can you tell did you notice do you like it, well?

julia and i were talking about redecorating....and (poor, sweet, long suffering) andy's ears perked up...what? what are y'all talking about? what are you redecorating?......
julia: can i redecorate my room?
andy: is that what you are talking about?
julia: no
andy: what are you going to redecorate?
julia: mom's blog.....
...and andy let out a huge sigh (of relief?) ......

i redecorated...can you tell did you notice do you like it......i am quite pleased with how it turned out...but i am HIGHLY disappointed in my infinitessimally SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOw learning curve.... i really should be much better at all this techy stuff than i am......

but there you have it......my new look......tra la la....


and more.....because i know you are wondering......my 500 sharpened pencils were ALL used....and my groovy helper progeny resharpened boatloads of them.....this sweet boy, xavier, was SO proud of his drawing....and i never had a second the whole day to think about taking pics....until he showed me this and shyly asked if i liked it....i LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it....my exuberance can be a little frightening sometimes......but, he was proud and i was proud.....all in all, a happy successful day in e's art world......

ok...one last confession....yes, i am an artist....yes, i have taken loads of drawing classes (kind of in my olden days).....yes, i have taught art to children.....but i just have a week with these kids......and i wanted to do "art" that was going to be easy, happy, successful, fun......we talked about lines and shapes and textures and colors...but really, we were doing some glorious doodling......maybe life isn't perfect for most of us...but what life can't use just a little doodliscious joy.......

is that ok? that i told everyone i'd teach a drawing class, and i'm really just doodling the hours away with these children as we chit chat around our table?

hope so...cause i'm doing it again tomorrow......