Watercolor Painting

While waiting for spring to arrive, I've had to get creative.

The past few weeks, I've been putting my energy into art projects, from coloring with markers, to painting with watercolors. 

I begged Mom to get my watercolors out today, and she did, along with the camera.

By begging, I mean that I repeated over and over, "Mom, I want to paint. Mom, I want to paint. Mom, I want to paint." 

I just love tapping into my artistic side.

My goal is always to cover the entire piece of paper with whatever I'm using, whether it's paints, markers, stickers, or stamps.

I work very hard at my craft.

And sometimes I have a little fun.

I like to sing or whistle while I work.

And I like to set myself up in front of a big, sunny window in the living room.

I tried to get Mom to paint with me

 It's okay that she didn't want to, I guess.

We still had fun together anyway.

I used every color available on my picture.

By the way, it's a portrait of Mom.

Ready for Spring

The other day it snowed a couple of inches. Then it got really cold, with wind chills as cold as -10 during the day! I like the snow, but even I'm ready for spring.

Azteca Mexica New Year

On Saturday, I attended a celebration at a nearby high school called Azteca Mexica New Year. There were a few vendors and organizations with booths at the school, as well as some food and craft projects. The celebration included three dance groups: a Native American Song and Drum group, Aztec dancers, and Idle No More, who performed a Round Dance.

We arrived just as the Native American group was finishing their performance. I thought about joining in with them, but before I could make up my mind, the performance had ended and we were waiting for the Aztec dancers to get ready.

While waiting, I took the opportunity to play a game with Mom. I'd run away, stop, wait for Mom, then run away again when she got too close to me.

Soon, the Aztec dancers were ready. Their costumes are really, really cool, and so is their drumming and dancing. 

The drummers:

Some of the dancers:

For more pictures of the dancers, check out Flickr.

Aztec Dancers, a set on Flickr.

My First Library Card

I got my first library card over the weekend. I was very excited!

I also attended Music Under Glass at the Como Conservatory. Mom and Dad enjoyed the music, I enjoyed the koi pond and meeting people from France.