Ben has a new hairdo

We are just having too much fun with our web cam. This is a picture of Ben in the glow of the screen. He opened it in paint and accentuated a few of his features.

Paint

Elli and Ben love to draw on the computer. As soon as they could sort of control a mouse they've loved doing the paint program. It's nice for me too because it holds their attention for a while so that I can get things done. (Or just relax.) Here are their latest works:This is Ben's 'Running Man'

Elli specifically wanted to call this one 'Summertime Sunset'

Elli's Art

For the past few days Elli has been creating an art wall in our kitchen. She gets in these moods every once in a while. The first few things she hangs up I'm like, "I have an idea, let's hang these up in your room!" But she just shakes her head like that is crazy talk and keeps creating. The thing is she cuts out each little piece of paper and tapes them separately to the wall, so if we ever remove them they will come apart and be ruined. So I feel like I have to leave them up for a while because she puts so much work in to making them. They really are cute but I wish they were on a separate piece of paper so that after they've hung for a while, we can put them in the filing cabinet. Here are some close ups:

Each line of the swing set is taped up separately and the dog and person, including the collar and leash. She cuts out the paper, carries them over to the wall and makes the picture onto the wall. One more:

Each sun ray is taped separately. So if you ever come to my house and there is paper all over the walls and you think you just walked into a preschool or something... Nope, it's just my little artist/decorator at work.