Yesterday I watched Race to witch mountain. Scary but cool. There was alien kids. And to find out more leave it on your comment. Take it away dad!
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Sunday, May 24, 2009
tooth fariy
I have ANOTHER lose tooth after THREE lost teeth and learned about the tooth fairy . want to hear some? ask on your comment.
Nina's Graduation
This week Nina passed a momentous milestone in her life- she finally graduated from Pre-Kindergarten! It has been a grueling year of hard work for her. She had to get her hair combed every day. She had to carry a backpack half as big as she was all the way to the car, and back, in sun, rain, hail, and even a few scattered snowflakes. She spent hour upon hour cutting, pasting, coloring, listening to stories, singing and playing. And that's not even counting all the after school hours put in at all the birthday parties of fellow classmates. And she loved every minute of it.
The graduation ceremony itself was very lovely, except for Dave constantly quoting under his breath the line from the Incredibles,* which he claims did not refer in any way to our current situation, however. Nina did a wonderful job singing in the program. She was right in the front and performed with gusto.
She had an absolutely wonderful teacher, Mrs. Lawrence, who had put up with Grant in her Kindergarten class last year. Ever notice how the kindergarten and pre-k teachers are either super young or very old? I think they each only work about 5 years, but the job causes severe premature aging. Those that work any longer than 5 years usually turn to dust.
We loved celebrating Nina for an evening. She is such a smart, funny and amazing little squirt!
Go class of 2022!
* "They keep inventing new ways to celebrate mediocrity. . . "
gogh by grant
You see scientists have found van goghs relatives one liked fruit and was named:mango.Ha ha! to see more jokes ask on your comment.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Edible Van Gogh
This week I got to teach another art lesson to Grant's 1st grade class. They have a really fun "Meet the Masters" program where parents come in and teach about an artist and then lead the class in an art project of a similar style. I had originally volunteered to to teach one lesson this year on Andy Warhol in March and wouldn't you know it, the day I came to class Grant was home sick. We were both disappointed- see blog entry for March. However, they just happened to need one more volunteer for the year and we decided to give it another try and hope that Grant stays healthy this time. I was assigned to teach about Vincent VanGogh and the class made drawings that very very loosely resembled 'Starry Starry Night'. Quite a few of them looked more like drawings of tornados or just collections of fingerprints- and then there was Grant's drawing which he renamed 'Snowy Snowy Night' and added Santa Claus and the 8 tiny reindeer. Why this experience was blog-worthy was because I couldn't resist showing off the masterpiece of a treat I made for the lesson: A cupcake and frosting reproduction of the painting. I have to explain that Laynie gave me a really cute cupcake decorating book for Christmas last year which included instructions for making a tray of cupcakes into a reproduction of 'Starry Starry Night'. At the time I first saw it I thought, Wow that's cool- but how often do you come across the situation where Van Gogh in cupcakes is just the perfect thing? Well, this last week the situation presented itself and I had no choice but to attempt making those cupcakes. I knew if I didn't try I would regret it forever. The hardest part I thought was getting the frosting the right colors, but the rest was not too bad. It was actually a huge ego boost for me. Grant watched me frost the cupcakes and kept saying over and over again- "Mom, you're awesome!" The kids in his class also thought I was amazing and I am sure if given the choice between my cupcakes and the actual original artwork worth who knows how many millions of dollars, they all would have gone for the cupcakes. Impressive sugary treats are a very effective way to gain praise and admiration. They also made a big mess and turned all the kids teeth blue.
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