bishop and aven making art together for the first time

so bishop wanted paper across the whole floor, little did he know that his little sister was going to join in.........

aven has always seemed interested in markers and pens, but tonight we saw her interest in action!  she drew for about an hour!  she got busy coloring the bottom of bishop's snowman.........

this is the top of the snowman.......see his eyes, his nose is smack dab in the middle of his eyes! ;o)  and he has his arms sticking out!

and all the way at the bottom of the long piece of paper is his two, tiny little legs!

aven wanted to take over the bottom of the snowman!  she got right to work!

hmmmmmm which color should I use?????

nice looking snowman, hu?

we love her technique!

bishop started working on a bridge for the snowman with tape, aven was a little confused.........

mmmmm the blue marker tastes the best

bishop added buttons to the snowman, and it is now complete!

then, he wanted to make a snake.  see the eyes and the long tongue.......

he drew it and then wanted to put paint on "the lines" and tape on "the line".....

but as he was finishing his snake, he said, "aven, do you want your birthday party?"  we have been talking about how it is in 4 days.  he started draping the tape on the cabinets and telling her, "aven this is your party!"  "happy birthday"!  what a good big brother aven has (love him so much)

"okay aven, i made a bridge for you and now we can put paper under it and make some fish!"  he got to work on the fish, and then they got more interested in a nice warm cup of milk......mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

i think we will just let bishop plan aven's birthday this year!