Little Picasso

What an awesome Tuesday we had! How many people can say that after being indoors most of a rainy day? We did get out for a quick walk around the pond Tuesday morning before the rain came through. I'm trying really hard to go walking with Eva at least 4 days a week as part of my stay in shape routine. I don't necessarily need to shed pounds but I do want to get more toned and be a healthy mama and hot wife. Exercise is good for everybody! So I've decided that as long as it is above 40 degrees (with the windchill factored in) Eva and I can go for some good walks during the week.

I know that I'm not doing monthly updates but I will throw in that Eva turned 16 months. What a cutie! And I love this outfit. I showed her the dog on her shirt before I got her dressed and she leaned in and gave it a kiss. That girl loves dogs. 

We were warm and inside the house when it began to rain. I wish I could get inside her mind to see how her little toddler brain processes the idea of water falling from the sky. I tried to explain to her how the clouds hold the water and it becomes rain that falls to the ground. She liked to watch all the rain run from the sidewalk to the bushes.

And since I didn't want to go anywhere in all that rain, we made it a fun day indoors! She got a great Little Tikes table with two chairs for Christmas from Ryan's parents and I had bought some actual finger paint stuff a while back. I decided to bring the table into the living room from the playroom so that if paint got on the floor it was on tile and not carpet. Plus I put a plastic table cloth underneath. I loved having her sit at her little table to paint! This was her first time to use real paint and not some kind of food product (pudding, flour, etc) mixed with food coloring. Need I point out that she ate a fair amount of paint today? But it was nontoxic and kid safe so I just gently redirected that paint back to the paper and didn't worry about her blue lips and tongue until the end. 

Her masterpiece. We decided to call it "Rain" since it looked kind of like she painted a big blue cloud that had blue raindrops going to the green grass and orange sidewalk. Yeah...she's that deep of an artist. At only 16 months! Anyways, it went up on the fridge and we went on with our day! 

The best part of her day was when Ryan got home from work! Love those open mouth kisses.