Art 101

To me, this is such a "kids" picture Emily drew. It is of her sitting on a hill among the stars and moon at night. I think I may have helped with the stars (showing her the star pattern while she held the pencil) but I can't remember if I helped her with this picture or another. I love her crescent moon... it reminds me of a Pillsbury crescent roll. What I find most endearing is that she made sure that her pet cat (which she is hoping to get when she turns 10), pettyball, is there with her sitting watching the stars. I believe this is the first picture she has drawn with the person and animal sitting. She definitely enjoys drawing, just about every day she brings home 2 -3 pictures she drew during her earned free time at the end of the school day. It is getting hard to decide what pictures to put in Art 101. This weekly entry may go on for quite a while. Enjoy!

Wall Art

Emily drew this banner of characters and has had it on her wall for quite a while now. I wanted to share it on the blog because it has great detail and shows how much she loves the Disney characters. From left to right these are the characters: Alice and the rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella and her Prince, Sleeping Beauty and Donald Duck, Jasmine from Aladdin and a toy soldier from Toy Story, Emily and Mickey Mouse and finally Ariel (with legs) and Prince Eric from the Little Mermaid. Emily's walls have become quite a little art gallery comprised of pictures she has drawn and some she created on computer programs. At least, she isn't drawing directly on the walls.....we do go through a lot of paper though. Oh well, it is a small price to pay for creativity.

Gentlemen, start your engines........

I know what your thinking...... Matt has a new race track but that would be incorrect. This is Dave's race track. That's right our NASCAR crazed fan has a race track which in all honesty was purchased even before Emily was born. So don't let him make you think this is them....it was for his obsession. Recently, the race track was risen from the depths of the basement and the dust blown off to be played with once again. I remember it being out a few times when Emily was younger but it has made a big hit with Matt, so I highly doubt it will become lost in the basement again. Matt loves charging the cars and sending them racing along the track. I even have him saying "Gentlemen start your engines" and "Boogity, boogity lets go racin' boys" when he starts the cars off on the track (if you know racing you'll understand these two sayings). Dave's favorite driver was Dale Earnhart Sr. and when he died in the crash Dave put his support in his son Dale Jr. Both Matt and Emily can spot anything Jr. a mile away but the funny part is if you ask Matt who his favorite driver is he'll tell you Tony Stewart the #20 Home Depot car. And if by chance you take Matt to Home Depot he'll tell you it is Tony Stewart's store. I guess you can only influence you kids so far in your own likes and dislikes - pretty much the same as in life issues.

Make a Smilebox postcard

Truck or Treat

The church we have been attending has an annual Halloween event called "Trunk or Treat". This is where people donate the trunks of their cars, decorate them and pass out candy for Halloween. The event took place last Sunday night and the kids absolutely loved it. Even I was part of a "trunk" for the MOPS group. It was a Gilligan Island theme and we called it "MOPS Island". I'm the Gilligan sitting in the beach chair in the back of the truck. In addition to the trunk or treating they had a bounce house and an air slide -- so the kids were in their glory. Not only do church kids come but people throughout the community. At the end of the night, they hand out 3 trophies - our MOPS one didn't earn and award but it was a lot of fun.

There are more pictures in an album on Facebook.