thank you everyone for your heartfelt (private and public) words and kind thoughts during my family's time of bereavement...It was a tough trip mentally and I will still need a day or two to bounce back...but what other way than to create some art and to do some blogging?
From when I was a kid, I always found that coloring was a FANTASTIC way to relieve stress so today, I nipped 2 birds with one stone...we pulled out some good old fashioned crayons, NOT Copics!!

 and I colored with the boy...by doing that, we worked on fine motor skills :) Meanwhile, the girl worked on her own art project...I'm feeling the stress of the week dissipate just a teeny bit....