Coloring

We go through a lot of coloring pages at our house. Eliot didn't show interest in coloring for a long time, but over the past year or so, it has become one of his favorite indoor activities. And since Zach needs to be one of the big kids and do everything brother does, he recently wanted in on the action, too. I thought he'd do a couple scribbles and get bored, but no. He sat for almost a full half hour, switching out crayons and coloring happily away. He seemed to instinctively know that he's supposed to color where the images are and not just all over the page. Smarty pants.

 Why are little hands with chunky crayons so cute?!

I love this one of him lying on his tummy!

And then there's detail-oriented Eliot. I got him a giant box of crayons for Christmas, and he has become meticulous about color selection ... maybe to a fault. He got so upset about the notion of finishing a coloring project from preschool without the exact same crayons that Ms. Jen has, Ms. Jen gave him his own pack of "her" crayons to keep at home. And don't worry that his 96-count pack is organized by color (that's my boy!). 

 Disney Junior characters, especially Jake and the Neverland Pirates are some of our favorites!

 

I also love seeing Eliot's original drawings. This is one he brought home from church recently:

It's the story of the First Vision. See if you can follow the story from top left corner to bottom right corner: Joseph in the woods, the light appearing, Heavenly Father and Jesus appearing to him (top right corner, kind of hard to see, but Jesus has a red robe), then the darkness when they disappear, and then Joseph going to tell his dad what happened.

Some of my favorite times are when Eliot asks me to sit down and color with him (I do love to color!), and we sit side-by-side and work on our waxy masterpieces together. Every now and then I'll draw a word or two of praise from Eliot, and he'll ask me what I think of his work. So cute.