I wanted to share with you a portion of Kate's most recent "track out". She is in year round school, so every 9 weeks we have 3 weeks off. This time we started the track out by flying on the girl's first plane ride to visit Mamaw in Mooresville, IN. When we came back, Lyla went to preschool and Kate went to Gymnastics camp, followed by theatre camp where she was in her 1st play, and then a day with Grannie, and 4 days of real deal art camp with Mimi. Mimi puts a lot of planning into art camps, and it's a tradition Kate looks so forward to. Because as she told us, "I get to do whatever I want" at Mimi's house (watch out for saying that Mom!), she truly explores a new form of art on each camp, and this one tops them all.
The idea for this camp stemmed from Fancy Nancy's Aspiring Artist book. Each day in the book, she learned about a famous artist, and then practiced that specific style to make a painting like that artist. Well, Kate studied Claude Monet, Edgar Degas (her favorite), Jackson Pollock and Henri Matisse. Her work is incredible, and her art show to showcase her art on Friday to some of the family and friends was her favorite part. Confidence is vital to children, and this was one of those days where she was proud of her work, and you could tell she enjoyed every minute of doing the pieces. Thanks Mimi, (& GrandDad- the bowling, cooking, and movie breaks really add to the fun!), she is pretty much the luckiest 5 year old I know. Lyla is going to be really ready for Art camp after hearing her sister talk about it so much! The art show also showed work from her previous camps when she learned to sew and made a quilt, when she had a pottery camp, and some earlier paintings using mixed media.
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Amazing!
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