The School of Art, Sport and Adventure

In the last while I’ve been taking a break from the Postpartum Doula life, which had left me very very sleep deprived after a few years of regular night shifts.  So for the past few months I’ve left behind the newest members of the planet and have been working with those who have been here for a few years now.

Particularly 3 redhead energetic jedi boys.

When we first started our time together, we decided that we should be a school in which the older dude would assist me in teaching his younger brothers.  After throwing a few names around we decided to call it the School of Art, Sport and Adventure.  Adventure we did.  Play sports we did, mostly soccer.  When we were coming up with the name it me that kind of added the Art in there, in hopes of bringing in a bit more creativity into the lives of these very sporty centered fellows.  Honestly, it didn’t take much.  Before I knew it the paints, markers and crayons were being pulled out and used daily, without my suggestion.

So last week when we realized that our time together was coming to an end, we decided that we wanted to end it with something special.  We thought we’d make an art show and showcase all that we’d done and invite family and friends.  Friday, our last day, I got it all organized and displayed around the house.  I wanted to make it a real art opening, to make them feel like they were as important as Emily Carr.  I wrote up an artists bio for each little artiste.  Each room was a gallery…the star wars gallery, cars & planes gallery, basketball hall gallery and the painting room. I glowed when we set up the flower photography that the 5 year old had taken with my point and shoot camera on a garden adventure (they were really good)!  The guests poured artistic praise over my little art pals, which has me hoping that they’ll always believe that they are artists.

There were a few tales of our creative adventures along the way which you can find here and here!

And here,  a wee glimpse into the first art opening of E, W & R.