Painting Class Today

Today was painting class with my mom. Picture number one is my painting. I opted for an Easter theme, painting on a cross with flowers, two bunnies, and some Easter eggs. This was the last placemat, and all four are now completed.

Picture number two is DJ's painting. He continues to work on his landscape picture. When it is completed it will be a painting of our backyard. He is also entering an art contest, for which I will share the details in a couple of days.

Caitlin painted a fish. It is a paint by number, with the smallest numbers I have ever seen in my life. It came with its own special painting pens. She actually started working on it a couple of days ago, and finished in painting class today.

This afternoon we went to the park, for Caitlin's playdate with her friend. While DJ was there, he let the girls be. It is thundering and icky out now, so anytime now is a good time to go to bed, lol!

Art Class and Annoying Neighbors

If you are offended by the picture I apologize, I got a kick out of it. You have probably read me talking about my neighbors in the past. Their children play with my kids, and are friends. However, the little girl is not well behaved, and quite frankly neither is her father. Matter of fact my children are no longer even allowed on their property because I am so concerned about the father. It has been going down hill for over a year now. Now every time the little girl gets mad she goes home and the dad is standing at the fence yelling at my son, even though he had nothing to do with it, hence the picture. Now obviously this is not what I told my son to do, just my own personal thoughts. I did make new rules however. He is no longer allowed to even play with the girl child. She is too young anyways, and if she goes and gets her dad again he is to excuse himself and tell the dad he is getting me and he can take it up with me. I am always right close by, so I am not sure how I missed the encounter. Anyhow it is almost to the point now where these children will no longer be welcome at my home. I feel bad, because the little boy is good friends with DJ, and I know his dad won't let him come over if she can not. But, I feel like it is getting out of hand now, and if this last measure does not work, I will have to cut it off.

Today was painting class, with my mom. I completed the other placemat that didn't get done last class. You can see it below. This time my roses look like roses, and I even made some cute ladybugs. Very pleased with this one. My mom started DJ on a landscape picture, which he will complete next class. You can see the beginning of the project below. The sky is awesome. Caitlin worked more on her placemat, with my mom's help. It still is not quite done. After painting class, Caitlin took up some drawing. I will have to share the drawings another day, didn't get pics yet, she really did quite well. I am so glad we decided to do this. It lightens up the school week, and enhances our creativity. Very pleased with the whole thing so far. Click the images to enlarge them and get the full effect.