Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Painting Fail

It was paint night at Kindermusik to prepare for our upcoming end of the year dinner. Our teacher wanted the kids to make some keepsakes to take home. We started with a hand print on a tile to use as a trivet. Next, she wanted the kids to do several finger paintings to be laminated and used as place mats at the dinner. I was pumped just knowing that Stella would love painting.

She started out in Daddy's lap. All is well.



As soon as we painted her hand to make the first print, she fell to pieces. We finally completed that project and then went to the second classroom for finger painting. She never wanted anything to do with the paint. Our teacher suggested that we try a paintbrush. The strokes you see were made by Stephen and I as we tried to coax her to give it a try.



I hate painting, Mommy!



She finally dropped the brush down twice to make these two marks on her second place mat. Hmmm... not exactly what we were looking for, but at least she did it.




These are the paintings from the rest of the class. :D



We had an abbreviated music class tonight. It didn't take long to cheer Stella back up because we got to use our egg shakers, her favorite!

Daddy helping her pick out her shakers. . .



Gathered in group circle for the song to begin . .



More of the class . . .



Inspecting her shaker. . .



Mommy, I'm more of a musician, ok?

♥

6 comments:

  1. DawnMarch 30, 2011 at 12:06 AM

    This absolutely cracks me up. I don't know if the "Painting Fail" title is the best or that her shirt says "Happy". HAHAHA! I mean, I'm really cracked up here. Maybe crafts aren't her thing. Kind of like her Aunt Sis. LOL

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  2. NeneMarch 30, 2011 at 8:25 AM

    OK. I had tears in my eyes and was ready for a GOOD cry until I read Dawn's post about not being crafty. Now I'm kind of tickled. But that little sad face gets me all the time, especially since she feels bad this morning anyway. I really don't think she felt so good yesterday either. Maybe next paint session. Her Nene thinks it's beautiful!

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  3. HollyMarch 30, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    Stella: "I signed up for Kindermusik not Kinderpaint, ok?"

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  4. PamMarch 30, 2011 at 11:01 AM

    "Crafty" and "Aunt Sis" should not even be in the same sentence. I have a feeling if this is a pattern, Stella will also hate bicycles and roller skating.

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  5. Nana (Dawn Turner)March 31, 2011 at 9:28 PM

    Felt bad for Stella after reading about her experience with painting and seeing her sad face in the pictures. But after reading the comments, you all made me laugh!! I am glad she is enjoying the music part of the class!!

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  6. TommyApril 3, 2011 at 2:23 PM

    Hol, your comment here is my favorite part. Hers presh.

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