Our "art gallery" has been up all month. The kids love doing this and truthfully, I like looking at a years worth of their special art on the walls, tables, etc. They had one gallery showing with my mom when she was down and had also invited their god parents. They are busy folks and were not able to come until this past Sunday afternoon. The littles were so excitd, it was a riot watching them prepare. KC and Lissa had decided that we needed to have cookies and iced tea with the tea party play set for refreshments, so I threw some cookies in the oven right after we got home from church. Thank goodness I make dough ahead! LOL We made some raspberry iced tea, which is the tea party favorite until it gets hot enough for fresh lemonade. Then the two littles went to the front window and sat watching for their god parents to arrive. Thankfully there were also some entertaining squirrels while they waited and the wait was not long, but they were so cute curled up there watching and chattering to each other.
G and W are sweet wonderful people who I am totally blessed to have in my children's lives. They celebrate my children's joys and achievements and challenge them to do the best they can in a given situation. They admired the art and talked with the kids about their favorite pieces, and how they were made etc. They extolled over the refreshments, and then spent time just talking with the kids.
That is a rare gift to children nowadays. To just talk with out an agenda or purpose is not so common. The gallery will close this weekend after the artists eac h pick a few of their most beloved pieces of art to save. But the memories will remain and next year, I look forward to looking at another showing of snapshots of their interests and their interpretations of their world.
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