This and that and the art museum

On the way down to Florida we were able to stop by our favorite, Country's BBQ, in Montgomery.  :)

The morning before the wedding Big Grandpa took Marc, Marky and Poppy shooting as his club's gun range.  They had so much fun.

And the Marcs got to ride on the back of Grandpa's friend's truck.

While the men went shooting, BB and I took the two little guys to the mall to play.  :)  They had a playground and a whole airwalk area with tons of jump castles.  

We are forever fans of MagnaTiles in this house!

I always have a little boy helping me in the kitchen- lately it's been Tuck Tuck-

We are home and back in the swing of things.  Julia and Tucker are in the Children's Schola at Church.  They are preparing to sing this Sunday.  They are singing "Alma Redemptoris Mater" and "Brother James' Air."  

I heard them rehearse Wednesday and it was just lovely!

Julia had an awards ceremony Wednesday for American Heritage girls and received the badges that she earned in the fall.  She was especially proud of her horsemanship and swimming badges.  :)

We are back in our homeschool co-op.  I am teaching Alabama History to 3rd and 4th graders and Church History to 5th-8th.  I really love teaching- I love seeing children light up with wonder.

Today in Alabama History we learned about Julia Tutwiler, Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver- all famous people who served the least of these.  We studied the 14th and 15th centuries in Church History, which brought us in touch with Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Botticelli, and Raphael.  We talked about the markings of great art- how art should be warm and life giving not cold and lifeless.

It was a nice juxtaposition for us as we went to a field trip to the art museum this afternoon that focused on "modern art".  We got their early enough to have a nice lunch in the café.

Our docent even said before we went on our tour, "Usually you think of art as beautiful, but what we will see today is not really beautiful because it's focus is on giving us a message not being lovely."

After the tour we went to the classroom and worked on "sound sleeves," inspired by the sound suits done by Nick Cave.  The children enjoyed working on them.

Charlie did a lot of stenciling and made his orange and blue for Auburn!

Tucker- surprise-surprise- made our solar system and used silver bells as stars.  :)

Sissy's naturally had a horse.  Such a fun day with my sweeties.  :)