Joseph and Sherwin's blog » Art

twinkle toes

sherwin — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 02:26:16 +0000

this spring we tried a semester of dance lessons (that is, organized prancing around) which R really enjoyed. every week, she received a special sticker from her teacher which she would carefully bring home and save.

a winter celebration

sherwin-old — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 03:04:02 +0000

R’s first school concert! it was so fun to watch and enjoy their little performance. she was really cute in her tutu and borrowed ballet slippers which kept falling off. R even managed to remember her one french line: “on a un message!”.

the children prepared gifts for their parents. love these!

a little pumpkin

sherwin-old — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 01:56:47 +0000

time to carve our little pumpkin from the farm!

first we had to draw the face. R decided we should have an “excited” face. okey dokey…

scooping out the pumpkin seeds.

turned out better than i expected actually. i think it’s cute. making faces!

getting the full effect.

it proudly sits outside our door. it’s so small, haha! and the pumpkin hat knit by grandma L still fits!

professional day

sherwin-old — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 04:48:30 +0000

i remember loving professional days when i was a kid. now i’m an adult, and i still do! on R’s day off from school we took a field trip to visit daddy at work. first on our exciting list of things to do… take the bus!

ackland museum… which took a whole 15 minutes before R informed me she was ready to go.

killing time with mid-morning fries at sutton’s drug store (Est. 1923).

then we walked through campus and found daddy in his office!

hooray for professional day!

chalk art festival

sherwin-old — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 02:36:23 +0000

there was an art festival in downtown Raleigh this weekend which featured three blocks of chalk art by artists of all levels. we got in the action too with our small contribution.

i like how the chalk pigments looked on the asphalt:

some of our favourites:

first day of preschool!

sherwin-old — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 18:47:21 +0000

it’s a big day… R’s first day of preschool!! i don’t know about R, but i was feeling some butterflies in my stomach as we got her ready for school. we are blessed to have found a french immersion program here in NC to continue the family tradition!

after meeting my picture-taking needs, we were off!

according to R’s overview of the day, she did cow, dog, cat and sheep puzzles. did some colouring. there was circle time and a story. collected rocks in the playground. and had cheese, bananas and crackers for snack (with a lot of residual evidence left on her face). here’s a photo from last week’s open house.

her first piece of work to take home.

self-portrait

sherwin-old — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 03:31:18 +0000

family self-portrait

a valentine bouquet

sherwin-old — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:20:59 +0000

rebecca’s clubhouse

sherwin-old — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:55:05 +0000

i’ve been looking for a little house for rebecca to play in, but it was hard finding something that would be portable enough for our needs. i came across this little cardboard gem and had to have it. and we got to decorate it ourselves?! bonus!

it was a hit…

and so began the task of beautifying the house.

it was a really fun project, especially since rebecca was able to do a lot of it herself. she’s pretty proud of her little clubhouse!

o mini tree

sherwin-old — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 03:21:47 +0000

we’ll be heading back to visit family over christmas, but it didn’t seem right not to have our own christmas tree. and what’s a christmas tree without ornaments? the last couple of weeks have been fun making decorations for our humble tree including pom pom santa and reindeer, paper snowflakes, a popsicle stick tree, an egg carton snowman and yarn stars. the paperplate angel is my favourite.