Spider-Man or something less Obvious

We love heading to the farmer's market.  It is filled with activities for the kids, as well as some fresh fruits and vegetables.  The only problem is the freakishly scary "characters" that appear.  We have seen Winnie-the-Pooh, Bert, Elmo, and Abby.  They aren't well done characters, but terrible knock-offs of the real ones.  As such, they appear to be the most terrifying thing in the world to Jared.  I understand where he is coming from.  However, the appearance of these characters is making the Farmer's market a bit scarier than it needs to be.  I thought we were making progress when we saw Bert, and Jared pulled out his pretend zapper and zapped him.  

Then there was this week.  Jared declared he would be Spider-Man and zap any bad guys at the market.  Great.  He woke up from his nap as Spider-Man.  He triumphantly came down the stairs proclaiming he was the real Spider-Man.  Then he dug through a basket until he found his winter hat with ear flaps, a bright blue mitten, and a brown mitten.  After he put everything I he said he was now really Spider-Man and ready to go.  

I sat starring.  I had become the mother of "that kid."  You know, the kid you can't quite figure out.  The kid you see walking around in 80 degree weather wearing a winter hat and two mismatched mittens.  To Jared he is Spider-Man, to me he was someone that would require some negotiating.  

I began with the hat.  Could we switch to baseball hat?   No.  How about baseball hat and you can wear cape.  No.  How about baseball hat and cape or we stay home.  Fine.  Now we also just need one mitten.  No.  One mitten or no activities at market.  Tears...fine.  Whew.

So, we leave the house with a bright blue mitten, baseball cap and no cape. (He forgot about cape and I wasn't going to remind him). 

We get to the market and Jared quickly learns that the mitten is not ideal. I, being the loving and thoughtful mother I am, offer to take it off for him.  Now we are down to baseball cap.  We are happily walking along and then out of nowhere pops Kung Fu Panda.  Are you kidding me?  Jared is so scared I'm surprised we didn't have a baseball hat and soaked pants.  I quickly dig out the mitten and get it on Jared.  He now has the super power to create a shield around us and zap the Panda.  

We survived.  Let's see what we will wear next week.  

Handprint Art

I love making handprint art with the boys. It is one piece of artwork that both boys can do, and actually looks like something. In the end, I have a nice collection of their handprints and footprints.
I have discovered feet are ticklish, and the hardest to do.



Jared loved making this, since he just went fishing. He also like painting the water and the sun.




Perfect for Easter.



Whoo would have thought this would be so cute?




I used yarn for the hair.




I attempted this when Colton was just a month old. I was digging green paint out between his toes for a week.




Of course. Classic.

And my favorite line up: feet art:



Step 1: Large piece of paper, tarp in garage, blobs of paint.



Step 2: Shoes off and start walking.




Step 3: Be careful, it is slippery!




Final product, complete with footprints and Colton's handprints.