summer flowers and paint swirl bugs

the sad horse

Beach came home from art class with this painting the other day.  

She asked me if I wanted to hear the story behind it....

"This horse is sad because he won't look behind him So he can't see all the beauty back there. He is sad because he only looks forward. He doesn't know that sometimes we have to look back at what is behind us to appreciate where we are and how far we have come."

art-art-art

Beach and Sophie had an art party. One of the many perks to having a sleepover at the home of your art teacher is getting access to all the great tools and energy she has available.

 I love all the contrasts going on but the tile of torn paper is my favorite! 

a thank you note to a boy for giving you the dinosaur you have always loved

fears

Out of the blue Boo dropped this not so little piece of work (2 pages with illustrations) onto my desk. "Mom, these are my fears. Want to see them?"

#1 Ants. This we already knew. Boo the brave is afraid of little, tiny ants. Always has been.

#2 Bees. Not too surprising. The day after we installed our beehive a bee got trapped in Boo's hair. It really scared her not being able to see it but hearing and feel it buzzing around.

#3 The dark. #4 Dolls. #5 Bad hair day. Yes, my little tomboy-gym rat is quite specific about her hair. When it is time to fix it for gym I always cringe a little, she is so critical. 

#6 Thumbs down.

I had to ask her to explain. What it boiled down to was disapproval.

#7 Splitting the beam. Seems reasonable considering.



#8 Bad Clothes Day. This one made me laugh.



#9 Going to jail. #10 Braces. #11 Getting in trouble.

Unnumbered is Grammar, lol.

#12 Leaving behind Bunny, a stuffed animal she has had her whole life. She has nightmares about this.

#13 Being hit by a car.

Personally, this would have been my number 1 but...



 As it turns out this was a lot more interesting to see than I first thought it would be. I was surprised to see the multiple expression of her fears of 'getting in trouble' especial jail (what?!). Certainly not a writing project I would have chosen but I think I we should play around with it some more. Perhaps find ways to tackle these fears.



art time with Sarah