Artsy Fartsy
Crafts
I have a friends who has a collage degree in fiber arts. Not fine arts, but fiber arts. She talks about how crafts must be both artistic and useful; that is what distinguishes them from decorative arts. Gorgeous, complex quilts, for instance, are still intended to be used. Crafts are fantastic for kids for that … Continue reading
Mexico, DÃa Cuatro: Artes
We started the day swimming. I’ve been forgetting to comment on that. But having a pool right out your door makes for lots of quick swims – one before breakfast, one before or after siesta – sometimes both, one before bed. Today we hit the little breakfast place across the street. They are narrow streets … Continue reading
Weekend Away
On Friday we headed down to Tucson for a gym meet after picking D up at Casa Vida. C just did not want to go – not to Tucson, not out of the house. Luckily grandma had been down shopping and took pity on the homebody, swooping him up and taking him home with her. … Continue reading
Fabric, fabric everywhere and not a thing to wear
I foolishly signed up for a craft swap. Last swap I made jewelry, which is something I know how to make and I had a lot of the supplies already on hand. This time I figured I should make something else since most of the swappers were the same. Big mistake, huge. First of all … Continue reading
Music To My Ears
We went to our second symphony with the kids today. The Phoenix Symphony has short, inexpensive concerts for schools and we were really excited to find out that they’d let homeschool families attend. The first concert was a little disappointing. They tried way too hard – cute little puppets, etc that didn’t actually add to … Continue reading
Feeling Crafty
After a very busy weekend, including D having a birthday party to go to on Saturday, it was time to settle down to some crafting. We spend some time on Monday and Tuesday making art together. D made his own thank you cards; he stamped them, glued on a ribbon and then wrote the thank … Continue reading
Little Thespians
We were planning on getting ready to go to San Diego on Sunday. But then we remembered that we had a workshop with Childsplay. Since we were scheduled for a workshop but hadn’t seen the play yet we checked to see if there were tickets. Daddy and grandma too them to the workshop while I … Continue reading
Busy, Busy
Thursday is usually our busiest day. The boys have three hours of art classes (dance, drama and art) in a row in the morning and then D has two and a half hours of gymnastics in the evening. This week some of the homeschooled kids were going from art block to the children’s museum nearby. … Continue reading
Symphony
We went to the the symphony today. I just heard about the symphony for the schools that the Phoenix Symphony puts on throughout the year. Very inexpensive tickets and a short, one-hour concert made it perfect for little kids. Today they did several short pieces to teach about the different types of instruments – strings, … Continue reading
