Fisher the Artist

Fisher has decided to take up sculpture and below we have his first attempt at modern art.  Notice the lines and colors and the symbolism.  He is still deciding on just the right name for this piece.  I think he should call it "Hourglass."

I think he has a lot of potential.  Now lets take a look at some of the materials he used in this piece - blue tarp, tall IKEA reading lamp, extension cord, twine, and ficus tree.  Fisher went to great efforts to keep our trees warm when nighttime weather was below freezing for 4 days.  We still aren't sure if it worked as the leaves all turned brown.  Time will tell.  That is how January began. 

The rest of the month was busy with the daily activities - school, homework, tumbling, ballet, piano and basketball. We had Curly's class friend "Mr. Fluffypants" visit for a weekend.  She took him on out outings and recorded his activities in his journal.  She also put a few pictures in.

We and the Lovells took an outing on MLK day.  We visited McCormick park in Scottsdale.  The kids had a lot of fun riding the carousel, playing on the Old West Playground and taking a ride on the miniature train.  After a picnice lunch we headed to Gilbert to visit Lynn and Blynne.  We loaded boxes of delicious grapefruit, oranges, and lemons and have been enjoying them ever since.

Lettie, Lou, and Curly

Lissy, Berry, and me

Riding the Stagecoach

We had a few days of rain.  Rain is a novelty and Berry hasn't seen much of it in her lifetime.  

She thought is was great!

 

Lou began attending full day kindergarten after Christmas which leaves Berry and Spud home having lots of play time together.  Berry loves her brother.  It is sweet to see her lay on the floor with him, tickle him, and hug him.

Berry and Spud having tummy time