Pencils and Paint at the Preserve

The weather finally cooled off which is a good thing because we've all been getting a little stir crazy.  So we grabbed our colored pencils, water colors and headed over to the riparian preserve nearby!  The boys were so excited to add a nature inspired picture to their art books and visit our favorite little spot at the preserve!

It is always interesting to see your children manifest some of your own quirks.  Xander takes after me in his perfectionist tendencies.  He paced and stared at the water, waiting for inspiration to hit.  He didn't want to start until he had the perfect idea...  I kept encouraging him to just start and never mind getting it done perfectly.  I had to laugh as I've heard that so many times myself.

And of course, we couldn't leave without rock hopping, 'accidentally' falling in the creek, racing up and down the hill and climbing a few trees!

Getting outside is soothing to the soul.  It felt so good to let our bodies loose to explore and use our minds to create masterpieces.  The only thing missing was an art book for me!  I'm going to join them next time, especially during this season of baby sleeping all the time!