Color Me Mine

Most of you know that I worked at Color Me Mine during high school and then again in college. I loved this job. If it paid more than minimum wage (a lot more), I'd probably still be doing it. Anyway, I decided that I wanted to take Westin to do his handprint and footprint. Having seen many mothers unsuccessfully attempt this, I knew I needed some help (and some company), so I invited Megan and Eli to join us.

Megan and I started to paint while the boys waited patiently (sort of) for their turn. It didn't take long for both Eli and Westin to get a little jealous of all the fun we were having, so we tried to entertain them with books and toys until it we were ready for them.

Now on to the difficult part - painting a baby's hand and foot and trying to get them to lay it on a flat surface without moving. We started with his footprint. He sat perfectly still while I painted his foot, but when it was time to put his foot on the plate... he decided that he wanted to move it around. I should have known this was going to happen. Oh well, there was no do-over and I figured it represented the age so why try to make it perfect.

Next was his hand - or it was supposed to be his hand. Westin did not like me painting his hand and would not open it (the kid has a killer grip). So I had to change my plan and just do another footprint. The second one turned out better than the first, but neither are perfect. Here's what we ended up with...

Eli was much more cooperative with Megan - teaching me that I should probably hold off a few more months when I do this with the next kid.