Tuesday, December 7, 2010

something that i love about the ages 5, 3, and 2...

(or, as theo would remind me, 5 1/2, 3 1/2, and 2 1/2...)

all of the simple, handmade christmas decorations.


a couple of my favorites from just last week:

after seeing this, i should have known how rubin
was going to handle our decorated christmas tree...


the ornaments have only been on for about 24 hours, and already i've found him
squirreling his favorites behind the couch.

(they are supposed to stay ON the tree, buddy!)

and then there is this one:


when i asked emmett what this snowman was doing he said,
"yoga."

nice inversion, frosty.

19 comments:

Christine @ 12,450miles said...

Awesome Art, boys! Love it.

Elizabeth Frick said...

Oh, how my heart pitter-pats for little kids' art work! Sigh...

Yvonne said...

Love it. And love their interpretation too. A snowman doing yoga - awesome! And yes, Rubin and Daniel again have something in common... And I also love that you have a place to display their artwork. We are still working on that...

JoJo said...

What a great post. The art work really says it all. I like the way you display them too.

Grace said...

i LOVE the display! must store that away in my brain...
and i love the boys' artwork!

sue said...

hysterical! love, love it.

Christy said...

Love it! Especially the Yoga performing snowman! Hysterical! Thanks for sharing. I love the art projects!

Colleen said...

nothing better than art from the little ones. :) and the yoga comment is cracking me up!!
( and how stinkin' creative is your display board?!!! i love it! )

Norbyah said...

you have to put this in your forever chest....they are all so beautiful.

gilly said...

love yoga snowman! too funny.

Kimberly and Ed said...

This made my night - love the yoga snowman and Rubin's plan for the Christmas ornaments:-)

Anonymous said...

Oh my gosh! Yoga snowman! These are priceless.

Shan said...

Rubin's picture made me laugh so much. It's organised in its own way - with all stickers off the tree. xo

Angie K. said...

those are awesome! and I love the "Look What I Made" board.

aunt jessica said...

:)!

Krista said...

Beautiful work boys!
I also think the board is a great idea! I'm going to steal it :)

Sue said...

that art has totally lifted my spirits!! LOVED seeing those ornaments off the tree...hehehe!!

Pix said...

Love Rubin's simplistic decorating style! And the art board is really cool too.

Janet said...

This totally made my day! I love the inverted Santa and the tree with ornaments on the ground. Those are total KEEPERS!!!

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