Samantha's first blog

Posted By pamelamyers on May 10, 2018

Sam’s school has an art showcase every year and she has been talking about it pretty much since September. Art is definitely her thing. She loved having an art show in preschool and at her kindergarten/first grade they didn’t have anything (which they should!) so this was a real highlight for her. They have been working on projects for the show all year in art class. I did some volunteering to do the prep work, mounting pictures and so on, and I always hoped I’d get a sneak peek at some of Sam’s work, but I always seemed to have fourth and fifth grade art to work on.

When the day finally arrived I thought Sam was going to burst with excitement! She just about dragged us down the hall to find her art first. This scarecrow they made in the fall. She was very disappointed that she couldn’t bring it home at the time, but she loved seeing it displayed now.

This is her color wheel.

Do you think she is proud?

I did get a sneak peek at her name poster one day when I was guest reader. It was already hanging a few days before the show. I would bet this one is going to be hanging in her room when it comes home! She has been really into personalizing her room lately, hanging things up, applying wall decals, etc. She is getting older now and she definitely is trying to make the room her own.

We walked every hallway to see the displays. Some of the kids are very good!

Outside the second grade classrooms there were pictures of the kids. We spied this one, with guess who making a guest appearance! It always kills me. I am at the school so much more than Mark, but who gets to be famous? Not me!

I was happy to see this picture from her class trip to the police station because I couldn’t be a part of her trip. They look happy (and cold!)

After seeing all the art, we went to the ecology center to see the baby ducks. Sam was super excited about the babies. She can see the ecology center from her classroom window so the kids are always sneaking a peek!

She is always asking me about drawing and really, really wants to take lessons. I have been looking for someone to teach her, but no luck yet. I am going to keep working on it. I loved to draw when I was young and sadly got out of doing it. Sam is not into dance, or gymnastics, or sports, or anything like that and I really want her to have some sort of interest. If it’s art, great. I want to help her to grow in anyway I can. She has her drawing table now, which she has wanted for a while, and now we just need to give her a real incentive to use it. Maybe she will be famous one day!

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