My Lucky Day?

I used to pride myself on being able to spot things - as a kid I'd often find quarters, dimes and pennies on the sidewalk - Mum used to say that I walked with my head down too much. If there was a 4-leaf clover in a patch of 3-leaf clovers, I'd find it. It's nice to know that 'talent' hasn't totally left me.

Today as I was leaving Sara's house, walking through the back yard, I looked down at a patch of clover and immediately spotted not one, not two, but three 4-leaf clovers.

There are two of the little beauties in this picture.



The first one I spotted...


Then Charlie came out to find some too....I believe these two are the ones in the first picture.

She picked them and took them in to press in a heavy book.

Now I think I'll go out and buy a lottery ticket.

School's Out - The Art Class

Remember how great it felt that first day of summer, when you wake up at your regular time only to realize that - yea! school's out for the year! Then do you remember what your first activity of the day (after all the necessary wash, dress, breakfast stuff was done) after the last day of school was??? That's right!!! You got out your half full notebooks, leftover paper, pens, pencils, crayons, etc. etc. etc. and played school. Go figure. It just felt so good to be the teacher and boss the students (your dolls and friends) around. It just lasted for a couple of days - until it really had a chance to sink in - no school for two months! It just doesn't get any better than that when you're a kid.

Tuesday, June 29, was the last day of school for our kids here in Edmonton. On Wednesday, Kenzie, Charlie, and Elly got together. In a slight twist on the playing school theme that we used to love so much, they got out Charlies art set and played Art Class, with Charlie as teacher, Kenzie as apt pupil and Elly as class troublemaker! They played at it for several hours. I wish I had taken pictures of their finished projects but I guess I got distracted somehow. Anyway, the following pictures show how absorbed they were in their 'class'.

Watch out - Elly's casing the paint set.

Elly really concentrates when she's working on a project.

Charlie is so serious

and so is Kenzie. She's making pencil rubbings of sea shells

They all worked together so well. I guess I was the teacher for this small project, showing them how to do the rubbings. They learned quickly. And now the long summer looms ahead. Kenzie has a brand new baby brother to learn to help her mom take care of, and in a week or so Charlie and Elly will have a brand new baby sister to teach and learn from.

Happy holidays all you lucky people who have been granted a temporary reprieve from your regular work/school day schedules. Enjoy.