Michelangelo

This week with Mother Goose Time we've been focusing on artists from Italy.  Here are just a few of the highlights from today's lesson.

The girls each got a bag with a tomato.  They added some chopped up peppers and basil.  They used their hands to crush up the items in the bag and make their own sauce, which was served with spaghetti.  They both gave the meal 2 thumbs up.

We talked about Michelangelo and how he had to lie on his back to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.  I taped paper underneath chairs and the girls lay on their backs and painted.  Elli said she just wanted to sit at the table and paint, but Addie thought this was a great exercise.

We also talked about how it's important to be happy with what you have, even when others have something you might want.  The girls picked a contentment feather and decided that Falco was content with the paintbrushes he had.