fall painting with littles

Apologies to all of my dedicated followers for my absence as of late!  Settling into and simply enjoying our new home has been a bit consuming at times.  My camera has been known to sit untouched for days at a time.  And I've partially renewed the blessed hobby of napping with the boys.  But we're still here, still rockin it how we do.

I wanted to let the boys create something big to hang over our couch, so I grabbed a huge canvas at Michael's with a 50% off coupon I had and some fall colored paints.  We collected what we could find outside as painting tools -- pinecones, pine and maple branches, rocks, leaves, twigs, weeds.  And then we made a giant mess.  Ultimate boys that they are, their favorite part was smacking the pine branches onto the canvas.  I barely took photos because I, too, was covered in paint -- but I did manage to snap a couple, my camera suffering only minor flesh wounds.

I love how the painting turned out after round one, but it's definitely a work in progress; we'll add more layers, making more messes and memories as we go.  That's the fun part, after all.

Wind tent!

Made this "wind tent" a couple of weeks ago and the pups loved it.  A fun, cool place to hang out on a hot summer chillax day.  All you need is a fan, a big sheet, and some packing tape.

It took some fiddling to make the tent as big and resilient as it could be.  {don't even bother trying this on carpet // i think the hallway setup is a must for us because the pups are just way too crazy and without the walls on either side they would have torn down the tent countless times // to trap air but still allow an entrance i angled the tape in on the end opposite the fan and tied a knot to cinch the fabric}

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