Kids Renaissance: Week 6 -- 100 Days Of Attitude Edition

Today marks my 5yo's 100th day at school this year and I'm not sure what they do at your child's school but this is a main event at her alma mater.

Just like last year, we needed to create a project of any 100 things to represent the days attended thus far.

In JK, she chose to find 100 pictures of horses and glue into a workbook which sounded like a very cool idea when she came up with it. But I must clarify when I say that 'she chose to find 100 pictures of horses and glue them into a workbook' that really meant she declared herself the project manager overseeing her team [aka. me] who would create this hectare of horses.

Kids Renaissance: Week 5

Beauty.

That was not a word that filled me with dread before I became a parent to a girl but now that an impressionable feminine mystique has been put in my charge, I dread the topic of beauty. Maybe it would be the same if I was raising a boy but that I will never know and honestly, I doubt it.

Kids Renaissance: Week 4

While I'm enthusiastic about my daughter's artwork sometimes her medium makes my head explode.

Last weekend I was at the library doing some research. When enough work had been accomplished to my satisfaction, I rewarded myself with a break to write in my journal. But upon cracking the journal open, the pages dropped to reveal a mural done by my 5yo.

Now while the mural she created was awesome, my head still exploded. It covered many pages and depicted a Captain Caveman type character who had many friends doing many things. Yet despite the awesome details: it was in the MIDDLE OF MY WONDER WOMAN WRITING JOURNAL. My Wonder Woman private thoughts journal had been violated. *sigh*

Kids Renaissance: Week 3

The following piece from my daughter's collection was a proud acquisition from back in November of 2010. I had just returned to work full-time outside the home and my 5yo was pretty much not speaking to me.

She didn't want to hear about my work. No way. Nuh-un. Not a word about it. Mommy's work was a non-starter.

So I didn't press it. If she wanted to know where I was all day then I'd just have to wait for her to come around to asking.

It was about two weeks into my job when she finally asked what I did during her weekdays. So I explained and she listened, then she was quiet. She then asked if my coworkers had kids (they do) and if they come to work (they don't). I let that sit for a while and it seemed like the conversation was over.

Kids Renaissance: Week 2

The second installation of Kid's Renaissance, aka: my daughter's virtual fridge artwork showcase, is somewhat creepy and totally fascinating.

For the record I have no idea where she gets her artistic inspirations from but as I've said many times before on this blog, I'm sure it will all come out in future therapy sessions (denial of Oh Henry bars? Her mother's constant eye-rolls over all the freakin' princess/barbie-related paraphernalia? Not enough television? Who knows, all I know is that therapy is definitely in our future.)

Kids Renaissance: Week 1

It has turned into an annual event. Each year after Christmas, my husband and daughter take off to his parents place and momma gets some sweet, sweet alone time. And during that time (when I'm not deathly ill) a great purge takes place in our home.

For a family of three, we have far too much stuff and I'm sure this is an affliction that many of my fellow bloggers know too well. Most of the time the purge is fairly easy to execute but a wall is always hit when I get to my child's stuff. Sure it's easy to lob the Happy Meal toys and other trash treasures that will never be missed into the garbage bin but one thing I have a really hard time getting rid of is her art work.

The creative energy is strong with my five year old, I say. Always has been and hopefully always will be.