A few days ago we watched the movie West Side Story. Last night we saw a live performance at the Super Summer Theater. They did an amazing job, I loved the dancing, the dance/fighting and all of the snapping of course. Isabel and I went up to talk with the actors afterward and we got her picture with Maria.
Vincent Van Gogh-1853 to 1890 -Netherlands -TEXTURE! -Starry Night -Sunflowers -Poor sickly -mental illness
Gustav Klimt -1862 to 1918 -Austria -COLOR! -Loved Women
Afterward I had them paint pictures with lots of colors like Klimt. Ben and Luke S. painted a picture of their room like Van Gogh. While painting, Ben's napkin for wiping his paintbrush was spotted with color. He said, "My napkin looks like a Pollock!"
The last requirement Luke had to pass off to get his Wolf badge for Cub Scouts was to read about three people who did something to protect our world. We read about the six winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize. Last night at the Cub Scout pack meeting, Luke got his "Wolf." Here is a picture of Luke and some fellow cub scouters doing some cub scouty game.
Now that he is a "Bear" he has a new Bear book of course, and a Bear cap and kerchief. Right when we got in the car to go home he was so excited to get out his new stuff and said, "Mom! I could also just wear this hat...just like, to the park and stuff!" I wholeheartedly said, "YEAH!" (that kind of cute nerdliness must be encouraged.)
