Today I took the kids to a fun place called My Masterpiece Art Studio. It's an art studio geared towards kids, but for the whole family. For just $10 we got a clay open studio kit with 3lbs of clay, enough for all three of us. In a couple weeks, after our projects are dry and fired, we will go back and buy a $9 glaze pass to paint them. Really, it seems like a reasonable price that kind of thing.
The only other place I know of that we could take the kids to work clay is the Children's Museum and that would cost us $20 just to get through the door, then we would have to pay to fire our projects on top of that.
My MAS also offers painting, drawing, collage, wood sculpture, print making, and classes. But when you can do most of that in your own home, it doesn't have the same money value.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
book club and other things
First, I just started reading (listening to actually) the latest book for my book club group. It's called The Middle Place, and so far I adore it. I am almost 30 minutes in, I believe still the first chapter. It's fun. I adore her children and everyone loves her dad, which you can't help but do. Right now, they are searching for a tooth that her dad sneezed out while planting in the garden.
Second, do any of my readers know when the next book club date is. Lindsay posts everything on facebook these days. Load of good that does me.
Third, my son is at my parents house. So I just have one child for a few days. I'm sure he's out digging in the dirt as I type. I am so hoping he does his journal writing about the things he does while at Grandma's house. Because I am so looking forward to reading it. He writes some really goofy stories sometimes. I am hoping to help him create a mini scrapbook of his summer vacation with his journal writings and summer photos.
Fourth, we spent yesterday at my Grandparents' house. The kids had so much fun helping with the yard work. Josiah loves doing yard work. He trimmed all the dead rose buds off the 40 or so rose bushes that his Great Grandma grows. Adaya ran everywhere. And yes, she smelt just about every rose and a gazzillion other flowers. I wish you could all see my Grandmother's flowers. Even with all the rainy weather, Grandma's yard and flowers are still beautiful. Josiah went home from there with my parents and Adaya was sound asleep just after we hit 26, on the way home. I am working on a post with pictures, I hope to have them up by bed time tonight.
Fifth, I put banana Boat on my daughter yesterday. She is broken out. I don't know where her sunblock is and I need to find somewhere to buy her more. Sigh.
Second, do any of my readers know when the next book club date is. Lindsay posts everything on facebook these days. Load of good that does me.
Third, my son is at my parents house. So I just have one child for a few days. I'm sure he's out digging in the dirt as I type. I am so hoping he does his journal writing about the things he does while at Grandma's house. Because I am so looking forward to reading it. He writes some really goofy stories sometimes. I am hoping to help him create a mini scrapbook of his summer vacation with his journal writings and summer photos.
Fourth, we spent yesterday at my Grandparents' house. The kids had so much fun helping with the yard work. Josiah loves doing yard work. He trimmed all the dead rose buds off the 40 or so rose bushes that his Great Grandma grows. Adaya ran everywhere. And yes, she smelt just about every rose and a gazzillion other flowers. I wish you could all see my Grandmother's flowers. Even with all the rainy weather, Grandma's yard and flowers are still beautiful. Josiah went home from there with my parents and Adaya was sound asleep just after we hit 26, on the way home. I am working on a post with pictures, I hope to have them up by bed time tonight.
Fifth, I put banana Boat on my daughter yesterday. She is broken out. I don't know where her sunblock is and I need to find somewhere to buy her more. Sigh.
A day at my Grandparents' house
Looking at a scrapbook with my Grandma. Adaya tells her Great Grandma Bethune about all the pictures, naming the people that Grandma doesn't know as well as herself, 'Siah, Daddy, Mommy, etc.
Adaya smelt all the roses, roses on every bush.
Josiah makes a rose petal pattern.
This is when Adaya exclaimed about how beautiful Great Grandma's rose garden is. "Oh, it so beautiful. Roses so pretty. So amazing."
Adaya asks Great Grandma to pick her up. It's about all Great Grandma can do to keep her up. But she wanted to because Adaya wanted her too. 
Josiah gets to work on clipping the dead rose buds off Great Grandma's roses while Adaya picks a clover boquet.
So beautiful...
Where does she get all that cuteness?
Great Grandma points out a missed dead rosebud.
Young and old...
Grandma brings water out for everyone.
My Dad does a third run over the garden.
Adaya with her Great Grandparents.
The roses Josiah accidently picked for Adaya.
The kids enjoy rides from Great Grandma in her wheelborrow.
Helping Great Grandma water the tomatoes before they go in the newly tilled garden.
Helping Grandpa push the tomatoes to the garden.
Playing peek-a-boo.
Adaya says good-bye to everyone. It's time to head home before everyone shows up for community group and the hostess isn't home.
Adaya fell asleep just after we hit 26, on the way home. I didn't really want her sleeping at 5:45 in the evening. So I got her out of the car but she didn't want to wake up.
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