Our T-Baller

This was Michael's season end with the Rangers 2009. He consistently hit the ball into the outfield this season and we're pretty sure he understands the mitt goes on his LEFT hand, as he is a right-handed thrower. We really had a blast watching him improve over the season.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears . . and the Fairy

Grandma has been teaching art classes in her home this summer. She taught a special private session for Huntie, Michael and Elle during our visit this week. The topic: puppets. Grandma taught them to carefully sculpt each puppet's head with clay, paint the head, then choose an appropriate color for the body. They had to sew the felt bodies by hand and glue them to their puppet's head.

The kids presented the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Elle was not impressed with the traditional characters from the story and chose to create her own - a fairy. She was quite an impressive fairy with large blue eyes and purple wings fastened directly to the back of her head. lol. Huntie made a very beautiful Goldilocks, complete with home curled golden yarn for hair, and the beloved Baby Bear. Michael made an awesome Papa Bear with bold green eyes. I made Momma Bear - it just seemed right. Dear grandma was their narrator.


Just before the performance, Little Sister decided to try her paw at puppeteering. We caught her sleeping behind the puppet stage with Goldilocks on her paw. How did that get there? Silly dog.


Elle displaying her fairy masterpiece.


And now, on with the show!

BRAVO!!

Emilyopoulos

I'm on the board of SoLa (Southern Louisiana Center for the Arts) and participated in their first ever Bottles and Brushes event. We brought a bottle of our favorite beverage to share and received an art lessons in the style of Michalopoulos.


Our inspiration, by Michalopoulos:


My two awesome friends, Geneva Shults and Mary Massey, joined me and we had a BALL! Check out our masterpeices!