It's that busy time of year, filled with parties and recitals and plays and projects due. I admit that I'm having a tough time keeping track of everything that needs to be done, I'm too distracted by the trees and the flowers. The dogwoods are in bloom and glowing beautifully in today's April showers. I think I do want to plant a pink dogwood in the front yard. I really do. Sorry, I'm rambling.
My daughter and I attended the annual mother daughter
tea party with all of her little classmates. They had so much fun. I love admiring all the pretty little dresses as they run wild through the gardens, leaping and jumping on the trampoline. So
ladylike, these seven-year-olds.
The kids have been drawing and painting here and there. My daughter is working on her upcoming class sharing project. She has plans... big plans. But secret. Here's a photo of her last sharing project about the fantastic and inspiring Jane Goodall.
The cats have been drinking up the beautiful spring sunshine...
Last week was Earth Day which spread into Earth Week at my daughter's school. Due to a bit of confusion, her teacher informed us that Friday would be a tie dye dress down day [she usually wears a uniform] and so I rushed around most of Thursday gathering supplies [Target does not sell fabric dye] to make a tie dyed shirt. Eons and eons ago, in a previous life, I was a camp counselor and an arts and crafts teacher at an overnight camp in Pennsylvania. Luckily, I had this previous experience in the art of tie dying and so I wasn't too daunted at whipping up a shirt at the last moment. And I think it turned out pretty cute. Sadly, her teacher sent out an email Thursday night informing us that only the middle school had a dress down day, not the lower school. I was so tempted to send her in a tie dye and jeans anyway.