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Peafowl Art

Laurent and Celine's combined drawing of the peafowl we saw today at Claybrook Farm.

Brienne and Celine's collaborative drawing.

(notice the horses in background - too cute)

Easy Shadow Craft & Poem

Found an easy & fun craft for the 5ish and under crowd today in Brienne's June edition of Your Big Backyard. Instructions

Cut animal shapes out of thick paper, we used file folders and cardstock.
Punch holes for decoration or to define features, like eyes.
Hot-glue a popsicle stick to the bottom part.
In a darkened room shine a flashlight on a plain wall. Hold puppets in front of light so they cast shadows.

Oodles and oodles of easy fun!

Brienne's bunny inspired Celine to write the following poem: Rabbit by Celine Tougas Cautious, cautious wiggly eared twitchy nosed bunny

Treehuggers and proud of it

My children don't even know they are environmentalists but they do know they are (gasp) tree huggers. They don't know this could be a shameful admission in some crowds. Don't tell them, I'm proud of who they are and so are they apparently. Out of the blue Celine had this to say about our family this morning at breakfast, "we're a group of music lovers and tree huggers". Amen sister!

I'd also like to add that Celine is a talented designer with an eye for small details. Can't think of any harm in admitting that, oh, except she does *wink, wink* believe in fairies.