On this hot day it was wonderful to strip down to panties, don a smock and paint. (Only one of us actually stripped down to panties…). Using tempera paints and liquid starch, Blakeley stirred, poured and mixed each color, dazzled by the alchemy that is green, arising from blue and yellow, etc. Before her were various types of brushes, sponges and corks and she experimented and was lost in her own little world. So fun to watch!
She also spent a lot of time in play with the farm today. She regularly calls out that it is time for one meal or another and arranges the ‘workers’ in lines to take turns eating at the lone table. Surveying animal groups, she sets up pens, has a man climb the ladder to check the contents of the feed silo (invariably, empty!) and then directs tractors out to harvest corn or cut grass for hay. One of the best props is the large top to a Crown Royal bottle. It is used as a water vessel, is turned upright as a haystack, and today it became a water well. In our imagination, distant thunder was heard and she quickly moved her animals to shelter in advance of the rain. She learned to erect lean-to’s and thoughtfully overturned a plastic tub to cover the tractors and other equipment.
She expressed great excitement about going to the circus with her Mommy and Daddy tomorrow, and I hope you have a wonderful time!
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