Yesterday was Pern's 39th birthday. London surprised him with this balloon:
But I think the balloon surprised him, too!
"Every time I pull it down, it pops back up again!"
(p.s. See the fireplace mantle /wall in the background?
It's going to change a little further down in this post.)
"Get back here!"
London gave Pern just what he wanted for his birthday:
A musical magnet-matching "fridge farm" that sings!
It's living on our dishwasher.
Pern specifically requested a grocery store cake - nasty blue frosting and all.
London took it all in... it's his birthday in two months, after all!
He needs to know what to expect!
So the other day I was putting something away in one of the upstairs closets and found a blank canvas that I'd bought ages ago, but forgotten about. Aha! I thought. I'd been wanting to rearrange the fireplace mantle area for a while. The sunroom is now London's play area and a wedding photo (not even of us, but of some clients from 2007) doesn't quite do it for me (and probably not for L either). So I decided that London would have his first painting experience and decorate the walls with something he created.
If I'd thought it out more carefully, I wouldn't have set him up on the table and I would've skipped the newspaper... too slippery. Oh, well... live and learn. There's always next time.
I held his arm or hand just to keep the brush from ending up in his mouth.
The brushstrokes are totally his.
"L" for London, perhaps?
He looks like he's really giving it some thought, doesn't he?
Yeah... the whole thing took about two and a half minutes.
But, we love it!!
And so does our fireplace.
The artists dons his creativity helmet and heads to the music table to compose.
His artistic expression knows no limits... :)
