Yesterday we had some friends over to paint pumpkins. Their daughters are both about a year behind our kids in age, and are two of the sweetest little muffins ever. Thea and Zola had a great time hanging out, and spent a good deal of time hiding in her wardrobe upstairs. I'm not sure why all the girls spend most of their time in there.
Here are Tallulah and Zola together. Oh the cuteness!
Thea and Liam with their finished product. The pumpkins turned out quite nice.
Gorgeous, in fact!
I was impressed that Liam was so good with the paints, which were not the kid-friendly non-toxic type, until I turned around and he was sucking on the end of one.
Monday, October 08, 2007
Painting pumpkins
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Those are some awesome pumpkin painters you got there! That sounds much cleaner/saner than the traditional gut scraping and eyeball gouging we'll be doing soon.
And, Zola...my mom has been hanging onto that name, tooth and nail, as the name for my twin girl. Personally, it sounds like either depression medication or Zola, Princess Warrior. I'm impossible when it comes to name choosing. But, she is a cute gal. :-)
Oh, I love the name Zola! That and Tallulah. They make me think of smart ladies in flowing white dresses and big hats drinking refined cocktails made with hard liquor and trading bon mots.
What a great idea. Paint brushes seems so much safer than knives.
I love the pumpkin painting idea, although you are very brave to use real paint (is that metallic bronze on one of those pumpkins? It's gorgeous) inside the house. We just did Eva's birthday indoors, and while I briefly fantasized about finger paint, I came to my senses and drew the line at washable markers! Isn't that sad? I felt a little bad for the two pre-k kids who were there, but I think it was a wise choice, considering everyone else was of the two-and-under ilk.
Novel idea, painting those 'kins, I surely do admire their work! As for the wardrobe thing, who knows? I raised a closet dweller but I have no answers as to "why do they do that." And yes, Zola is lovely name, my Aunt Zola was just as you describe except for the cocktails. She drank sherry and her sister Pansy carried a small flask in a delicate metal-work bag. My grandma, their sister, was Golden Violet; she married a mountain man and thus lived a harder life but she started out in big hats and long, softly clinging dresses with little capes. No one to talk to so no bon mots or hard liquor for her unless maybe she made it. Ah love!
I think the painting turned out great. Not too too messy, all in all.
Amy, the paint that Liam was sucking on was one of those puffy paints you bought when we made Xmas ornaments. Remember that?
Sherry, yes! Zolas definitely drink sherry. Pansy and Golden Violet almost make me wish I were having more kids to name. (Almost, not quite. Maybe I should get a cat.)
Zola, Pansy, and Golden Violet? Wow, that's quite an awesome group of sisters. Sounds like my mother's family. Her mom's name was Cora Belle which I love. She has a Zola somewhere in the history, hence her penchant for the name.
Maybe I was too hard on Zola. I would love to have a daughter who prefers sherry in her sippy cup at high noon. ;-)
I could totally see yelling "Cora Belle! CORA BELLE!" out the back door to call your kid in for dinner.
hmmm...Pansy, Zola and Golden Violet were my great-great aunts and great grandmother, respectively. I think Golden Violet is a beautiful name, and we talked about it for our daughter, but we were worried about it being shortened to Goldie, which I don't care for, and Vy, which is ok, but it hardly does justice to the full name. I do like Zola, however...maybe I should postpone the whole tube-tying thing.
And yes, I do remember those paints, and they did look scrumptious. And I still have the ornaments!
You actually got me laughing with the CORA BELLE out the back door comment. You ARE from Arkansas, aren't you? ;-)
Neato banner you got there. You crafty little gal, you. (of course, for all I know, you do web design for a living in which case good job doing that thing you do)
Thanks! I am indeed a web designer, so of course all I see are the flaws. But, eh, I only have so much time to spend on it. *sigh*
Much less messy than carving.
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