* more homework.
* lots of drawing time. i have now accumulated a year's worth of artwork in only three weeks! and many of C's works have amazed me so much that i want to save them and either make an art book for her as a gift or incorporate them into my projects. i've also been thinking of making her a quilt with some of her drawings embroidered onto plain, solid blocks. and part of me also wants to start an etsy shop and sell some of the things i can create using C's drawings, but i wonder if that would be fair to her. it is her artwork that is inspiring me, afterall. well, i guess i'll have to think it a bit more before i decide on that. either way, i really want to encourage C to continue with her drawing because i think that maybe she can grow up to be a children's book illustrator or something else in the field of art.
* reading to each other. we're still on the same books, but we've also borrowed a few more books on a recent trip to the library. we signed up for the library's summer reading program and we got C her first library card! she was so proud!
*we went to participate in an art class taught by an employee of lacma. C made her own story book and got to experiment using oil pastels. her book was about a fairy who saw her home in a tree and decided to go home. it was only four pages long and that included the title page, so there was not enough pages to be more elaborate. still, i think it was a good story because in those four pages C was able to draw the fairy looking at her home from afar, then flying over to her home, then sitting happily inside, which C colored pink with a purple door. i thought it was very imaginative!
* we're still playing hopscotch, using the hula hoop and having a game or two of tag, while we're outdoors. it hasn't been warm enough to bring out our kiddie pool since C's graduation party. but maybe we'll bring it out for the weekend. the pool is large enough for a family of four and so i hope to be able to enjoy the pool with my family.
* M decided to go pee-pee in her potty once this week, so that is a big accomplishment in the potty training area.
* we went to watch "wall-e" in a new movie theatre and it was a really nice experience because there were only a handful of other people watching the movie, so we didnt' have to bother with finding a seat for our family of four and dealing with other noisy movie watchers. the seating was also neat because the armrests could be pulled up, and so we could all sit much closer together or be able to lay M down if she wanted to take a nap. the movie was so touching! it even made me and my two year old cry! we'll definately get the movie when it goes out on dvd.
on the crafting front, i've been getting some work done, finally! here is a picture of the embroidery/appliqué i made using my niece's drawing. she actually only drew the horse, which is cute in itself, but because i didn't want it to be too plain, i added a few things, such as the sun, her name, the butterfly, the bird, the grass and the flowers. at this point i still wasn't sure what to do with the finished embroidery. i didn't want to frame it because i thought it would be enjoyed more by a child if it was something that could be held or touched. so the only two things i thought of were a small pillow or a tote bag.
after adding some pieces of fabric all around, log cabin-style, i decided that i wanted to add more to it and make it into a tote bag, so that it could have some usefulness and it can be seen. i guess you can say i was pretty proud of myself! the wet spots on the embroidery are where i had to make the water-soluble pen ink disappear. i don't know if i'll have the gift done in time, as the party will be on sunday, but we'll see!
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