THE PRINDLE FAMILY

Monday, May 21, 2012

Art Show

Parker's school had an Art Show last week, featuring art made by all of the kids in his school. Each teacher's class made different projects all around the theme of "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle," so everything was made with recycled materials that they collected outside or brought to school. Parker's class brought used cans from home, which they painted and made into wind chimes hung from branches. They are going to hang a giant one that they made on the playground, and he will get to bring his own wind chime home :) I got lots of good ideas for projects to try with him this summer when we're looking for things to do. It was a fun time, although the busyness and noise of the event--with so many kids and their parents--were a little much for our boy. He obliged me with a few photos in front of his art (as you can see, he's not looking super comfortable), we toured the other class's projects, and then we split :) (By the way, he is wearing a sticker on his shirt that says, "I am a featured artist.")

All of this is giving me visions of Parker starting Kindergarten in just a few months...I really can't believe it. It kind of kills me that he is going to be in school five days a week, more than six hours a day from here on out. I'm sure he will make the transition, but it's hard for me to fathom that all of his long, carefree days of childhood are ending...and school, school, school fills his future...I wonder if that's the reason why I keep putting off finishing up and turning in his registration forms?!

Having Fun Together

Parker and Levi had another bonding moment the other day, playing in Parker's bed. Levi has this hankering to always climb up in Parker's bed, since he always wants whatever Parker has, or is doing. The both got in the bed and laid on the pillow, and I covered them up with the blanket--they loved it for about ten seconds and then Levi started squirming and clawing at Parker as usual. Then they had a good session of jumping on the bed together--Levi only fell off once :) It was nice to see them having fun doing something together.

Fort Buddies

It was really cute to watch Parker and Levi play in this simple, tiny fort that I built them one afternoon. I think this was Levi's first time playing in a "fort," and he was pretty into it--he really wanted to get under the blanket with Parker. It felt like one of the first/few times they have actually done something "together," and were happy about it :)

Another Deck Update

We finally have the deck basically completed for now--there are some things we still need to do...like make the gate that goes out to the alley functional. Dee gave us some metal chairs that I hit with a few coats of happy yellow spray paint, and our orange umbrella found a new home. I'd like to find some kind of side table(s) to hold mojito glasses :) For some reason, I keep picturing using tree stumps for tables...feeling au natural. Now, where do I get some tree stumps? We are cooking up plans to install an artsy path leading out to the deck, cause it will look nice and will make it much more enjoyable to walk through the gravel with bare feet. We'll also do the same kind of path through the gravel to the veggie garden.