Showing posts with label grandkids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grandkids. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Busy as a Boy

"Pearls on Black"
ACEO Original Colored Pencil Drawing
2.5 x 3.5"
SOLD
Today was a wonderful, busy day. There can be great pleasure that comes from having grandchildren and today I had a bunch of it. Both of my grandsons (3 1/2 and almost 2) were here with me today since their parents had been left in the lurch without a sitter.
Even though my youngest is only 10, it's so easy to forget how BUSY toddlers can be. Here's what we accomplished today:
  • Playing with the dogs, throwing lots of things for them to fetch.
  • Puzzles
  • Reading
  • Building with Legos
  • Snacks
  • Baking brownies
  • Coloring
  • Fixing, eating and CLEANING UP from lunch
  • Playing with about a million matchbox cars (I've been through two boys already)
  • Eating ICE CREAM (They ALWAYS get ice cream when they come to my house.)
  • More building
  • Diapers (THIS I do not miss)
  • Outdoor play: wagons, balls, roller skates, scooters, dogs, and a little water and mud.

THAT was just until 1:00 p.m. Exhausting and wonderful. I want to be the warm, fuzzy in their lives - no matter what. We worked on that today, I think.

One of the other highlights of my day, though, was when I just had to call my son-in-law (who thinks I'm a bit of a left-wing-hippie-kinda-person) to tell him that his two sons were dancing to Abba's "Dancing Queen" (it was on the radio, I DO not own it). He threatened to leave work, pick them up and to never let me see them again. Oh, that was rich.

Friday, November 2, 2007

Busy, Busy, Busy!

"Old Friends"

ACEO Original Colored Pencil Drawing

2.5 x 3.5"

SOLD

Wonderful, busy week and weekend for moi. Busy with art, family and friends, and oh, doesn't that make me happy.


Wednesday was, of course, full of Halloween fun with my son's school party and, even better, trick or treating with the grandsons. They are a joy. I was able to give them all the candy they wanted and then sent them home, to their parents delight.


This weekend finds me working Gallery Hop in the Short North at our gallery, Studios on High. Always interesting, fun and exhausting. Then up, bright and early (only downside to the whole weekend), and off to the Inn at Honey Run in Amish Country. Several of the gallery artists have been invited to demo and be their guests for the night. I am really looking forward to this as I have heard it is a most beautiful place, especially this time of year.


I have some other really wonderful projects in the works which I hope to tell you about as soon as they're complete.


Whew! Hope it continues.