Mural Painting

It has done nothing but rain for an entire week... and I love it. We rarely get rain and the heat will come, so I love the craziness of running in and out from the rain. However, on a very rainy Sunday where I was once again trying to figure out what to do with the kids, I had an idea. I let the kids paint on the wall, something I have been thinking of doing. Are you serious Mom? It is always fun to shock 'em. The girls sketched out their ideas, showed me the drawing, and off they went to pencil it in.

Side note: While the girls drew it out, Ten and I took Moka for a walk. We're getting closer to home and Ten says, "Oh look, a baby bird." Cute. "NO MOKA! Drop it!" I wanted to hurl right there. With gloves on I got behind her, opened her mouth, and shook her head to let it loose... while it is cheeping in her mouth. Gag! Tennison was so upset, "Mom, she speared her with her teeth." I know buddy, just keep walking. With tears in his eyes, "She squished her like a lemon." You're not kiddin'. To this Moka looks at us panting... with feathers on her tongue. Never a dull moment.

Once we got home and shared the baby bird story with the girls, we got to work! Check it out, I was so amazed at their creativity!!

The sketch.

Our blank canvas.

Ten's one and only job, painting the sun. He was proud!

The artists hard at work.

The Closet Genius in her hundred year old painting outfit.

Reagan, the squiggles can't touch the sun, it won't look right. - Ten

The finished project!

Welcome to Moka Park, how sweet!

I've always called the kids my 3 ducks in a row,

they wanted it to be part of the painting.

The girls wanted so badly to have it done in time to surprise Scott when he got back from the men's retreat. I was amazed at how hard they worked for 5 1/2 hours straight. We still have a little work to do, I'm sure we'll find time over the summer to add some details.