wonderful summer day

Another wonderful lazy summer day with my girlies. We had a playdate with some friends - their mom had to work part of the day so we got to play as a result. The girlies loved having O and J over. J had a blast playing Wii sports. And after making an assortment of interesting crafty things for the American Girl dolls, the 3 girls moved on to creating a spa/gym for the dolls. They set up a treadmill and other exercise equipment and had the dolls decked out in workout gear. Too cute. I was secretly hoping someone would give me a pedicure while they were at it:)

After our friends left, my girlies asked to paint. I got out the acrylics and canvas and they created some great paintings. I can't wait to hang them up in their room. S asked for more canvas so maybe we'll have to make a run down to Michael's in the next few days. I always dread getting all the supplies out, occupying my dining room table for most of a day and then the clean-up, BUT I always enjoy seeing what their imaginations can come up with. Maybe I'll paint something with them next time too. I have always wanted to do some of those super close up flower paintings where just a petal takes up the whole paper, or the back of a leaf and stem. I want to try photography at this level too. My husband just bought another lens for his camera that should allow me to experiment with flower macro photography very soon. Maybe if I have any sort of eye for it, I'll learn how to post my own photos on here too.