Made Outta Clay

It's been sort of a crazy week here. Scott was gone last week, back for a few days, then gone again for a week. Grant came down with a little cold this week, courtesy, I think, of Matthew and Anna and their generous kisses. He's had a really hard time sleeping and eating the past few days 'cause he's been so snuffly. A few nights of sleep deprivation plus a few days (and nights) with a very sad newborn can really make life unpleasant. I've been trying really hard to keep everyone happy and not lose it.
Today the bigger kids and I played with a little modeling clay, just for fun. I liked the creatures the kids made. Here's Matthew with one of his creations.

He told me this one was an "old man."
I find it a little frightening.

Here's Anna telling me not to take her picture. So Anna!

Matthew made this and told me it was a swan.
With some of these you kind of have to use your imagination.

And here is a kitty that Matthew and I made together. We later added arms. Matthew wasn't happy with the face and tried to spruce it up a little with some green clay. It started to lose any resemblance to a cat after that, but we had fun with the clay. Must think of more things to entertain the kids!!