Bonus Class
Posted in 5 :: Alicia Marie, 6 :: Amanda Rose, Post Count and tagged with Art Classes, Ballet on 09/30/2009 07:42 pm by JulieTonight Amanda wanted to go “watch” Alicia do her drawing class… Actually, that’s just what she said… They have some toys in the waiting area, and Amanda has been dying to get her hands on them. She never gets to play with them, because she is always in her dance class.
Anyway, Alicia’s drawing class is from 4:45 to 5:45, and while she is doing that, a pre-dance class (for 3 and 4 year olds) is going on from 5:00 to 5:30. Well, tonight only one little girl showed up, and she didn’t want to dance by herself, so Claudine (Amanda’s ballet teacher) came and asked Amanda if she wanted to join the class (for free)… As you can imagine, Amanda was THRILLED. She didn’t have her ballet shoes or anything with her, so she just did it in her socks… She got lucky though, as she just happened to wear her stretch leggings, which were comfortable for dancing. 
Alicia is really enjoying her drawing lessons… I had been afraid that she would be too shy to talk to Jay (her male teacher), but she isn’t having any trouble at all… Last week he asked her to bring in some of her “work”, so we went through all her drawings (color crayon) that I have saved, and took over some of her best. He took the time to look at all of them, and told her that they were all very good… She was just beaming.
I need to buy some cardstock… We have a binder, like what you would bind a calendar with… I want to take the kids’ drawings and bind them into “books”, so they will be easier to save. I’ll do one for each of the boys and Amanda… As for Alicia, she has done so many, she will need a few volumes. *lol*
Well, I must run… Tonight is Josh’s turn to watch a movie with me, so I need to go get ready for that… We always watch a Monk together, because it is now his favorite show… Which surprises me. I didn’t think ANYTHING could take the place of Smallville in his eyes. *lol* (He’s a big Superman fan.)
Before I go, I just wanted to give a quick shout out for motorcycle covers… My BIL, Bob, is the big motorcycle fan in this family. I should send him that link! *lol*
September 30th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
Just one other idea for you, regarding the artwork the kids are doing. I heard you should try scanning in the drawings, and making a photobook out of special artwork each year. You wouldn’t be saving the original (which I’m not sure how I feel about that), but it keeps everything neat and organized for passing on later.
October 1st, 2009 at 5:49 am
Congratulations again at last you finally signed up!!!! I am proud of you and I know the feeling of wanting some money that we personally earned. Now you can get some stuffs you want without asking Joe.
It’s ok that you mentioned payu2blog since they are only the site that you signed up. But if you have PayPerPost, Smorty, etc. I don’t know if that will cause any suspension.
October 1st, 2009 at 6:04 am
Just noticed I put the wrong comment on this post! Above should be on the next post! LOL Anyway, I’d like to say…goodluck on compiling the kids art works! I wanted to do the same with Ella’s drawings but I still have to save for a binder. I hope I can do that soon.
October 1st, 2009 at 8:10 am
Another thing that would be good for their books is to laminate the pages so they don’t tear. The only thing is that if they’ve used crayon it could melt, so maybe you’d better check that before you send them through. LOL
Too fun for Amanda and the free class! She’s such a little ballerina!!
October 2nd, 2009 at 10:08 am
Hi Julie how wonderful your daughter got in the class for free! now a days with things so tight that was a wonderful gift. Sounds like the kids are having fun, I want to be a kid again! have a wonderful day!
October 4th, 2009 at 6:41 am
Cool that she got an extra class! I’m glad they are both enjoying their classes.