Finger Painting...then body painting...then tasting it :)

I've been waiting forever to let Raya finger paint. I felt like it was an activity she would love because she could be outside and get as messy as she wanted. And it was :) BUT, I thought I'd be clever and let her use brown paint on pink paper so her first masterpiece would match her room. (I may or may not have also chose the brown paint because I wanted to get rid of this color first because its such a poopy color ;) and I didn't want to waste the good colors until she was actually painting) The thing about brown paint is it looks exactly like chocolate syrup and trying to explain to a 16 month old why she can't eat it was impossible. The painting went great! She loved it. She painted some on the paper, painted a lot on her body, and tasted it about 5 times (wayyyy better than expected.) It was a fun little afternoon outside!

i LOVE when she poses 

This one's for YOU!

Because I'm a mom that "participates" ;)

Book Worm

Raya LOVES books. One of the cutest things is when I come in the room and she's just sitting "reading" a book. She's so into it. She looks like a little student. Makes my day :)