Mr. and Mrs. Wadsworth: Giddy-up little doggies!

This week's activities were a little hectic! My family planned a mini-reunion on the 24th of July (Pioneer Day in Utah) so our theme was all about pioneers, cowboys, and other exciting western goodies.
We started things off with a mixed-media painting.

He listened to "On the Trail" from Three Amigos and used warm colored crayons and finger paints..

to get this beautiful picture we titled "sunset on the range". I had stickers of cacti, cattle and cowboys to put on this but they mysteriously disappeared. =( Oh well...he seemed to like just using the crayons and paints.

On Tuesday I cut a square of muslin and helped Ezra create his own bandanna.

I drew some shapes (horses, stars, hats, etc.) and he filled in the blank spaces with many many scribbles. =)

He seemed pretty proud of his creation.

But, no matter how hard I tired to convince him, he only wanted to play with his colorful square...NOT wear it!

On Wednesday we made a cowboy vest from a brown paper sack...which Ezra promptly ripped to shreds while glowering at me before we could even put a speck of paint, stickers, glitter, or marker drawings on it. We decided to skip craft that day.....and skip taking pictures of the ruined creation that never was. HA! Oh well.

When we got to Utah Grandma Kris had a super fun new book waiting! Hooray!!

We used the included stickers to make a frontier scene.

I drew some trees and a sun to help Ezra decide where to put the stickers...

I titled this one..."cowboy tornado" HA! Can you guess why?

When he was done, he ran his creation back to Mimi and proudly showed her what he had done. So cute!

For field trip Friday we went to a pioneer recreation village. I spent one of my college summers volunteering here and had my bridal pictures taken in the fields, orchards, and historic homes in this park...it was a little surreal to be there with a wild toddler of my own. =)