Coloring

Both girls are really into coloring these days.  Today I was sitting in a chair in the living room, and Krista came up to me, started pointing at the wall and blabbering.  At first I though it was just blabbering, but then as I listened a little more, it almost sounded like she was speaking German with a very guttural “k” sound.  Then it finally hit me what she was saying.  Just yesterday she somehow got a hold of a crayon from Kayla’s room and had written on the wall, which we haven’t gotten cleaned off yet.  So when she came up to me today and started pointing at the wall and talking, she was trying to tell me that she had colored on the wall and she was actually saying “coloring” – or something that sounded very much like it.  I pulled out my cell phone because it was all I had (which is why the first part of the video is really grainy) so I could capture her talking.  See if you can make out the word “coloring” in the following video.

Speaking of coloring, Kayla is becoming quite the little artist.  She loves to color and draw things and is actually (in my unbiased opinion) doing quite well for a 3 1/2 year old.  You can see her latest creation in the picture below.  It’s our family standing between two trees (I’m the green one – with short hair, as Kayla said, Karis is the yellow one, Kayla is the purple one, and Krista is the brown one).  There’s  a rainbow and sun in the sky and flowers and grass below us.  Kayla was so excited about her picture, especially when we praised and encouraged her, that she asked if we would hang it up on her wall – which we were happy to do.  I had to scan it in first, though, so we could share it with you.