Finger Painting

25 Nov 2008 at 19:19

A Free Man

Boy Z fatherhood finger painting Herbie Hancock parenting

All of you stay at home parents have my respect. One day a week of it leaves me feeling like I’ve been lobotomized with a butter knife. Don’t get me wrong, I love it and am grateful that I have the time to spend with the boy. Call me a masochist.

Thanks for the finger painting idea, Jennifer. Although, the dog is blaming you for his new blue coat.

Back with you all when my brain regains the capacity for cogent thought.

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22 Comments

by Angel

25 Nov 2008 at 20:02

An aqua doodle might be the best art toy for Z right now. At least Timmins would agree. But then you wouldn’t get such adorable pics!
by SSG

25 Nov 2008 at 20:46

WeeZ is just too cute
by tysdaddy

25 Nov 2008 at 21:50

Good thing those little tykes are washable, no? What an awesome picture. Glad you and yours had a colorful day . . .
by Sherrie

25 Nov 2008 at 22:04

I think I just spontaneously ovulated, though Im pretty sure that was what you were warning against.
by Prefers Her Fantasy Life

26 Nov 2008 at 01:10

You got H-E-Double Hockey Sticks of a photo out of it!!! And a bit of a blog post.
by muskrat

26 Nov 2008 at 02:05

I don’t like messes. I’d be freaking out right now if that were my child, although, I assume y’all are outside and that you have a hose. If those assumptions are correct, no biggie.

So, will you celebrate Thanksgiving this week? Hope so. If I found a way to celebrate it in Iraq last year, I’m sure you can in AUS.
by courtney

26 Nov 2008 at 02:46

Uh, I’m not a parent, but I don’t think kids are supposed to eat paint.
by Jennifer

26 Nov 2008 at 03:02

I love it! And I bet he did too Just make sure you’re using washable/non-toxic paint and I wouldn’t worry too much about the mess or incidental ingestion (of course, I’m not a scientist or the person cleaning your house).
by Chris

26 Nov 2008 at 03:15

Z looks like Mel Gibson from Braveheart withthe blue stripeys and such.
by arizaphale

26 Nov 2008 at 04:41

You need to find some fellow s-a-h-ps and have a regular weekly meet-up. That’s what I did with two stay at home dads every Thursday for four years. The kids had a ball and we tried to discuss matters of importance, eat good food and have a glass of wine whilst preventing the ingestion of paint etc. But where to find a kindred spirit in Happy Valley?
by Gypsy

26 Nov 2008 at 04:53

Adorable.
by sarala

26 Nov 2008 at 06:27

That is a gorgeous picture. I agree about the lobotomy part. I love my kids but I need to have a day job.
by NATUI

26 Nov 2008 at 06:33

That is the best photo I have seen all week!! I hope that gets printed makes your wall of shame/fame in the living room!!
by admin

26 Nov 2008 at 06:51

Angel – What on earth is an Aqua Doodle?

SSG – He is!

Tysdaddy – He got chucked in his pool right after this – clean as new.

Sherrie – Not warning, just observing…

Prefers – Thanks.

Muskrat – I have a thing about visible dirt of any kind on my hands. I have to get it off immediately – which makes gardening, finger painting and child rearing extremely difficut. Also has a lot to do with the fact that I work behind a desk!

We were outside and did have a hose. T-giving – come back Thursday.

Courtney – WHen you become a parent you’ll get to the point where you just give up trying to keep things out of their mouths – just let them get on with it.

Jennifer – Non-toxic and washable – I was smart enough to look for those labels. I kind of had a feeling how it was going to go.

Chris – Freedom!

Ariza – Fellow SAHPs scare the shit out of me. Whenever I run across them they annoy me to no end. I think I’ll go it alone for awhile.

Gypsy – Thanks.
by Chris

26 Nov 2008 at 08:05

I’m in a wierd boat because I work from home a few hours a day m-th and I work long days at the spa fridays and saturdays, so I’m kind of a sahm and kind of not. I know there are some cool sahp out there but probably the exception not the rule. Our nanny came today and after I got all my errands and book work done, I went out to lunch by myself. There were a group of women with their kids sitting near me and I couldn’t not help but listen to the conversations and seriously, I thought my ears were going to bleed.

#1 I can’t stand the husband bashing, if my hubs is pissing me off the quickest way to fix it is to tell him not everyone else.

#2 I love my kids, I mean really, I’ve got 3. Yes, they’re amazing but is that all we have to talk about?

#3 Please don’t talk to me about Dr.Phil or Oprah, I have a real distaste for anything billed as “life-affirming.”

I know, I am a parental elitist, that’s probably why I have computer parent friends instead:)
by Mongoliangirl

26 Nov 2008 at 09:04

The photo that made my day!
by Jennifer

26 Nov 2008 at 11:27

Oh, Aquadoodle is cool, but kind of spendy. You can also just paint with water outside on pavement–just doesn’t last. I use Aquadoodle on the airplane with great success.
by HereInFranklin

26 Nov 2008 at 12:26

One year when I was pissed at my sister I gave her kids finger paints for Christmas. He’s precious.

I’ll be pulling for the Dawgs in the post-season. Best thing is that the Vols pulled it out against the ‘Dores. Happy Down Under Thanksgiving.
by Bluestreak

26 Nov 2008 at 18:38

great pic. Looks exhausting though.
by ms picket to you

27 Nov 2008 at 09:09

this is exactly why God made booze.

(secretly, since the youngest is 4 the messies like this and far and fewer between and I.. I… I kinda miss it.)
by arizaphale

28 Nov 2008 at 22:35

Ah Chris and Chris….you just haven’t met the right s-a-h-ps!
by Joe

03 Dec 2008 at 00:01

Wow, that really is a great picture. How much of that ended up on you?