A sea-change

All you Mom's out there who've been there, done that, already will think me daft but I'm beginning to sense a shift. 16 months in and Amelie would rather totter about than be carried and will play happily without my full, undivided attention. I suppose I knew that this day would come, but through the bleary fog of tiredness sometimes it felt like it might not! I don't read many blogs but I do follow Alisa Burke, mainly because her daughter is just a bit older than mine and I like to see how she battles on and still manages to get a surprising amount of creative stuff done. She posted a video on her site today which I enjoyed. I decided not to post it here because she requests that content from her blog isn't redistributed without permission. I get annoyed when that happens to my stuff willy nilly and think that's a very fair ask. Why not head over to her blog and check it out first hand. Here's a link.

I am very happy that Amelie has started to draw. I've been encouraging her for weeks and now she heads straight for the pots of pencils and pens in the studio. I bought her a set of her own crayons and always have a piece of paper taped to a board for her to work on,

but unsurprinsingly, of course her medium of choice is permanent pen and any available surface.

I love having a companion in the studio and can't wait for lots of creative adventures together. I might leave it a while before we start working with fabrics though - my new roll of cotton wadding hasn't faired very well from her attention...

Thanks for stopping by!
Laura
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