Xavier's First Art Work
Greetings to everyone.
Today begins this month's Reserve Weekend for Rebecca, so Xavier had one of his part-time nannies looking after him. Shauna is really good, and Xavier likes her. Not even Mom and Dad can keep Xavier in his highchair for over an hour and be happy the whole time. Shauna can!
When Rebecca was in Cheyenne for the whole week at the end of August, Shauna sat for us a couple of times. During one of those times, she brought the supplies to make salt dough. She and Xavier made up the dough and then she helped Xavier press his hands into it to make impressions.
It cracked a little while drying, but this is Xavier's first hands-on (pun intended) indulgence into the arts.
Today, she introduced Xavier to painting. He really liked it. He got more excited over painting than he does smearing his "age-appropriate food texture" purees around on his tray. That's saying something.
Shauna brought over a sponge brush, which Xavier really liked. She drew the pumkin, then let Xavier have a go at it. She took a picture to memorialize the event. After a while, however, he wanted to eat the paint off the brush. Even though the paint is kid-safe, fixating on eating it brought an end to his painting session. After it dried, we found a prominent spot on the refrigerator to open Xavier's gallery.