On The Return of My Mistress…

Once the children discovered my love of dinosaurs, I began receiving plastic toys, wooden models, posters, etc. every birthday, Christmas, and Father’s Day.  I cherish every one of them.  Of course, I may have to add a room to the house just to contain them.  So when I saw last night’s EDM challenge, draw a present you received, I didn’t have to look to far.

My lovely wife has been in sunny California all week for a convention.  Girl2 and I have torn this house up like you would not believe.  You could not look at it and tell there was an adult presence at all.  There is a pile of art supplies on the kitchen table where we were drawing and painting last night.  There is a large cardboard box drawn up to resemble a tardis.  There are probably twenty different outfits strung around because we couldn’t decide what we wanted to wear.  And now, my bride is waiting for us to go pick her up.  Do I run through the house like a mad man and try to give it some semblance of order?  Do we jump in the car and run to her as fast as we want to?  Or do I stop and blog for a few minutes while Girl2 eats her cereal?  I’ll give you minute to figure out which I chose.

Of course I’m going to run through the house like a mad man.

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EDM 96: Draw a present you received

The Return of My Mistress

Once the children discovered my love of dinosaurs, I began receiving plastic toys, wooden models, posters, etc. every birthday, Christmas, and Father’s Day.  I cherish every one of them.  Of course, I may have to add a room to the house just to contain them.  So when I saw last night’s EDM challenge, draw a present you received, I didn’t have to look to far.

My lovely wife has been in sunny California all week for a convention.  Girl2 and I have torn this house up like you would not believe.  You could not look at it and tell there was an adult presence at all.  There is a pile of art supplies on the kitchen table where we were drawing and painting last night.  There is a large cardboard box drawn up to resemble a tardis.  There are probably twenty different outfits strung around because we couldn’t decide what we wanted to wear.  And now, my bride is waiting for us to go pick her up.  Do I run through the house like a mad man and try to give it some semblance of order?  Do we jump in the car and run to her as fast as we want to?  Or do I stop and blog for a few minutes while Girl2 eats her cereal?  I’ll give you minute to figure out which I chose.

Of course I’m going to run through the house like a mad man.

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EDM 96: Draw a present you received

The Last of the Easter Candy

My wife and I have been very careful about our snacking.  Both of us have been dropping weight like crazy since Christmas.  So when that svelte vixen handed me an Easter basket, I was a little confused.  I wondered if my little Easter Playboy Bunny was trying to sabotage my weight loss plan.  Upon closer examination, I found that my basket was filled with one plastic egg of the yummy, delicious, crack-cocaine, chocolaty goodness.  The rest of it was sugar free gum.  I should have known better than to ever doubt her.  I still had my candy filled egg when I saw last night’s EDM challenge, draw something sweet.  Of course, it’s gone now.

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EDM 95: Draw something sweet

On the Last of the Easter Candy…

My wife and I have been very careful about our snacking.  Both of us have been dropping weight like crazy since Christmas.  So when that svelte vixen handed me an Easter basket, I was a little confused.  I wondered if my little Easter Playboy Bunny was trying to sabotage my weight loss plan.  Upon closer examination, I found that my basket was filled with one plastic egg of the yummy, delicious, crack-cocaine, chocolaty goodness.  The rest of it was sugar free gum.  I should have known better than to ever doubt her.  I still had my candy filled egg when I saw last night’s EDM challenge, draw something sweet.  Of course, it’s gone now.

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EDM 95: Draw something sweet

On Holiday Cards and Bathtime…

First, I must apologize!  The night before last was figure drawing night and I promised you pics.  My beautiful young bride is away for the week and she took the camera!  They will be up by Sunday after she returns.

Last night I had the brilliant idea that instead of staying up until 1am to get my EDM challenge done and uploaded after Girl2 went to bed, I would do the challenge while she took her bath.  So as the tub was filling I ran around the house looking for a holiday card to satisfy EDM 94.  All of them are put away except for my homemade birthday card.  So I grabbed it, my pencil and sketchbook, and plopped the pumpkin into her bubblebath.  She splashed and squealed and had a grand time of it.  I, on the other hand, found that my still life setup was not quite ready for the bathroom floor.  Perhaps if I had taped the card to something so that it wouldn’t keep falling down… Or maybe if I had brought an umbrella…

“Hey Dad!  Check this out!  I’m a killerwhale!”  – Girl2 while shooting up out of the tub to splash back down.

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EDM 94: Draw a holiday card