Having fun with art & music

Lately the boys have been spending a lot of time drawing on their doodles and coloring pictures with their markers. It's fun to see what they come up with!

Here is Silas drawing "numbers" on his doodle. Notice he is using his right hand in this photo. We haven't been able to determine which hand is his dominant one yet. And yes, he is coloring on the toilet. I was getting ready for the day, and he wanted to be in the same room with me!

Here is one of Silas's masterpieces using the medium of color wonder markers and paper. He has entitled this, "Turtles in Outer Space." He used his left hand to draw this picture.

The boys are really into music and instruments lately. They checked out a video from the library that introduces all different musical instruments. They love to gather all of their toy instruments - drum set, xylophone, tamborine, maracas, harmonica, and lots of other toys they pretend are instruments - and have a jam session. When we watch the video together, I will say things like, "Did you know that Mommy used to play the french horn?" Or, "Daddy used to play the trumpet." Now Eli likes to tell me things like, "Mom, I used to play the timpani." Or, "I used to the play the recorder." We had the fun opportunity to go to a high school football game on Friday night--mostly to watch 2 high school friends of ours (Rachel and Ana) playing in the marching band. The boys enjoyed dancing to the music and pointing out the various instruments they recognized. Rachel even let Eli beat on her drums!

Here is Eli being a goof-ball. He was cracking himself up by trying on Bryan's hat sideways and putting on my glasses.

In this photo Eli said to me, "I'm Daddy. And I'm cool."

Here is Silas asking me to look at photos of himself on the camera. (Yes, I know, he REALLY needs a haircut! If I don't constantly brush his bangs out of his face, the poor kid has trouble seeing!)