A Princess Painting

I can't help myself...I love my daughter's art.

It reflects her personality so very well.

Happy colors. Lots of movement. Dramatic.

I'm so grateful to be able to educate at home.

I attended public school during my elementary years...

my day started in the early dark, pulling on cold clothes

and doing morning chores and eating a hurried but nutritious breakfast

in order to catch the bus upon which I rode for an hour before reaching school...

and an hour after school let out...

then it was time to do evening chores, eat supper, and do whatever

our family did in the bit of evening left.

The Treasure gets to sleep until she's ready to wake up (usually)

and then she gets to snuggle in a warm lap or bed for a bit,

and maybe gets read to, then she is up and at her morning chores,

part of which is doing some "listening" to CD's,

and during this time she usually pulls out her art materials

and creates something her momma thinks is magnificient...

I am sooo glad my girl has time to develop

creatively, physically, mentally, spiritually and socially

rather than wasting much of her day standing in lines

or waiting with raised hand to be called upon...

or told repeatedly to sit down and be quiet...

or gossiping foolishly with other little peers.

Wish I'd been home-educated!

Wait. I guess I AM being home educated...now!!!

I absolutely love learning alongside her.

But I digress.

Here is my favorite painting from the past week.

And I love that she spelled P-R-I-N-C-E-S-S

all by herself!

Hope it makes you smile today too!

:o)