This number was part of a ballet recital 7 months ago. We were a little surprised that this was one of the numbers that Paige worked on in her “ballet team” class. I guess her teacher figured that her ballerinas needed some jazz, hip hop, marching band, and cheer leading technique.
Category: Art
Columbus Day art project
by Mark, age 5
Fall break
Paige and I spent the day at Youth Conference on Saturday. Here’s a video of the service project we did in the morning. We cleaned up the community garden at the park behind our church. Paige is interviewed in the film but she wants people to know that she didn’t take that long of a pause when she was talking.
httpv://youtu.be/0nuxvy0JA0Q
At Church yesterday, Daniel was ordained a Deacon. The little boys practiced giving their talks for the Primary program. Richard, Paige, and I went to a handful of meetings before church. I taught in Young Women. We got home from church around 7:00. Paige made dinner. I collapsed on the bed in my dress and awoke this morning at 6:30. Somebody put the kids to bed but it wasn’t me.
It’s fall break for the public schools this week. I’m going to watch the rye grass grow and the hummingbirds visit our feeder in the backyard. We are taking a vacation from school and I’ll be preparing assignments and reading ahead in the textbooks.
Sunset and a Day Off
I’m taking my first teacher prep day for the school year. The kids need to play together and remember that they are friends. It’s good for all.
Some art projects
This is Timothy’s painted tissue paper collage, “Ocean, Sand, Grass,” inspired by Eric Carle.
A long time ago I did a post about a Bayeaux Tapestry project. I realized I never followed up with the completed projects.
Here is the next project which exceeded the time we set aside for it. I decided that Daniel can finish it if he wants to. The point was to gain an appreciation for the magnitude of the tapestry and learn the history and I think we achieved that.
Mark didn’t want to be left out. The boys were being allowed to stab fabric with sharp metal objects. This was what he had always wanted to do!
Japanese Garden
Here’s some music composed by Paige last year. It’s a theme and variations.
Timothy’s Spring Piano Pieces
Timothy began taking piano lessons last fall. He loves to play. His piano teacher often assigns him songs from our church. She is not of our faith, so it’s especially thoughtful.
Love is Spoken Here
And who can forget the essential Indian dance during the first year of piano study?
Indian Song
I love this old photo of Timothy and Daniel on the horse.
Horse Sense
Fifteen!
I have a tradition of decorating the birthday child’s bedroom door. This year, I enlarged and printed some of Paige’s dance photos. I cut out the dancer, traced the cutout on dark paper and cut out again.
We decorated sugar cookies, went out to eat, and went shopping for clothes.
We ended the day with a chick flick with Paige’s best friend. We munched on Paige’s signature gourmet sandwiches and sat down to watch the 2009 BBC version of Emma.
The little brothers contributed sweet and thoughtful gifts. Timothy made a mouse out of Sculpey clay for her. Mark wrapped each gift… several days early.
Here is Paige playing Mazurka in G Minor by Chopin:
and Minuet in G Major by Beethoven:
Our Paige is quite a person.
artist
great big sister
helpful daughter
peacemaker
dancer
pianist
math wiz
beautiful
great sandwich maker
well-read
righteous
kind
Tempo di Menuetto
Here is Daniel playing Sonata Op. 49 No. 2 (Tempo di Menuetto) by Beethoven. Daniel worked very hard on his technique as he studied this piece. See if you can guess which part was his favorite.
Paige’s birds
Paige showed me some of the work she’s been doing in her studio (aka bedroom). These are ink drawings on watercolor paper which she has moistened with a brush to add some shading. She came up with this technique and I don’t know what to call it. Ink watercolor? The effect is subtle and ethereal and these scans don’t do them justice. I love the simple lines and softness of each.
