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Miniature rooms
Monti wanted to go to the Art Institute specifically for the miniature rooms. The rooms are scaled one inch to one foot and show European and American rooms from the late 13th century to 1930’s.
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Young artist at work
Monti learns how to duplicate artwork by using a grid system. She spent about 20 minutes working on her picture. The girls worked on illustrations for their own story book. The picture behind them is a replication of “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte”done by Japanese high school students using punched out paper dots.
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Water park fun
Chip and Kim belong to the YMCA in Plainfield. Inside the YMCA there is a great water park which is the perfect place to have some family fun time. The water and air temperature is warm enough for even me. It has a range of water slides and sprayers along with my favorite — the…
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Power of mad
To be able to go down the large slides all kids had to pass a swimming test. The swimming test included jumping in at one end and swimming the whole length of an Olympic size pool. Monti at first did not want to do the test but she watched Gwendolyn go up and down the…
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New clothes for Namaste
Monti and my mom have been making Namaste, Monti’s sock monkey, a new setof clothes everyday. This is his Valentine’s day outfit. My mom didnot question Monti’s desires to add a heart with black thread toNamaste’s crotch. She only followed Monti’s instructions.
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Party crafts
Lesa would never have a party for young kids without including sometype of craft. Each of the kids beaded a necklace and then theydecorated a jewelry box to take their necklace home in. The boys,Lucas and Brecken, were especially patient and thoughtful when puttingtogether their beaded creation.
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A good sleeper
She is such a good baby. She needs nothing to fall asleep and she cansleep through anything.
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Valentine’s day party
Both kids missed their Valentine’s Day parties at school on Friday so Iwas happy when Lesa and my mom decided to have a party. The dinnermenu included any red fruit we could find, heart shaped grilled cheesesandwiches and tomato soup. The beautiful roses were compliments of Joe.
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