Play - Set in Blocks

This weeks topic of our play project is

Set in blocks

Check out what Carla came up with.

'What we see depends mainly on what we look for'

---John Lubbock

 

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One happy Cody Man

5 green apples +

1 blue blow pop +

1 orange yo-yo =

1 happy Cody Man!

 

It's been an adjustment for Cody at his new school,

and this week was a great week for him.

Great job, Cody Man!!

 

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With wings

you begin to accept your defeats

with your head up and your eyes ahead

with the grace of a woman

and you learn that you can endure

you really are strong

you really do have worth

From the poem 'After a while' by Veronica Shoffstall

 

 

'dont look back,

you're not going that way'

 

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Kickin leaves...and big laughter

We made it to the park this afternoon for some serious leaf kicking action. 

The kids and I were chasing around and just crackin' up...

racing around to the next set of deep leaves --

trying to be the first there to get the big kick o' leaves.

 FUN!

it was a BLAST!


'what will defeat you if you let it,
is not all the things you worry about,
but all the worrying itself'
--Brian Vaszily

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Play

Carla and I have finally come up with a name

for our callaborative year long project...

... PLAY!

 

It's so fitting because we are playing with words, paint, paper, fibers

and whatever else we can throw at it!  :-)

 

I am really enjoying this project...I like thinking about the topic

and then I also like just jumping in and doing the art that comes out.

 

This week's topic is ...  hang ups

The little blue bird says to the other... 'mama said there'd be days like this'. 

A great quote - a great Van Morrison song.

 

 

Carla started a blog just for this project.  Check it out @

http://journalplay.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

'if you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your path'

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Punkins

Our pumpkins from left to right:   Shelly, Emma, Emma, Cody, Cody, Dave

And of course, the 2 cutest punkins!! 

 

Happy Halloween!

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"be kind whenever possible.

it is always possible."

--Dalai Lama

Project journal

It's a project that my friend, Carla Dixon and I have started based on Roben-Marie Smith's 'points of two' project.   We are following along with the same prompts that Roben-Marie and Kira did.  They are two artists that live apart and each created art once a week and posted on their blog about it.  We have thought about renaming it, so the name may change.

 

The prompt for the first week is 'Fall Colors'.

pumpkins and gourds

hot apple cider

harvest moon

kicking leaves

sweaters and scarves

halloween fun

 

I made the above journal to put all these weekly creations in.

And now for some silliness....

 

I'm not really sure who he gets the silliness from...   ;-)

 

 

Pumpkin patch, Fall City Farms in Fall City, WA

 

And then the weekend activities....soccer!

 

 

 

"Start where you are.  Use what you have.  Do what you can."

--Arthur Ashe

 

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