Finger Painting

In our kitchen, Mandy has a great little table with little chairs, right next to a cabinet that holds Play-doh, crayons, coloring books, puzzles and, of course, finger paints. The table is easily washable and sits on a 7' x 9' carpet rug, laid on top of a tile floor, that is currently adorned with crayon marks, marker stains and dried, mashed bits of Play-doh. In other words, it's the perfect place to make a mess.

I was just watching Noah play, singing to himself ("Thomas-the-tank-en-gine, THOMAS-THE-TANK-EN-GINE!!!"), and thought I'd snap a few pictures.

If a little is good, more must be simply outstanding!

Painting a masterpiece.

Mixing it up with a little Play-doh

I don't know why they call it "finger-paint" - works just as great when you use the whole hand...

"Now that my hands are nice and messy, what to do?"

What a wholly unprovoked finger-painting attack looks like:

Combat at close quarters

I was close enough to dip into his paint and fight back, taking pictures one-handed.

My happily vanquished foe: