Thursday, May 2, 2013

At the Art Show

Yesterday, Evie's school held an art show complete with silent art auction, grapes, cheese and crackers with sparkling grape juice, and a string quartet.

 
Even though I've seen Evie's artwork through the school's website, it was so fun, and she was so proud, to see them in person.

 
After finding and admiring her artwork, we wandered the school and saw things that the other grades had been working on.
These flowers were made with glue and chalks. 





 
I thought these silhouettes were really neat! 


 
Not all the art was on paper; the sculptures were pretty neat to see, too. 



 
In the gym, a silent auction was being held for things donated by entire classes, staff, and some other people.  This flower was worked on by Evie's class, and her part was the outline of the top left petal.  I thought it was interesting that whole classes worked on things for this.  A lot of thought and effort went into the show. 
 
At the very end, the kids could decorate arm cuffs with foil, beads, washi tape, and crayons.

 
When we left, I couldn't resist the gorgeous sunset! 

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Playtime at the Park

Today, it hit a summer-reminding 84 degrees!  How could we stay inside?  Picnic at a park here we come!



 
Today was special because it was Cole's first time really wearing shoes!  I put shoes on him twice before but the first time, he walked like a cat trying to get tape off it's feet and the second time he just stood stock still and refused to walk.  Today I was mean and made him keep them.  After the first few minutes, he was walking around and being normal, shoes and all.  Such a big boy!