Another school year has come and gone. It was a year of adjustments for both kids, but they did great and learned so much. I am so proud of them and their accomplishments. I now have a first grader and a second grader. I picked them up at school today so we could celebrate with milkshakes from Steak ‘n Shake. Delicious!!
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The kids school is having a Spirit Week. The first day of Spirit Week was silly hats. The kids and I spent about an hour on Sunday making our silly hats. Beka and Jared loved doing this. They both had great ideas. The hats turned out silly and both kids were proud of their creations.
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but very difficult when you do. – Edgar Degas
Beka now has art class at school and this quote makes a lot of sense now. Before she would create, paint, and draw whatever whenever. And now she still does that sometimes, but as she is learning "art" I see her losing that creativity. A fish has to look like the fish she was taught to draw. Don’t get me wrong, the drawing techniques she is learning are great. And the fish does look cool. I just miss the focus on process.
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Jared still is all about the process, getting the crafts out and using as many products in one picture as possible. I know this is all about growing up and changing, lately it has all been happening too fast.
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Beka actually started school yesterday, but today is the first day they both were at school. Beka was just as excited as yesterday. Full of energy and rushing to get to school. Jared was a little anxious and excited all rolled up into one big ball of energy. He was restless all morning waiting for the time to go. I am sure they will both do great at school, right now it is just a little hard to let them go.
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