Thank Yous

With the school year, and Girl Scout year, coming to an end. Kae and I decided to do thank you gifts for the church, and Kae's guidance counselor.

The church has been really good to use, letting us use the youth group room and the Sunday school rooms these last two years. And since I want to be able to use the room again, we're making sure to say thanks.

We painted the pot grey/silver, the dripped green and blue paint from the bottom. The blue didn't want to run /sigh.

Kae also picked a pentas plant for the church to but in their butterfly/memorial garden.

The second pot I did myself, for Ms. S, she's worked privately with kaeley all year, and while I can't honestly say its made a huge difference, it has made A difference. Kae knows there is an adult at school who will listen to her, and cares. That's so much more than I can say for her teacher. 

Kae picked a huge red gerber daisy plant to give Ms S. might clash with the pot, bug kae picked the colors. Black light reactive yellow, purple and pink. It's so bright it dims the sun.

KitchenWorks

KitchenWorks is a cooking school in Jupiter. They offer all sorts of classes, kids only, mommy and me, healthy eating, Italian. We did a kids only birthday party type class with scouts last night.

The girls made cupcakes (from scratch) and pizza.

It would have been fun for them to make the dough too since it only had a ten minute rise time, but I'm not really complaining, just observing. 

The girls also tinted the frosting, frosted, and decorated their cupcakes, while the pizzas cooked. Then the inhaled all the foods!

School parties

There is a reason we don't really attend school parties.

Kae is usually ignored, after the kids question the host child, "did you invite kaeley?!" The response is always, "my mom invited the whole class." Punctuated by an eye roll so hard they probably saw their brain.

I love how I'm also ignored. Today I just sat and knit on my sock. 

Overhearing the parents talk about the end of school year parties that kae won't be invited to, breaks my heart. 

The slumber parties and play dates that she's excluded from. 

I don't know how to fix it. 

Go Van Gogh

We took Kae's scout troop on their big cookie spend yesterday. They were given about 30 choices and decided on Go Van Gogh and a movie.

Go Van Gogh is a paint your own pottery place in downtown gardens. The girls painted terra cotta pots and coffee mugs. 

Then we had ice cream at Sloan's and toured the movie theater.

Only a tour because not a single flipping child friendly movie was playing.

It was fun, and exhausting...

Mother Daughter Tea

This afternoon was the Mother Daughter Tea. Organized by Marsh Pointe Elementary and held at Brio. It's a fab little cafe at the Gardens Mall.

The surprise of the day was the full meal. I was expecting tea and desserts. Turned out we had a full menu to choose from. Very awesome.

Kids need more art

The title of the post is the name of an art school for kids in Jupiter, Florida. It's pretty awesome.

Kae's Girl Scout troop had a field trip there yesterday. They explored art in nature, as in artists that worked outdoors. They learned about Van Gogh, and Monet. They also learned some art history by comparing pictures of old paintings.

The girls learned a lot about the technical aspects of art, composition, light, shading. They used a mixed medium to draw and paint Tiger Lilies. 

It was the quietest the girls have ever been in the two years I've known them!

We'll definitely go back for their Brownie Art Try-It

Green Thumb

Kae is super excited about how her garden is growing! And I have some updates.

We have beans!

The tomatoes have all been transplanted.

The pumpkins are crazy and have flowers.

Kae brought home a cilantro for me as a Mother's Day gift. I was informed this afternoon that hers is the only one alive. It's not even been a week /sigh

That makes me sad. 

I also got a Calla Lily for Mother's Day from my sister in law, it's a beautiful dark red.