A Little Intellectual Stimulation...

We try not to brag about our children, but Carter really is advanced for his age...

Ewoks and Eagles

Two times a year, we attend an event that definitely hits my Top Ten Favorite Things To Do list. Spencer is part of the Shorewood Jr. Art League and tonight we were able to go to his Spring Art Show. The woman who runs and teaches this art class is amazing! The kids do all kinds of projects from painting to drawing, printmaking to weaving, carving to sculpting, it is awesome! So, here are a few of Spencer's latest works of art. The first is his printmaking piece. The kids draw their design on a piece of linoleum and then carve it out. Then they roll paint over it and make prints of their design. Spencer did a chess piece...
Here is Spencer's Ewok. This was done with pastels on canvas...

This one he titled "Who, Who". It is done with ripped pieces of construction paper...
This one is an ink drawing...
And acrylics combined with modeling clay (who knew?)...
I am so glad that Spencer is able to be a part of this group, and so grateful for his awesome teacher. Not only does Dottie teach them art, but she loves these kids so much. At each art show she takes time to talk about every student individually and what their strengths are, not only in their artwork, but also in their personalities. Spencer won an award this year for Most Improved Artist! So, congrats to Spencer and many thanks to Dottie!

A Little Catch-Up

Well, it has been a couple of weeks and I know you have sorely missed us! So here are some random ramblings and pictures from the Gordons and their Month of May. We will start with this picture of Carter's favorite past-time... call it drooling, dribbling, spitting, whatever... he does it well and he does it with style...

A few rolls...

...and a happy face...One Sunday morning in May, Sydney came downstairs all ready for church. This was her outfit. She is really on trend and realizes that layering is everything, and a coordinating bag is important to complete any outfit. And then there's the shoes, there is something about these shoes and this girl, they are way too small and I keep hiding them, but somehow she always finds them.
Just one of those cute moments...
Okay, so my baby is a cat-napper. It is enough to drive a mother insane!!! I have tried everything I can think of and still Carter's naps top out at about 45 minutes. So the other day I propped Carter up on my bed so I could make faces at him while I vacuumed my room and hoped he would be happy long enough for me to get a few things done. There he sat smiling at me and watching the vacuum. He was happy so I continued my vacuuming down the stairs. When I turned off the vacuum and went to check on him I was amazed to find this...
...and wouldn't you know, he slept like that for 3 hours!!!
Random cuteness...

Here is Sydney playing with her brothers and the neighbor boys. What are they playing? War, of course, and Sydney was right there in the trenches with them. (Those boys are good sports!)
Spencer's End of the Year Concert. His favorite song: "Return of the Dust Bunnies". What an amazing difference from January!
And last but not least, the end of the Soccer Season and Tyler's trophy. His team came in First Place in their division! Congrats Ty!