The week in review....

What a delightful ending to one of those really long weeks.....
This Saturday, the last Saturday in January, the weather was beautiful; perfect for The International Music Expo in The Villages. Our Kindergartners sang, McKenna sang w/ the 4th graders and daddy played pipes with The Sounds of Scotland.

This week wasn't "bad", it just was long...
-Monday started with a head cold
- it was the 99th day on Tuesday
-which meant hanging the 100th day banner at 6pm
-it was the 100th day on Wednesday
-which meant 100th day Hat Parade
-which concluded with a fire drill.....in smocks....need I say more?

The week, however, did include McKenna winning a bookmark contest.

And at work the week included both kinder and 1st grade painting projects and I am pretty pleased with both so far. Inspired by our study of Walt Disney I wanted to the students to create their own "Hidden Mickey".
Also inspired by these Primary color circles I found while searching through my latest favorite social website, Pinterest

my students have "stamped" these,

and finished painting them with watercolor this week.

Many have turned out so pretty.

Any spare time these past few weeks (which has been little), I've worked on the yearbook....
so when Saturday evening got here, I just had to play. I just had to get paint, ink and glue on my fingers....just to relieve the stress....

Valentines....trying to think of what to make for teacher gifts....so I played.....

also on Pinterest, I've noticed art projects for kids with cool color backgrounds and warm color foregrounds, so I thought I'd try my own....

And finally, so inspired by mixed media artist, Christy Tomlinson's She Girls, I wanted to try my own....I still need to practice some more, but it was fun....
So easy and so fun, McKenna couldn't wait to try it too!
This one she did about two weeks ago....

but then she practiced again, and finished with this one today.....

So cute!

And well, Sunday.
Sunday meant several more hours on yearbook, but not as productive as I should have been.
I did sort many photos though (just so many here, there and everywhere I had to do something)
and while sorting I found this photo....forgot I had copied it.....
(Barb, was it from you? Made me think of you!)

So friends,
here are words to live by,

Love,
Melle

Coming back in baby steps....I hope.

I know.
I know.
It's been awhile....


Hello, hello....tap, tap, anybody still out there??


It's baby steps today, but I am making my way back to my blog.
A new blog banner above and an updated movie list for 2012 is in the side column.



Top Ten Reasons Why I haven't Blogged

1. the holidays
It was busy, it was wonderful, it was hectic, it was simply fun and when I had moments to relax I did.

2. BLOGGER!
I like blogger. I like that it is easy to use. I like that it is free.
I don't like that the photos are difficult to move around. It was enough of a dislike that I tried TypePad....which wasn't free. Photos are much easier to manage there, but the rest of the features aren't.....and did I mention, it cost moola! So here we are, back to Blogger and I'm afraid there will be no photos with this post. Boring.

3. tired
4. cold

5. PINTEREST!
Because I needed another addictive site to visit on the interent, this fun site filled with "note boards" has been created. Of course its perfectly justifiable because it is so inspirational, both creatively and educationally! And it isn't just me. Why, I even have a friend who has dedicated a new blog to her Pinterest interest; click here on Polly to check it out! So cool.

6. yearbook yearbook yearbook
7. tired
8. cold

9. I got a NOOK for Christmas
again, cuz I have so much free time on my hands that I can read books, peruse magazines, play games and listen to music on my new ereader.

10. and finally, it's a story you've read before, but even after several returns and finally settling on a new camera this summer, I am still unhappy with the results of this Canon. The photos continue to be blurry, improperly exposed and just flat. A friend at work took some great pictures for her yearbook pages, I believe I will research her camera next and admit there just might be another new camera in my future.....


.....giving blogger some time to work out their photo uploading and manipulating issues.


Night, night ya'll.
Love Melle