It's the "waiting room" at Rum River Art Center where Mane has been taking art classes! These are some seriously fantastic art classes (scanned artwork coming in another post soon). Somehow the children go from chattering and giggling to quietly and diligently turning out artwork under the influence of their teacher, Larry, who overflows with sincere praise and constructive criticism of all their work. Mane's current series of drawing classes just ended, and we'll definitely be back!
Another event we'll be returning for is the Tripoli Rocketry Association rocket launch in North Branch, MN! We attended October's launch, and Mane was totally inspired. We're hoping to attend a launch in the spring with our own rocket!
And,
finally, something we probably won't get to do again - at least, not
for a long while: attend a bird show in aunt & uncle's sun porch! My
sister-in-law's father turned 70, and he LOVES birds. So, she found
someone who does bird shows (typically for children's birthday parties),
and she invited us, since Mane also has a keen interest in birds:
And that is not all, no that is not all! Mane is learning the glockenspiel at the same church where she sings in the choir...
...and our six week series of folk dancing classes just ended at the Tapestry Folkdance Center.
We
might...just maybe...be looking forward to a break from some of the
busy-ness. Perhaps we'll finally get around to learning some Spanish at
home and cooking together a bit more! We might actually be
"home"schoolers for a while!
