• Oct. 4, 2007
Ramona Quimby
Remember the Ramona books by Beverly Cleary? Well, today I had the distinct impression that my eldest little charmer was having a Ramona moment.
The day started off with chores. Yay!
Then we went to the Art Gallery and picked a painting to draw and study. (How I love to homeschool. This is what it is all about!) We stayed for an hour and studied the different mediums used, the different strokes artist's would choose to display their work. It was enthralling. Cherry found the painting that we would all take turns working on. Lucy and I were in one corner of the exhibit and Cherry was pointing," 'ook, 'ook. Coluh!" Indeed, there was colour. A really bright green and red painting of a cowboy and, cleverly, the artist had an actual lasso coming out of the painting and framing the whole thing. Lucy drew a few pictures of the horse which were very impressive, I worked on my figure drawing and copied the cowboy, and Brie got acquainted with the green marker and her hands!
Later, I took them to Value Village--oh, how I love Value Village. Anyway, they had a huge costume section which my daughter's felt compelled to try on...like, all of it. And since I was being lenient as I knew they were hungry and acting up, I let it slide. Big mistake. Just as I am pulling a pair of blue jeans off the racks, Lucy goes dancing by with a polka dotted scarf complete with arm and hand movements. I ask her to stop. This only creates a new situation of boredom. Moments later, I hear the sound of a tobaggan being scraped across the floor and a "whhheeeee!" sound that is distinctly my daughter's voice. Cherry is standing in the shopping cart, watching Lucy dodge a clerk whose telling her to stop, and Cherry is saying, "Lemme down. Lemme down."
The tobaggon and child eventually run out of gas. I find my child and stuff the toboggan in a cart and high-tail it to the dressing room to hide my face and my children.
Let us not even begin to discuss the play-by-play commentary my two girlies gave as I changed my clothes to try on new outfits.
Needless to say, my daughter resembled "everyone's favourite pest" today-Ramona Q. And she did so with panache!
Current tune: Bet On it-Zac Efron, youtube. Yay for HSM2!
Comments
• Oct. 5, 2007
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Posted by icecastle
Art is so much fun with kids! I wish that I had a gallery nearby.
I think that every town could use a meets-all-needs store just for families with small children! OK, I'm living in dreamland. But it would be nice!
• Oct. 13, 2007
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Posted by crazybusy
LOL!!! Oh, do I ever have days like that too. :)
Thanks for stopping by my blog! :)
Love, Alyssa
