Scenes from Open House

Part of our mural-in-progress.  

Boylee's class will get some painting time next week and I'll be there, too.

Showing us his book of Tongva vocabulary.

Some Chumash-related artwork.

This assignment was about abstraction.

Before we left, we went into the music room.  

Boylee took one look at the floor and said, "That says 'fade.'"

News from a 9-Year-Old's Check-Up

Boylee weighs 65 pounds!!!!  Wow, no wonder it's so hard to pick him up.  And he's almost 54 inches tall.

And when the pediatrician asked him what he ate for lunch today, his only answer was crackers.  Argh.  He also had leftover pad thai, chicken taco, pickles and a few other items in his lunchbox!!!!

9 Years Old

Spring

Months ago I tossed the rooted, cut end of a store-bought scallion into a pot of soil. Now we have a beautiful scallion flower.

She Came!

Easter!

We cut it way back this year -- only one dozen eggs, which is much, much less than we usually do.  

We tried a new marbling-type technique, with oil, vinegar and food coloring.  No store-bought dye packs for us!

So once they're dry, Boylee will hide them in the garden to entire the Easter Bunny to come visit us.  And if she likes what she finds she might bring spring to us.  We'll keep you posted and let you know if it worked.

Charoset!!!!

I chopped the apples.  Boylee did the rest.