April Showers and Spring Flowers

 Hi all!  I bet you have heard that saying "April showers bring spring flowers".  Or was it May flowers?

 Anyway, there was an April shower going on outside our house, so I decided to do a little drawing.

 I set up paper, an easel, crayons, and colored pencils.

 "What kind of flower should I draw?" I wondered aloud, staring at the black page.

 "I know!"

 "One, two, three, four, five pedals." I said as I drew them on my paper.

 "Now for some grass!"

 "And some clouds ..."  I slowly colored my picture.  

 After all, hast makes wast!

 Are you ready to see my "masterpiece"? (He - he)

 I'm not an amazing artist like my friend Saige, but it's fun to draw anyway.  I think I'm better a photography. ;^)

Do you like drawing?

Mail on a Rainy Day

 Hello, lovely readers!  Since it's raining outside, to-day was the sort of day that you feel like curling up with a good book, which is exactly what I did...

 ... until Chrissa ran up the stairs and barged into my quietness.

"Hey Elizabeth!  Great news!  The rain let up for a second, so I ran out and got the mail, and there were two letters for us!" Chrissa said excitedly with one breath.

"From Marie-Grace, Liberty, Lexie, and Melodie?" I guessed.

"Yup!  Isn't it cool how we almost always get letters from them at the same time?"

"Indeed."

 Here are the letters from our cousins.

 Eagerly, Chrissa and I sat down to read our pen pals' words.

"Elizabeth?" my sister asked.

"Yes?"

"Do you want to write replies to these awesome letters, like, right now?" 

"Sure, that sounds like a lovely idea." I agreed.  So, we dragged our letter supplies out of the closet, ...

 ... and began to write.

"What do you think?" I inquired, holding up a white card with two red hearts below the message Happy Valentine's Day.

 "Oh, how cute!  I like the Valentine's day idea." Chrissa said, while busily snipping some paper.

When we finished our letters, Chrissa and I addressed and stamped the envelopes.  They are ready to go!

How do you spend a rainy day?