Great Family Summer Reading!

In between our art projects,

driving the golf cart

and swimming,

we are having fun reading this book!

BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE

by Kate DiCamillo

is a must read for every child.

This delightful children's book has won the following awards:

Newberry Honor Book

A New York Times Bestseller

ALA Notable Children's Book

Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon

New York Public Libary 100 Books for Reading and Sharing

A Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner

Publisher's Weekly Best Book of theYear

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

A Smithsonian Best Book

So imagine my delight when I found

BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE

at Sam's Club for only $4.88!

We spend some excellent, quality time reading each day.

We make it a fun, family activity

by reading aloud to each other!

I must admit that Grande and I are enjoying it

as much as Madisyn!

I am so proud of her for being a chip off

the old blocks!

Suggestions Needed!

My art partner in crime, Madisyn,

is mine...all mine...this week!

I can't tell you how happy that makes me!

We have started an art project

and need your help in completing it!

Here is what we have done so far.

We used what we already had to start

a new art adventure.

I had a pack of 250 colored drinking straws

that I got from HEB for a buck.

We cut the straws in many different lengths.

That was fun!

The straws jumped around like jumping beans

when they were cut.

We put Grande in charge of picking up the pieces

that jumped on the floor!

I had a piece of black mat board that we used

as a background for the straws.

Madisyn just glued the straws to the mat board.

We only had one rule.

No straws of the same color could touch.

So now we have this great colorful art...

and we even have a frame to fit it!

Our question to you is this:

Is our colorful straw art ready for framing

or should we add something to it

and make the straws the background?

What is your suggestion?

Please send your suggestions soon...

because we have already started

another art project!

Wish you were here to have fun with us!

Please excuse the quality of the photos.

They are from my IPhone.