A Potty with a View

We've been having a lot of fun with art projects lately. With a fridge full of "Happy Birthday Daddy!" creations (everything is made for Daddy), we had to find another gallery. Why not the bathroom? I thought it might increase interest in the potties, and it seems to have worked. Well, at least for this morning...

When it comes to art, Lucie can color, paint, glue or draw for hours on end. Ryan is more of a quick burst artist, coming in for a period of intense work, and then buzzing off to do something else. During a recent book making project, Lucie took her time selecting images to cut out from a magazine while Ryan ran around with his play drill "fixing" the table and rolling up and down the glue sticks. Ryan enjoyed working the stapler so much he made five books in the time it took his sister to color in her first page.

The same goes for their approaches to music. Ryan loves working the CD player so we usually only hear half a song before he decides it's time for the next. I bought them a few books on CD including Caps for Sale,a favorite at Gigi and Papa's. (My Dad has read it to them so many times I can almost hear his voice when we read it!) Lucie is happy looking at the pictures while listening to the story. Unfortunately for her, that doesn't happen often as her brother is eager to declare it time for the next story when we've only made it through page one of the first. The only way we've been able to hear the whole story of the peddler and monkeys is when our little DJ is strapped in his high chair enjoying dinner. Otherwise the CD player is too big of a temptation.

Again, it's hard to say if these differences are a boy/girl thing, genetic predisposition (Ryan definitely seems to have the engineer's mentality of his two grandfathers, father and uncle) or simply unique personalities. It's fun to watch though, and certainly good for them to be exposed to each other's styles.