The Hugging Cousins

For "Chair"ty

I didn't really come up with the name. But I volunteered to paint an Adirondack chair to be auctioned for a good local cause. This is one of maybe 16 chairs to be auctioned to raise money in support of a company who employs mentally disabled workers.

These are details and the one pictures shows my signature and gives credit to my daughter for helping me out. Even though she was more interested in eating the paint, I was able to get eight of her hand prints. My theme was kids and art. Think back to Kindergarten.

Just a Plug...

Dani Stephenson took some beautiful pictures of Elizabeth and posted them on her blog.

http://danistephensonphotography.blogspot.com/2009/04/elizabeth.html

I thought I would put in a plug for her even though she's not taking on any more photo sessions for some time. But I enjoy looking at her photos as a tool for teaching my students to be creative with their photography in my yearbook class. And she's also very inspiring to me.

Happy Birthday.

Monday, my little girl turned 1! What a fun age. I've been busy with birthday celebrations but wanted to put up a comparison of Elizabeth at birth and almost 1 year.

My Peeps

Hello again. I've missed out on posting to my blog for way too long.

Robbie and I have been pretty busy with Elizabeth. She wants to skip walking and go straight to running. I have to keep a mindful eye on her at all times.

School's been choatic. March was Youth Art Month so I had a number of shows to get student artwork ready for. I try to go the extra mile for my students in hopes that they will take pride in their work. I feel we don't take enough pride in our talents, hobbies, and even our career paths. It would be an awfully boring life without a little color, stress, passion, and creative problem solving.

I am trying to get back to my creative self and enjoy every minute of my daughter.