charlaanne: projects for kids

Lily loves playing with the blocks I made her for Christmas. I found the printable download here.

{ my life in pictures }

JANUARY

new books from Lily's foster mom:)

art projects with my girls

me and my baby

We were outside enjoying a lazy Saturday afternoon when I looked up and saw this sweet sight. I was so glad I had my camera with me! They melt my heart.

I had an evening out with Matt. We ate at one of his favorite restaurants and watched a movie. I enjoyed my time with him so much!

she calls all her dolls Olivia

grocery shopping while the big kids were at school

Each day before I put Lily down for her nap I read her a library book or two. She snuggles up close while I read to her and then we sing some songs together. Her favorite is I've Got the Joy Down In My Heart. She is starting to remember the words to a lot of different songs. Listening to her sweet little voice belt out songs about Jesus always puts a smile on my face.

I had the flu for a few days and several times throughout each day Lily would crawl up beside me and rub my arms. She brought me her stuffed animals and told me stories and said, "momma has a headache in her stomach!" My hubby took the older kids to Brittany's soccer game and Lily stayed home with me. As soon as they walked out the door, Lily looked at me all excited and said, "Momma I have an idea. It can be Lily time now. We can play ring around the rosy! Will that make you not sick?!"

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{ create }

Last year I taught art class to 20 fifth graders. I helped them make a journal about their life. They made a page about their personality traits, what they want to be when they grow up, their favorite color, things they love, three things they wish for, their favorite food, what they are thankful for, and their favorite thing to do.

I have helped a lot of kids make journals similar to these over the last several years. I volunteer to teach art in my children’s classes because I enjoy getting to know their friends & classmates. My kids go to a private school and their teachers have always worked so well with me, letting me come in whenever I can. I help the kids' work on their journals throughout the school year. Most of the children have a lot of fun and they are always excited at the end of the year when they get to bring them home. I always enjoy it too, except for all the prep work at home:)

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art journals

I love doing art projects with my girls. These journals are one of our latest projects. They are filling them up with their favorite things…notes from friends, cute stories, things they are thankful for, pictures they cut out of magazines, etc. I think it will be really interesting for their future kids to look at and see what they were like when they were growing up:)