First Day of my Online Art Class!

I just wanted to let you know that today is the first day of my little online art class.  Can you tell from the pictures that we have been having a lot of fun doing art projects?  My class is geared towards 4 year olds (my son Lance's age).  It will last for 4 weeks and we will have a fun exhibition night at the end.  If you would like to see my art project ideas I hope you will check them out and follow along with us.  I have also posted about all of the materials that we will be using, my favorite brands, and where to get them on my site.  This is going to be a fun little adventure.  I am so excited to be documenting this class and sharing these ideas with other parents.  My site is www.pineapplepaintbrush.com.  Oh and if you want to see my little segment on Studio 5 there is a link on the left sidebar of my website.  I still can't stand to watch it.  I am still recuperating from the anxiety it gave me - silly I know.  By the way I thought I would give you a head's up that the instructions for each project will only be available online for 2 days after they are posted, but you will still be able to see pictures of the projects after the 2 days.

Studio 5

Oh my.... I have so much to say to catch up on this blog.  I would love to journal all about this crazy last month that I have had.  This month has been a doosey.  It all started on February 1st when Design Mom posted my article about 3 abstract paintings for kids.  Since then it has been crazy.  I have had thousands of hits on my little art blog from all over the country and even Switzerland, New Zealand, Dubai, Canada, France.....  If you don't know what my little art blog is about, I am teaching a little 4 year old art class for Lance starting on March 14th and I am documenting all the how- to's and step-by-steps online.  It is about 4 of the 7 elements of art: shape, color, line and texture.  You can link to it by clicking on the picture at the top of my blog.  I had no idea so many people would want to follow along.  I am excited and overwhelmed at the same time.  I am wondering what happened to my quiet and sane life?  I go back and forth between being excited and being overwhelmed and confused.  However, I have decided to just roll with the craziness and before I know it the class will be over and I will hopefully have a normal life again.  I do hope to inspire other parents out there to sit down with their kids and have fun with art, so that makes the class worth the craziness I guess.  Well to get even more crazy... KSL's Studio 5 asked me to come on their show tomorrow and show how to do the 3 abstract paintings I did for Design Mom.  So if you live in Utah check it out at 11:00 am tomorrow - Thursday.  I am so nervous!  They said they might want me to come back as a regular - wow.  Well I just thought I would quickly write this post because I feel so bad that I have kept some of my best friends out of the loop in the midst of all this craziness.  I hope to post soon about a few other adventures we have had this month including a trip to Miami, Florida and Ann Arbor Michigan.  Crazy but fun times.

Joyschool

 I know I say this every time but I LOVE our joyschool group.  These kids are adorable and I just love it when it is my turn for joyschool.  This was a fun week because of Groundhog Day and the Chinese New Year.  So we talked about Groundhog Day on Tuesday and the Chinese New Year today.  We read books and played games and made crafts.  We also worked a lot on letters and their sounds - which they are learning so well,  I am so happy to see their progress.  We also reviewed all the colors and shapes and counted all the way to 100!  Lastly we had a great time singing the fun songs that we are learning for their little graduation in May. Here are some pictures that are in random order....

I pulled out my magnet kit and the kids loved it!

They colored Chinese New Year pictures

More magnets!

Making little groundhogs that come out to see their shadow...

They ate "groundhog food" for fun - I was not sure what they would think of this snack but they loved it and asked for more!

Liam is totally into being my helper during joyschool.  He asked the kids to call him Mr. Liam.  Here he is reading a book to the kids.  I just noticed what is in Lincoln's hand ..... a fork and a butter knife - hello mother of the year here!  I bet he got into the dishwasher - he is obsessed with it.

I can't believe I only teach 2 more weeks of joyschool before it will be summer.  Crazy!

Check out my article on Design Mom

Hey there friends,

I have been so bad about posting lately.  I have lots to catch up on.  However, in the meanwhile I just wanted you to check out my article on design mom that was just barely posted.  I know I am a dork but I am super excited about it cause it is one of my favorite websites!  Since you are some of my bestest friends I thought you might want to see it and if you feel so inclined leave a comment on the site.  I love you all!

Dani

Kinda Funny

Rob and I thought it was funny that the email that blogger sent out to invite people to read our blog said it was from "RDLL" and it said, "You have been invited to view Rob."  I figured even some of my best friends would be confused about what this email was, so we changed the wording to make it more clear, "You have been invited to view robdani.blogspot.com."  So sorry if you got 2 emails!

I have been meaning to update my blog for a couple of weeks but honestly there has not been much to post about which is kinda nice actually.  I honestly LOVE January - I know most people don't love it.  But it is so calm compared to December.  I love New Year's Resolutions.  My Birthday is at the beginning of the year too which is fun.  The last couple of weeks have been full of lounging around the house, reading, watching movies in surround sound (thanks to my brother giving us his system, we are in love with it), playing games, working on New Years Resolutions, going to Utah Basketball games, getting our FHE lessons organized for the year and FINALLY sewing the quilts I have been meaning to sew for Liam and Lance for months!  2011 has been good to us so far.  More updates to come soon.