Finger painting!

 A couple of weeks ago (told you I was horrible at blogging!) I let the kids fingerpaint...actually, they started out using brushes and before I knew it, they were just dipping they're fingers in the paint and smearing it on the paper. Since they were having so much fun doing it, and the paint was washable, I decided to let the continue to use fingers...and make a GIANT mess! While they were busy making the 'mess-terpieces' Jax looked at me and said "Mom, you're filling my bucket right now. Do you know what that means? When you are nice to people, you fill their bucket, and when you are mad, you empty their bucket. So since you are letting me and Ella finger paint, and because we are having good behavior, you aren't upset with us, so you are filling my bucket. It makes me feel really happy." I have no idea where he came up with that, but it was so cute! They had a blast finger painting, and when they were done, they were a MESS!! I had them take off their shirts so they didn't get ruined, and they had paint all over their stomach, face, arms, it was even in their hair. When they were done, they thought it was pretty fun to watch the colors go down the drain in the shower. Luckily, they used up all of the paint, so we won't have to worry about that kind of a mess for a while. But, they still manage to make plenty of other messes!