connecting creatively

This post started with a long rant regarding Isabelle and Owen's ability to plow through art supplies.  It felt good to write my frustrations and then after they were written I let them go.  We are moving in a really good direction.  We are slowing down, working and creating together.  Art is a big part of our life at the moment and we learn so much through it.  Art is not another subject we visit once a week, it is what we do each and every day.  Allowing time and space for Isabelle and Owen to have unlimited time to create is what they want and need.  Their days are woven together with imaginative play and creating.  

We are trying to slow down our creative process.   Taking advantage and encouraging multi-day crafts like wooden toy making -where each step is equally important and can take considerable time and patience.  Isabelle has started her first knitting project (my face hurts from smiling so much about this) and each day a few rows have been added as she quietly rehearses "in through the front door, once around back, peak through the window and off jumps jack!".  And lastly - possibly most importantly there is me - reminding myself gently to model the behavior I ask of my children and getting the nerve to leave a sink full of dishes and sit down and draw or paint with them.

ew...that keyboard is gross!