It’s messy.
One by one he dips his chubby fingers into each color.
Red. Blue. Green. Yellow.
He smears the paint across the paper. A hurricane of color.
Within moments his fingers and hands become a rainbow of color.
It’s on his arms and on his clothes. It’s splattered on the table.
I watch in wonder as his little hands create a masterpiece.
It’s messy memory making.
Those tiny hands. That inquisitive look. A few minutes of fun that cost a buck.
Some say I’m brave to face the mess.
I say the paint will wash away. The memories never will.
*Today I’m linking up with Lisa Jo for Five Minute Friday. You can join the fun and get a dose of encouragement here.
Jennifer,
This is Jennifer! I am your neighbor on FMF. I love your blog…so beautiful with colors and family photos. I see that you have a book too? I love this post because my sons are now 4 and 7. They do not really have chubby fingers anymore…now they paint with brushes! I love painting with our boys, and in fact we spray painted some candlesticks and a Ball glass jar the pretty teal blue you have on your side bars. 🙂 Love spring and love children! Glad I was your neighbor.
Jennifer
Jennifer –
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Don’t you just love having boys? I love being a boy mom 🙂
Yes, my book came out last October. Just finished writing an ebook and I hope to release it by June 1st. It’s a book just for boy moms!
Happy Friday!
I’m not a boy mom, but I remember all too well when my four year old princess painted with her fingers. Now she only wants to use brushes, and I am perfectly okay with that. These years are when their personalities will really start blooming and they’ll start becoming their own little person….bittersweet. Hopping over from FMF!
Ami –
It is bittersweet! Just yesterday I was looking through photos of my son and I yearned just a bit for that tiny baby. He’s getting so big, so fast. Treasuring the moments and the time he picks his fingers over a paint brush.
Thanks for stopping by today!