Madison's Painting

Madison has taken up the habit now of calling out in the morning, and then slipping into bed with us for the last hour or so. We're all awake anyway, so I guess it's just good snuggle time. She isn't full of energy or anything - in fact, she's a slow riser too.

Today we had another huge breakfast from Mommy, complete with fruit galore. Madison is in her banana phase again - this comes and goes. Sometimes she'll adore a food like macaroni and cheese, or bananas or oranges. And then suddenly she's not interested in that anymore. She's in her banana period now.

We brought out the paints, a cute little Kai-Lan booklet she got for Christmas. As you can see here, she's coloring in the sun a nice red color - and the rest is a little more abstract.

At least she's staying in between the lines. She enjoyed dipping the paint brush in the paints, and using the water dish to wash the brush off each time. Daddy took some art classes in college, and I can say I'm pretty pleased with her style.

Note the vertical stripe down the center of Kai-Lan's face above. It's somewhat reminiscent of Henri Matisse's painting, known as La Raie Verte (or "The Green Line"). Madison is clearly influenced by this modernistic style as she lays down each color in dramatic sweeps. It's my guess that Matisse got started as a three-year old, using a small children's water color booklet just like Madison's.

Honestly, I've always wondered why this woman has a green stripe on her head. Is she a Vulcan? I know that light plays unusual tricks on the eyes, and the guy was painting what he saw in an impressionistic, modernistic, fauvistic sort of way. But seriously, it looks like she has a big spot of mold on her face. Or maybe they got into a fight with the guacamole!

Anyway, Madison had fun today painting.

We haven't made the guacamole yet, but Zena has the ingredients for it...