I'm a happy tired. :)

Well, we wind up VBS at Central Baptist Church in Round Rock tonight. I was the leader for the music rotation for the 3rd and 4th graders. Jordan had wanted me to be his teacher this year since I had done preschool 2 years ago and was Abby's and Emily's teacher then, then last year I did 1st and 2nd, so I was Brynn's teacher. Jordan's particular group, the 4th-grade boys, was a group that was a particular challenge to everyone this year. There were about 20 of them! And they're boys! And did I mention they're all about 10 years old and... oh yeah, did I mention I get them right after they come from snack, which is usually full of sugar? :)

Actually, they were alot of fun, all four groups were and I got a chance not just to teach music, but there was a part of my 20 minutes where I got to teach bible concepts and that was a blast since on Sunday morning I'm usually teaching 4-year-olds. I love the little kids, but it was fun this week getting to touch on more abstract concepts.

The VBS theme was Hawaiian and my room was supposed to have a waterfall theme. I actually took a picture because I was so proud of the work I did on the waterfall. My kids pitched in too last week by drawing the lines on the palm tree fronds.

Also, I discovered sketching pens! A set was on clearance at Michael's marketed as pens for Manga anime, but as I found, they work just as well for landscape sketches. I'm also including a picture of my first painting that I did without step by step instruction. I simply imitated a painting in the gallery of the author of the instruction book I'm going through. My next step will be to pick my own subject. Nervous about that, but i need to take the leap I think.