The Wall of Fame
A couple months ago I copied my sister's idea and made a wall of clip boards to hang up my kid's school work, special drawings, etc. It has been great to have a place to put all the wonderful things they create.
I am not one to save a lot of items unless it is something extra special. Turns out, they think that every piece of paper they bring home is extra special. Finding their papers in the recycling bin a few days later just was not going over well.
So, now they can choose what goes up on the board wall and anything that doesn't fit happily goes into the recycling bin.
A few days ago, I had some artwork of Henry's that he wanted up on a clipboard. All the boards were full so I took down a picture that Jane had done a while back, which had already had it's fair turn on the wall of fame. I had seen the picture many times in passing but had never stopped to really look at the details. As I took it down from the wall and surveyed the scene she had created, I laughed out loud as I read the words she had written for each person. She nailed it.
Me: "Jane, Hank, Elle, come eat!"
Ellie: "OK."
Jane: "Why? I'm having fun."
Henry: "No."
This picture pretty much says it all.
Henry decided this week that he can actually draw too. Not just scribbles on a piece of paper, but real people that look like people. He has never done this before so it was a treat to come in and find him sitting at the counter all alone, creating his masterpiece. He calls it:
"Henry, Brandt, Evan, Duke, and Paisley"
Lucy also likes to show her artistic side. With permanent maker.
Just wish it was on paper instead of the counter.
Just wish it was on paper instead of the counter.
