Cool Creations

Karly and Kyle captured the rain forest this week with their cool art creations. Using chalks, sharpies, watercolor pencils, felt tip pens and watercolors, the kids made chameleons, frogs, leopards, and parrots. This program is designed to teach them about the subjects they draw as well as new techniques and drawing skills.
Kyle's favorite drawing was his frog. Kyle wants you to know, "It was amazing as our teacher told us a whole bunch of new stuff we didn't know about the animals or art."
Karly chose her chameleon as her favorite. She shared, "I made new friends, and I really like the pictures we drew."

Drawing Camp at Monart Art Studio was a big success. Both kids would like to sign up for more art fun!

Bye, bye bells!

As of July 1st, the Carnegie Scots will no longer call Kent principal. After months of the ups and downs of applying for a new position, it's finally official--Kent will be the new Director of Schools and Programs for the district. His focus will be directing the middle schools as well as the K-8 schools. We are thrilled for him!

While Kent enjoyed life as a principal and will miss it greatly, he is excited about the new challenges and experiences that lie ahead of him. The next week will be full of packing boxes, changing his blackberry to reflect the district calendar rather than a school site calendar, and figuring out how to function without the bell schedule he's programed to. (For the past decade and a half, his world has been run by school bells!)

Karly and Kyle have been pressing me all week about when Daddy will find out about his job. It was too cute to see their proud smiles when I told them Daddy's news!

Congratulations Kent! We are all so proud of you!

Kicking It Up!

We kicked it up for Kyle's 7th birthday at the local indoor arena. Kyle wanted a kickball party and his friends and family were happy to join him! The kids had a blast trying to see who could kick the farthest, throw each other out, and make a run.

Party fun included cake and ice cream and lots of fun gifts. Kyle's gifts included Star Wars legos, two basketballs, Nintendo DS items and more! He was full of thanks and hopes to do another kickball party someday!

Sunshine in Mendocino

Memorial Day weekend took the Kern family to Mendocino's coast. We stayed at a lovely home with Kent's parents and his sister's family and enjoyed a nice view of the ocean--we could actually see it there was little to no fog. The kids played tag around the house for hours. Cousins just enjoying each other. They also turned a seasoned tree into a clubhouse where they created rooms and had plans for each branch section.

As for the weather, it was BEAUTIFUL! I have never seen so much sunshine on the north-west coast! Just fabulous! We weren't too cold and didn't have to bundle too much. We spent a great deal of time combing the tide pools. Kyle especially picked up quickly on the art of coaxing a crab out of hiding. And Karly was a fan of the hermit crabs (we saw hundreds) yet most especially the shells.

We experience two types of beaches. A dark sand beach as well as a light sand beach. At both beaches Kyle played football with Kent and his cousins, while Karly rolled in the sand in her own world of imagination. Her legs were red from playing in the cool water. On our way home she wanted to know when the ocean will warm up. We told her that our ocean is not going to get warm--she'll have to wait for our cruise in July for the warm ocean waters.

A great little escape before our last few weeks of school!