After School Art Class

I am in an art class after school on Fridays.  All of the other kids are friends of mine, so it's fun. One of the teachers is nice; the other one is not so nice.  Sometimes she yells when we're not quiet.


This first picture is me in my bed.  To make it, I first started with a "U."  Then I drew an almond shape and put two dots for the nose, and a smile.  This was done using a black Sharpie and crayons.

The next week, I drew a crocodile.  I started with like a kind of upside-down "U," and then I went down slant and then I did two almond shapes for the eyes.  For the scales, I drew triangles.  I added the pond and the tree.  The rainbow color is a thin sheet of something that I attached with a glue stick.

The next week, I did a flower.  To begin, I drew the flower shapes with a black Sharpie.  I colored the flower with red, yellow, and green pastels.  There is also blue and orange in the middle.  And then I put a special chemical on it with a q-tip.  This made it nice and smooth.

Last week in class, I made a lady fishing in the pond.  Her feet are in the pond soaking.  This was a line-drawing with a black Sharpie and pastels again.

I don't have a favorite; I pretty much like all of them.  Do you have a favorite?  Write a note to me!

Family Fun

This weekend, I did two fun things with my family.  On Saturday, it was windy, so we brought our new kites to Elings park.  It was not easy to get my fairy kite up, but Daddy was patient and he got it to fly.  You can see my kite and my brother's Angry Birds kite in the picture below.  Also, you can see our taco tongues!  Can you do that?

Then on Sunday, we went to UCSB to watch Zoo Zoo, a show with acrobats and dancers dressed like animals.  Before the show, we got our faces painted, and had free ice cream sandwiches.  

 Little Buddy is a monster, and I am a phoenix.

 My friend V was a phoenix too!

Palm Deserts Past

I can't wait to go to Palm Desert with my family.  It's one month away.  Here are pictures from visits to PD when I was little.  The one with the paci is my brother.


This year, I want to go see if we're on the top floor or the bottom floor.  The top floor has a balcony and the ground floor has grass.  I can't wait to do a craft with Shamma, and go night swimming with Boppa.  And something special this year: Daddy gets to come!

Easter

Easter was fun.  I loved Grandma and Grandpa's presents.  Especially the tattoo tape; I put one on my hand and also one on Oma.  It was a blast.  In the morning, we went to church at the UCSB lagoon.  When we did an egg hunt later in the day, I found 24 eggs.  They were filled with sweet cinnamon cereal, cheesy cracker squares, M & Ms, and tiny chocolate eggs.  My cousin Abby and my friend Brianna came over for lunch and we did the egg hunt with them.  After lunch, we got to eat the sugar cookies that we painted.  Aren't they pretty?  Mommy kept telling us to put lots and lots of frosting on them!  Happy Easter - He has risen from the dead!

Another special part of my Easter day was a visit from my cousin Kylie. Thanks for sharing your Easter with me!

Spring Break

Spring Break was a blast!  My family did so many fun things.  One day, we went to a kids' museum in Pasadena.  I especially liked the tricycle track and the climbing wall.  Once the school kids on field trips left, Little Buddy and I played in the little kids' place with buckets of water and water pumps.

Another day, Mommy and Oma and I went to Penelope's for a tea party.  I had my own tea pot full of hot chocolate, a small dish of whipped cream, and a plate of yummy food. I want to go back there again!

Yesterday, Daddy did the UCSB Triathlon.  He came in 1st place in his age group!  Go Daddy!

Later in the day, we went for a bike ride to Steven's Park to go down a dirt hill.  While we were there, it started to rain.