PAINT!!!!

Sitting in a Walmart parking lot in St. Louis right now and I feel I need to back up and add a few posts from the last few days. PAINT was a big deal before we left. Some people came over to do some painting on the bus. I had all these expectations I didn't know I had about what the painting should look like until my kids stumbled across them! I came around the corner with a painting adult to find the kids had hijacked the red paint and painted gore, blood and guts down the ocean side in and around the sharks' mouths!!!! I was so agahst and when I reacted I could see the disappointed look on my son's face...thinking he had painted something amazing. I took a breath and a minute and then explained to him that we couldn't roll into towns with blood and gore all over the bus...our reception might not be as welcome. Over the day much paint was added and I eventually was able to let go of all the things that were taking the mural in different directions. Even the gore. I painted over it and a short while later the two year old actually pushed a chair up to the bus when I was busy on the other side and repainted the blood!!! Two years old and saying "It's bloody, mom. It's bloody." HOW DOES SHE EVEN KNOW THAT?!?!? In any case, there it sits - as a reminder that life is NEVER what you expect! Here are the additions...

Totally fun stuff! Even some painting inside the bus at 2am while kids were sleeping :) Well, Ventura...and the whole world, actually - HERE WE GO!!!!!