Break Time

After a busy week, Half-Term break has begun! The sun is shining, we're not scheduled to have any snow, and we have a week of mostly rest, relaxation, and a change of the normal routine. The girls are finally old enough that I actually find them enjoyable to talk to, and I've been really looking forward to this week.


The final days of school were spent being busy, and I came to the door one afternoon to find an ominous shadow lurking outside.This turned out to be my new compost bin. The second image is of a Dalek -- Doctor Who's equivalent of the Borg (from Star Trek). The scariest thing in this picture is the little Spaniel holding the "Welcome" sign in his mouth. Yes, that's really my front door. I collect concrete animals. Especially cute ones. Even more especially cute ones holding little signs (especially cute signs) in their adorable little mouths. Trust me -- you only try disgutedly kicking this thing once before you remember it's made of concrete.

LittleMan has grown fat and has now been put on a diet. This causes him to sit at the breakfast table each morning (in a chair) and expect that someone will put a bowl of cereal in front of him. He loves cereal-milk, and his favourite is Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch milk. Notice that he'll even let Livia pet him for the chance of cereal-milk.

Almost finally, the beauty of having children is making them allowing them to do the jobs that I might find menial and tedious. Here I have them gessoing 25 artboards for me to paint on later. They should just be glad that I don't need any ditches dug. L&L did a great job with Livia splattering only one chair and somehow managing to poke herself in the eye with the brush handle.
Here's a last little bit of fun to enjoy. Livia likes to dance, with or without music. She volunteered to be recorded after I caught her dancing to the sound of her father reading about pigeon-guilded missiles (not making this stuff up). Though I've added music later so you won't hear me laughing, the only music she hears is in her head. (The air guitar is my favourite part).