A Collaboration

Dusting off the old easel:

Precision color mixing:

Background first:

Rainbow goes here:

Her first acrylic-on-"candace" oeuvre:

Better Late...

I finally finished Django's robot blankie! He is already too big for it, but he likes it anyway. If I start now, I can finish a twin-size quilt in time for him to use it in his college dorm room.

Oops--the eyeballs woke up during the photo shoot!

Stacking

Close Inspection

Puppirazzi

Tillie spent maybe an hour taking pictures of things in the yard. I love this one of a reluctant Athena. Our dogs love our children, but they wear them out--hence the nervous backwards glance. (Come to think of it, that goes for me too.)

Boys

This pic is from last November, but I really like it. Django and his cousin Axel climbing fences:

Little Hiker

Bake Date

Hazel came over to bake cookies. Each girl got to make her favorite flavor: Tillie likes vanilla and Hazel likes chocolate. The house is covered in pretty sprinkles!

Tillie, Meet Tilly!

Tillie's grandparents just adopted/rescued a dog that happens to be named Tilly--no kidding! We are all tickled by the coincidence, though oddly enough I ran it by about a dozen dog-loving friends and they were all disturbed by the idea that our family would keep the name. Go figure. Tillie is pleased to know a furry Tilly and Tilly seems relieved that no one is changing her name, so I think the important parties are satisfied. "Tillie with an ie" and "Tilly with a y" finally got to meet each other this weekend. Cuteness and name confusion abounded.

Sneak Neck Punch

Django's latest ninja move involves puckering his lips to offer me a kiss and then instead punching my neck. So cute. Actually, it was cute--I was so charmed that I now flirtily threaten to pretend to kiss Scott but then sucker punch him in the neck. (Have I actually done it or just threatened to? I'll leave you to parse the ambiguity of that sentence's grammar and decide for yourself.)

So innocent (hah!):

Django Hango

Super Sweater

Mini-He

If you have seen pictures of young boy Scott, this picture of Tillie would kind of freak you out. It did me.

1st Lego Sculpts

Tillie and Django are big fans of legos. Below are two firsts. On the left is Django's first lego build that he conceived and constructed himself. (The boat was already put together, but he added the second passenger and stacked all the heads.) On the right is Tillie's first free-form conceptual sculpture. It is, of course, a girl with yellow hair in a red skirt. They built these weeks ago, but I secreted them away to my office where I could spend a bit more time gazing at them proudly before either kid got a chance to tear them apart and build something new. I know, that is like a lego crime or something, but I feel no shame in this!

Special

This is the full-size self portrait Tillie drew for her class's unit on the human body. Tillie will point out to you that it illustrates her bones and the place where she goes pee. Some details are much, much fancier than others!

Et Two, Django!

Two today! (My baby boy is still a baby no matter what you say--sniff.)

Hat

Building with Belly

I'm thinking of opening up a home decor store where all the throw pillows are baby bellies--so soft and warm!
Tummies and Things?
Bed, Bellies, and Beyond?
Gut and Barrel?
Potbelly Barn?

Smoovie

Use Your Noodle