Artwork ~ Ages 5 and 3

Posted on March 10th, 2008 by Jean

My darling daughters draw every single day. It is so hard for me to part with their drawings. Inevitably, I stack them on top of the fridge, promising to box them up for their future perusing.

I want to share my favorite drawings that I’ve scooped up over the past few months.

Natalie ~ Age 5

Shadow & Reflection

Girl In The Mirror

Mermaid

I love the fluid lines of this.

Married Couple

I love the positioning of his feet.

Vacant Eyes

Cool Girl

The Wind-Up

Dead Pet

Pearl ~ Age 3

M Eyes

Nude

Detailed Face Surrounded by P’s

Thank you for letting me share this with you.

Tags: art, artwork, children, drawing, sketch

Artwork ~ Ages 5 and 3

Posted on March 10th, 2008 by Jean

My darling daughters draw every single day. It is so hard for me to part with their drawings. Inevitably, I stack them on top of the fridge, promising to box them up for their future perusing.

I want to share my favorite drawings that I’ve scooped up over the past few months.

Natalie ~ Age 5

Shadow & Reflection

Girl In The Mirror

Mermaid

I love the fluid lines of this.

Married Couple

I love the positioning of his feet.

Vacant Eyes

Cool Girl

The Wind-Up

Dead Pet

Pearl ~ Age 3

M Eyes

Nude

Detailed Face Surrounded by P’s

Thank you for letting me share this with you.

Tags: art, artwork, children, drawing, sketch

Giant, Kid-Friendly Photoblog

Posted on March 5th, 2008 by Jean

Build•A•Bear

Yesterday I took Natalie and Pearl to Build•A•Bear in Henderson, Nevada (about 9 miles south of Vegas). My parents had sent them money to be used on this shopping spree.

When you walk into the store, you are greeted by a wall of stuffed and unstuffed animals.

Once you choose your animal, you can select sounds for it. The sounds are slipped down into the paws, and then the stuffing is added.

Natalie adds stuffing to her St. Patty’s Day bear.

Pearl adds stuffing to her white/pink bear.

Before the bears are stitched closed, there’s a cute little heart ceremony.

Rub the heart on your forehead for brains, on your cheeks for smiles, or your nose for the heck of it (I don’t remember), spin around twice and blow.

The new bears received an air bath.

Dresses & accessories were selected.

The bears were named, ID’d, and presented with birth certificates.

Alison and India

Chuck•E•Cheese

Building bears makes you work up an appetite! We found a Chuck•E•Cheese down the street. It was deserted, so the kids and I had the run of it!

Chuck

While waiting for our delicious *ahem* pepperoni pizza to bake, the kids played…

Skeeball

Whack-a-mole

plus Drove

and Drove

and Danced around the empty joint.

Bass Pro Shop

What the heck is the Bass Pro Shop doing in this story? Well, I had to exchange a pair of waders for Tom. The exchange took a while, so I snapped some pictures. Here’s a wall with mounted fish.

On the opposite wall were mounted wildlife.

And then I spotted him! The uncle from Napoleon Dynamite! Check it out!

I swear it was him. I was looking at him saying, Why do I know this guy?

Update: Unless this guy was wearing a toupee, it’s not Uncle Rico. I did some research, and this is the real actor, Jon Gries (notice the crome dome).

Silverton Aquarium

Attached to the Bass Pro Shop is the Silverton Casino. Inside the casino is an incredible aquarium!

Rays

There’s also the Mermaid Bar. Above the bar, is a jellyfish tank.

After staring at all the sea creatures, and making our way around the impressive tank, we headed back home.