September 27, 2020
Experiments in watercolor and pastel!
Start by Playing - January 1, 2020
It's been a mark of honor in my life to be busy. It meant I was Doing Important Things.
This year, I decided to start off differently and just play all day.
This is what I accomplished. My son told me a few months ago that he worked on puzzles in the school library. I thought it would be fun to get him a couple for Christmas.
He didn't do anything with them for a few days, so I asked if he minded me doing some. He said no problem. I did a small 100 piece one the other day. It was fun, but my son never looked at it or what I was doing.
Today I asked if he minded me doing another one. Again, no problem mom! I worked on this one for hours. This evening, after my husband went to bed, I was down to the last 30 pieces or so. Kiff came over and tried to fit a couple pieces in. I got up from the table and asked if he wanted to finish for me. And he did.
It was a little hard to let him finish something I had put so much time into, but I hoped he would get something from it - something more than I would have.
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