Chase & Cole's Mother's Day Art Show

Cards they made at school:

A flower Chase made at school and a picture Chase colored (the picture is supposed to be of me and Cole):

Goofy Boys:

This card Cole made me at home. It has a dinosaur that he colored and cut out and glued on, and he "wrote" all over it:

Chase made me this card. He made a sailboat and a rainbow and he made it on pink paper because he says it's my favorite color (notice the kitchen in the background? They had just finished making me breakfast.)

Chase also sent me a Mother's Day email. It must have taken him forever with the way he types, but he was very proud and kept telling me to get on my computer because there was another present on there. Gotta love these guys.

More Art

Chase brought home all of his art show art on Friday. There were some that I hadn't seen at the show.

Bumblebee watercolor:


Portrait of Cole:

Moon Flowers in Pastels:

More Art

Chase's Bird on a Branch:


Monochromatic Watercolor:

Fish:

Aboriginal Art -- Turtle:

Apple:

Going for a Ride

After all the horrible weather on Saturday, Sunday morning was beautiful, so Chase and Cole decided to go for a little spin on the John Deere.

Chase's Art Show

Chase's art school had an art show on Saturday. Chase got the "hardest worker" award; here he is getting his medal:

Here he is posing next to a portrait he did of Cole:

Here are Chase and Cole posing with the alligator sculpture Chase made in front of Chase's fish picture.

Cole in front of his portrait, wondering why Chase drew him with Uncle Jason's lips:

And Chase posing with his medal:

Success!

Well, the boys caught a bird in the trap.
We found the trap on the ground one morning, with birds swarming all around it. The boys rushed outside in their pajamas to check it out and, sure enough, there was a big black bird in there, flapping its wings and trying to figure out how to get out of there. I let the boys pose for a few pictures with their captive, then we released him.
Here's the bird in the trap:

And the boys posing with them (yes, Chase sleeps in a halloween costume). If you're wondering, Cole is learning to pull his own pants up, so that's why they look like that. And yes, he only has one shoe on. He was so excited he just couldn't be bothered to put them both on.

Chase's Higher-Tech Bird Trap

Last year I posted about a bird trap Chase built in the backyard. It was a propped up box with a string attached, and he hid nearby waiting for a bird to enter his trap.
This weekend, he got a little more high-tech in his endeavors. He and Papa built a new bird trap, and Chase couldn't be prouder. He tells anyone who'll listen how he drilled the holes and hammered the nails in all by himself. Papa made the trigger, but Chase is an expert at getting the pieces to fit together just right to prop the trap up. While we were still in Natchitoches, he caught a squirrel twice, but the squirrel found a way out before he could get to him both times. We haven't caught anything at home yet, even with half a loaf of bread and quite a bit of birdseed in the trap. He and Cole are having a great time sitting in their fort watching and waiting, though.