also, we call her Oldphelia.

Daily sketch. I have committed to sketching every day. 

Eric hanging an exhibit at the museum.  Show looks great!

Cordelia at a homeschool art class (photo courtesy of her lovely teacher Kim). While she looks suuuuper intense she had a lovely time and learned about Picasso and made an "Evil Jester."

Dinner spring wraps with veggies, rice noodles, tofu and a peanut sauce.

Cranky chef. She and Cordelia were playing some strange game that involved Elise yelling at Cordelia to work and sleep on the floor. I overheard Cordelia tell Elise,"You are supposed to say I can't visit my family until all of the food is made." Elise, fully in character, shouted," You can't visit your family until all of the food is made!" This is often how they play, Cordelia feeding lines to Elise, though as Elise is aging and coming up with her own ideas there is less direction from Cordelia.

After Elise was in bed the rest of us took turns wearing the chef's hat.

Laziest chef ever.

[Missing photo of Eric in chef's hat]

Sooo

Cordelia and I at the animal shelter yesterday. Elise and Eric went and took some father daughter time.

Hope your week has been super!

Phone Photo Friday: 5.22.15

Well it is Friday again isn't it? I suppose it is time for my weekly phone drop. Well, truthfully you are getting the Monday-Friday phone drop. I uploaded my phone photos on Monday morning and I am just too lazy to go and retrieve them.

Cordelia had track and field day at her preschool and the weather was too cold for much outside stuff. Can you believe we are still getting snow?! Thankfully the preschool is well prepared to deal with the cold issue. Actually, this was the third track and field day that we have attended and all three have been mostly indoor events.

Here she is at one of the two outdoor elements of track and field day. The kids had a blast just wheeling around on those things. I am not sure if there was an actual race and it didn't really matter.

Elise participated in many of the activities as well. She felt like such a big kid. She sat out the wheelie boards (is that what they are called?) and opted to watch. She told me she just wanted to put her hands in her pockets.

My brother Ben and sister-in-law Sara (formerly Casual Sara) gifted me with a gift card to veganessentials.com and here is my loot. Also, Lucy.

Don't ask to borrow my pens. You have been warned.

Cordelia went to the dentist. Did I mention that she is choosing her own clothes now? 

Can we just look at this picture one more time? 

Cordelia is working on her art skills.

Betty Sprinkles and Lucy enjoy the evening sun. I love that they are pals. 

Last night was preschool graduation. This photo is a magnet that the school sent home on her last day. I will report on the graduation tomorrow. I need another day to emotionally heal, kidding(ish).

Phone Photo Friday: 4.24.15

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you have a lovely weekend planned. My weekends are always crazy busy, but that will soon be changing and I am looking forward to slower summer days. 

We had a nice week here. Work, family life, outdoor time, good stuff.

Last week I celebrated my birthday. My husband got me original art from my favorite childhood shows She-Ra and Jem!

I was also gifted with a scale replica of the Venus of Willendorf!! Art nerd.

For my birthday I worked in the morning and then we met up for a family lunch.

After lunch I was surprised when Eric and my mother had collaborated and I was treated to a glass of champagne and a movie ( It Follows) while my mother played with the girls and made a cake!

The girls were so proud of their cake.

They were also happy to help blow out the candles.

Cordelia working on a puzzle.

Elise dressed up as Eric.

Cordelia, blue eyed and silly.

The preschool had their annual trike-a-thon to raise money for St. Jude's. Cordelia was slow. The teachers had said to start slow and she took that to heart, being lapped again and again. Eventually she sped up to a normal pace. She had a blast.

Elise watched and asked a ton of questions about how it will be her turn next year.

My proudest parenting moment was when Cordelia repeatedly hopped off of her bike to help kids who had fallen.

Elise and Lucy.

We met up with my Aunt Karen and Uncle Gregg for mall lunch.

Eric and I toured a huge new gallery space that will soon open in town. My show opens in June!

After visiting the new gallery space we were asked to contribute to their fundraiser. A pallet show, works made on or with old pallets. Eric and I each grabbed some small chunks and went to work at home.

I finished this piece and we dropped it off the next day. 

Eric made this amazing collage for the pallet show.

Cordelia took it on herself to eat all of the strawberries. I bought a pint of berries and told her she could help herself. Later I realized the container was empty. She had eaten a single bite from each berry, afraid to touch the green bits, and then thrown the rest away. We had a talk about waste.

Neighbor bunny that sits near the fence, driving the hounds insane as it completely ignored them.