Another art class...

and this time I remembered to bring my camera!

Today, they studied Edward Hopper. At first I thought, "who is Edward Hopper?!" Then I looked him up in our art book and realized though I didn't know the name I knew at least one of the paintings. I missed most of the presentation today (two of us were setting up the tables and chairs), but most of his images were quite fascinating.

We've been everywhere!

We went to Edgefield a couple of weeks ago to take Oma (John's Mom) out for lunch. We had a good time and way too many giggles. Grandma Morgan can be quite amusing! Of course what set her off the most was trying to climb into John's new truck.

Last week was a busy week with school. Both girls had geography presentations due on Friday, and they both did very well. They actually had to turn in a lapbook on a country of their choice and give an oral presentation to John and myself. Like I said, they both did very well.

Thursday we went back to CCT for "How I became a pirate". We actually met my cousin and her two boys. They all had so much fun; the play was wonderful! We all had lunch together afterward. The girls will confirm we had a three-hour lunch. Phoebe and I talked for quite awhile after we ate. We were waiting for the restaurant staff to kick us out, but they were very kind. They always are, which is why it is one of my favorite places to eat.

This past Sunday was the Autry family reunion. They are my mother's, mother's side of the family. I was not happy when we arrived and I realized I had left my camera at home. Dang it! My cousin, Phoebe again, and my cousin-in-law, Dawn, are going to send me some pictures when they get a moment. I'm looking forward to one in particular of Dawn's son and myself. He is adorable! We haven't seen him in quite awhile and he has grown so much!

Monday, we took Chloe to turn in her artwork to the State Fair. The whole way over she said she wanted me to do the talking for her. When we walked through the doors low and behold it was Ms. Betsy from CCT (we always do gift wrapping in December with her). I didn't have to say anything more...Chloe was off and running! lol

Yesterday the girls had their annual well visit with their doctor. Jesse is going to have to have a little test done and Chloe's cholesterol was way too high. And Chloe has fallen off the weight chart again and she is barely clinging to the height chart. So, she'll go back in four months to check her height, weight and cholesterol again. Personally, I think she is just wonderful where she is, chart or no chart.

A new direction

There are so many ways to homeschool these days. You can choose to stay home and do everything yourself (my personal favorite!). Or choose from several different homeschool schools (yes, there is such a thing) to take classes from science to sewing. You can even (gasp!) go through the public school system to take classes on-line. I know people who do all of the above. But this year. Well, this year we are trying a class outside the house.

We are gathering with about seven other families, twenty-four students participating, for "Meet the Masters" (an art class). We had our first class yesterday. I admit I am not an artsy person. Okay, I enjoy the occasional crochet project but that is about it. The girls have learned so much more than I ever knew thanks to YouTube. But while standing there listening to the instructions I was lost. Julia, who is running the class, laughed at me. She has known for awhile "I don't do art" but she is realizing I was not exaggerating. lol

I think the girls enjoyed it. They had to sit together to share the watercolor crayons because our other pack is on backorder. I thought it was rather funny. I think most of the moms thought the siblings would sit together to share their supplies. Instead, many of them were getting up and walking across the room to get a new crayon, then back to their sit.

I was wanting to take my camera for pictures of the first class; however, I forgot it. We had to take everything for art class, including lunch, to the library while Chloe volunteered. The camera slipped my mind while gathering school work, library books, snacks and lunch. I think you can see why it may have slipped my mind. I am hoping to be able to gather more things a day early for the next class. Fingers crossed!