Alexa's Art

I finally got the original copy of Alexa's Square One Art findraiser picture. 

Too cute and totally Lexa.

Jeh Kulu Performance

Tonight was the first time that both girls had a performance at school. The school has had a two week residency with a West African dance group called Jeh Kulu. The kids have been learning dances in their PE classes. They all got matching t-shirts for the performance which is really cute but makes it hard to pick out your child on a crowded stage. Especially when you have the tall children that get put in the back of the stage. 

They did a great job though. Here is Alexa's class performing Kuku which is a celebration dance. this is the best shot I was able to get of Alexa if you look on the right side of the picture in the back. She is wearing a pink dress and tights which stick out from under her t-shirt. You can see her just over and to the side of the little blonde headed boy in front.

Chloe's class performed a hunting dance called Sofa. She is in the back as well. She is wearing turquoise pants which does help you to pick her out, if you look to the center at all the legs.

They did a great job and said they had a lot of fun. Well, OK Alexa said she had fun. Chloe wouldn't admit to it.

Photography Opening

Today was the opening for photography project that Chloe participated in. Well, today was the outside opening the photographs are going to hang in Pomeroy Park for a few weeks. These photographs are actually the copies of the original works as apparently you can't laminate photographs. The original pieces will hang in a hall on the UVM campus in a couple of weeks.

Here she is next to her pictures. She was asked to look through all of her pictures and pick her favorites that showed one like and one dislike for her street. Hers are on the bottom in purple. Her like is a picture of a cat sitting on top of the truck on the guy that lives across the street. Her dislike is a picture of litter.

Alexa's House

A few months ago my sister Andrea visited and worked to build the most amazing castle out of cardboard boxes that has ever been created. We have tried really hard to save it by storing it in the shed. Sadly though with the addition of the deck furniture to the shed for the winter the castle just isn't holding up so well anymore. We took it out this weekend while the kids had some friends over the play and it just couldn't be put back to its original grandeur. Alexa decided that she wanted to make another one. Now given that I do not have my sisters drive for excellence nor her desire to acquire tendinitis in my wrist. I opted for the small version. The size that can be stored easily in my living room. She has been working on it for a few days now.

Today we cut windows and attached some curtains.

When Chloe got home from Brownies she helped her add some things too.

Such cheap entertainment.

Square One Art

The girl's school runs this find raiser every year that I call the suckers fundraiser. They have each child design a picture one a piece of square paper. They then sell you products with that picture on it. Chloe loves this activity. Thus each year we end up with a variety of product with think art work on it. Everything from hot plates to mouse pads to t-shirts. On Thursday she came home with her design from this year.

Is that not amazing? I haven't seen Alexa's yet, but I can tell you this year with two of them creating things that school will be making a fair amount of money off of me. Which of course is what they are counting on sucker that I am.

The Sneak

I am not violating the no dog on the bed rule.

You see nothing. I am a stuffed animal.

School Pictures

School pictures are in..

pretty cute huh? I let them pick out their own backgrounds. I am not really a fan of the rainbow, but she really wanted it. I do think the leaves are nice.