When I grow up

Grace had her first school program in November. It was very cute! The songs were all about what they will be when they grow up. The kids were assigned a costume to wear. Grace was a cowgirl. She really got into the singing. She smiled and did all of the movements very enthusiastically.

The first grade also worked together to create a pilgrim and indian village that was on display in the lobby of the school. Grace was supposed to make a Native American. Below is the one she made, with a little help from Joni and me. She made the girl.

Grace, Lyla and Reesi's Performance

Grace was having a program at school later in the week so the girls put on a show of their own for us. They each sang a song while the others danced in the background. It was pretty cute and a little wild. Lyla kept jumping headfirst off of the arm of the futon while Grace was trying to sing.

Do we have a mechanic in our future?

This is Lyla under her "car" working with her tools, with her Lightning McQueen pj's on. She's one of a kind!

Eric's latest project

This is Eric's latest project. He took down the ugly fluorescent light and put a new light over the kitchen island. I like the light. It looks much nicer than the fluorescent box! Now, if we can get the hole in the ceiling fixed we'll be good!

Owl's Hill

I went to Owl's Hill with Grace's 1st grade class on Thursday. It's basically a nature preserve, I guess. I'm not sure what you can do there besides have field trips. The kids went inside a little house and listened to a lady tell a story about a native american girl while showing authentic native american artifacts. As they walked out they got to touch a fox skin. Then they were given "power shields". Each power shield had one of 3 symbols on it. This put the kids in three groups. Then they rolled wildflower seeds in a ball of clay because that is how the native americans perserved the seeds during the winter. Then we went on a hike and looked for symbols left by native americans. At the end of the hike, they had a story telling time like the native americans did. It was a beautiful day. I'm glad we had nice weather.

Leaves and skates

We have really pretty leaves on our street every fall. I finally got a couple of pictures of Lyla playing in there. Grace had no interest in the leaves though. She was busy on her new/old skates. My mom brought Grace a pair of skates that belonged to Joni years ago. She loves them! She wants to skate every afternoon and when we can't be out front, she tries to skate in our very, very full garage. I really need to take this girl to the skating rink!

My latest canvas

This is my latest canvas. I did this for a friend who is having her 1st boy. I thought it turned out very nice.