Color Me… (choose an adjective)

Choose an adjective from the list below to complete the prompt. There are no incorrect answers. Color me ____________ :

Confused
Stressed
Elated
Flattered
Proud
Relieved
Loved

And therein lies the wonder of being a mom! I can be all of those things in the span of a week, a day or even an hour.

Having a 21-month old is certainly a challenge. One minute, my daughter seems as content as can be and the next, tears are streaming for reasons that I cannot quite understand. One of the activities we’ve been engaging in a LOT lately is coloring, or “coleurs” as my daughter calls it. Coloring proves to be a great distraction when either of us needs to change gears. I love sitting at the kitchen table and being commissioned, instantaneously, to render whatever pops into my little one’s head. If nothing else, my drawing skills are certainly improving.

My cats have come a loooong way.

We love to dip into my enormous stash of stickers and use crayons. Santa tucked triangular Melissa & Doug crayons into my daughter’s stocking, which were a great idea. The colors aren’t very intense, so I’m not sure if I would recommend these specifically, but I would demand that every mother of a toddler get some triangular crayons.

I also offer my personal horde of crayons. When I was young, I didn’t have triangular crayons. I had to pounce on any art supplies that were headed toward the edge of the table before they hit the floor. I hope to hone these cat-like reflexes in my daughter through the use of cylindrical crayons.

Any Silver Swirls you see in there are vintage 1991!

I have some very special crayons that were made for me with a Crayola Crayon Maker. I’ve got my eye on Craigslist for one that is gently-used. I’d LOVE to have one of our own!

These beauties have the same mystique as a batik!

I’ll leave you with a couple of shots of our most recent time creating!

So fun!

On this particular day, it was requested that I draw a meatball, a black Elmo and a red Cookie Monster, among other things.

Maggie is a graduate of Elizabethtown College and West Chester University. She combines her life-long love of crafts with her full-time job of raising her daughter, and is up to the challenge of helping her little one appreciate the handmade good in a commercialized world. Maggie is the author of The Grey Blog, the children’s book The Big Stink!, and is the proprietor of Evolution Handmade on Etsy.