Paint It Black

For Chloe's birthday Naomi bought her some finger paints. I have to admit that I succumbed to the image portrayed. I mean, look at it, can't you just see Chloe sweetly painting like that. In my mind's eye she was painting blobs with her fingers in bold colours whereas Naomi was drawing little stick people and faces and maybe even a bus. Yeah right!

What we actually got was this:


and this:

Not exactly as pictured on the box. Do you think I could get a refund? By the end of the (long) 15 minutes that I coped with it, Chloe's paper was so sodden with paint that I couldn't peel it off the table without it ripping. They did however enjoy pushing all the paint around and, in Chloe's case, banging her hands down on her paint soaked paper while giggling hysterically (I'm sure I'll look back on it with fondness once I forget about scrubbing the paint off of the walls)

Things I learnt:
- breastfeeding Isaac while supervising painting does not work
- the girls never do anything cleanly
- the messier it is the more fun it is
- there is a reason we send them to nursery.....