So today was Parent Vacation Day. More so for me than it was for Micah since he

So today was Parent Vacation Day. More so for me than it was for Micah since he had to go to work. But this morning I woke up at 6:30am and I made us breakfast. I drove Micah to work and went to Dick Blick and got thoroughly spoiled. Then, Micah and I went to lunch and I got a bunch of beautiful flowers. Went home and rearranged the flowers, took a shower, and I picked him up and presented him with a boutonniere with the flowers that I had. We went out for sushi and we opened gifts of new pens that we then used for the rest of our date at the coffee shop. We went to the Java House and had coffee and dessert. We sat in the fabulous chairs that I sketched. They were like a red velvet soft upholstry. I would love to have something like this in my home. Comfortable and extremely beautiful! Micah and I are both sitting here yawning at 8:22 at night. Our oldest probably isn't even in bed yet.
We will probably head home soon. Gone I guess are the days we actually desire to sit here all night

Still life #9

Tonight my folks came and picked up the kids so that we can attend a small group training this weekend. So we went out for dinner & dessert tonight all by ourselves. Today was also the first day that Gracie ate rice cereal from a spoon & Gracie started saying "dada" on the 7th.

Still life #8

This is a pen that we got from River of Life Church. It says "Our God is a Big God". It's drawn with a Pilot precise v5 rolling ball fine point black ink pen.

Mario Drawing

OK. Here's what I came up with, colored pencils. Which the colored pencils I love. The drawing...eh not so much. But I did learn a lot from this drawing. I worked from a little plastic toy that Isaiah has...but my drawing still looks pretty flat. I will probably use this as a still life again. Well when my son is sleeping.

Still Life #7

You win some and you loose some. Not so thrilled with this drawing. But the best part of having food as your subject matter is that you can eat the still life and no one will know where you messed up. But if my 3 year old son can at least tell it's something you eat, it's worth not throwing away. For those of you who did not eat at my house tonight, Isaiah's left overs are a half eatten slice of supreme pizza. This pizza was one of those that you take and bake from Aldi's. I think I may try my hand at another drawing tonight using some colored pencils...and maybe a ballpoint pin.

Still Life #6

A rubber stamp that I had laying around the house.