WATERCOLOR

Emma has always loved flowers but ever since we spent a day with Hanna from Echo Floral, something sparked in her. She calls herself "floyist" and mentions how much fun she had at the flower market. I never thought that this career day would have so much impact! This definitely gets me so excited to do many more creative career days with her.

Most of our activities are inspired by what she's interested in. One activity leads to another and that’s kind of how I base all our activities at home. If she shows interest in one thing, we build upon that and find ways to explore that idea.

Our next activity came about while we were taking a walk. During our weekly walks, Em would always pick up leaves and flowers on the path. I thought it'd be fun to see her interpret the way she sees a leaf and flower through a painting activity. We brought the leaves home and set them up on the overhead projector (btw, it’s one of the best purchases ever with endless activity ideas you can do with your little one) Before we started painting, we talked about the different colors we saw, felt the textures of each leaf and had the chance to smell them as well. She had a blast painting the flowers and leaves she gathered herself!

Below, you’ll see some of my favorite photos I captured during this activity. Hope you guys enjoy and have a happy Tuesday!

Many of you guys have asked me to do a blog post on some of the activities that I do with Emma. I’ll try my best to post these when I can document them! :)

Not many of you know, but I studied child development in college and was actually a preschool teacher for three years! It comes to no surprise, art activities with Emma gets me really excited!

This first activity was inspired by the artist Bobby Clark. I stumbled upon her work through Instagram and that's where the inspiration hit. Emma works with different mediums during her art activities and water-color is one of her favorite things to do so it was a win win situation.

I started the activity by actually showing her Bobby Clark's art. We talked about the  different colors she used in her art pieces. By showing her this, we were able to decide what colors she wanted to use.

Once she chose the colors she wanted, I gave her water color paper and let her do her thing. After she was finished, we let the paint dry and I cut out the different shapes I saw from her artwork. Lastly, I laid out all the shapes and told her to glue away! It’s so amazing to see how much creativity this little girl has and what she can bring to life with just her imagination!

Check out Bobby Clark's amazing work!

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FLORIST WITH ECHO FLORAL

I am so excited to share with you a new series I will be starting with my little girl! It will be called “A day in the life of…” Growing up, I must say I’ve gone through so many different stages in life trying to figure out what I wanted to do in the future. (btw, I’m still soul searching) So, I thought it would be a great opportunity to help Emma discover herself and find out what she loves to do. This isn’t a means to pressure her in anyway, but to open her up to new experiences and involve her in the process. I want to show her that there are so many unique and creative careers out there in this world.

I never grew up thinking that photography could actually be a career path for me, but I’m so thankful I had the opportunity to surround myself with like-minded people and found a passion for what I love doing. The biggest thing for me is to be able to provide Emma with all the resources she needs to experience life to the fullest. I think its very important for us as parents to involve our children into our every day lives. Even through these moments I share with my daughter, I can see myself growing as an individual and am so blessed to be able to do life with her.

With that said… For our first series, Emma had the opportunity today to live the life of a florist. My very talented sister-in-law is the owner of Echo Floral and she joyfully took Emma through her weekly schedule. We started off by visiting Mayesh, a floral mart located in Orange County. Emma learned the different floral names and loved smelling the different flowers. She kept on repeating, “butterflies eat nectar”, every time she touched a flower. Hanna was so great involving her in the process by asking about the textures of the flowers and how they looked. Emma is totally a hands-on type of girl so she had so much fun feeling the bumpy, spiky, soft and smooth flowers. She was so excited about being able to choose her favorite pink flowers to take back home with her. The best part to end the day was when she was able to make her very own flower arrangements!

Check out some of the photos of our trip below! Hope you enjoy them as much as we did.