girls' afternoon

Meredith loves to paint. That's all she wanted to do this afternoon while Thomas was in preschool. She didn't mind that it was cool outside and sometimes the wind was quite gusty (brrr!). It didn't matter as long as she could paint so I made a cup of hot tea and read catalogs outside while she painted to her heart's content. Afterwards we took turns drawing chalk outlines of each other (her idea). I was surprised by how much of my profile she would draw without any help from me. I didn't have to say a word -- she would just jump from one side of me to the other, drawing my right arm and then my left, drawing my right leg and then my left, etc... It was a very fun afternoon for us today!