Sianna's Final Oodles of Doodles Project

It's been a while since I've posted in the blog so I'll bring you up-to-date.  Sianna and I have continued to see each other every Saturday.  I pick her up around 11AM and we spend the better part of the day together (usually until around 4PM).  The "Oodles of Doodles" of class ended -- Sianna had a 100% attendance.  The picture on the side shows one of her projects made with beads and other stuff.  On the last day of the class, the class made a mural where each child participated in some way.  Sianna drew a picture of her sister Jessica plus drew part of the grass and the sky.  She enjoyed the class a lot ... we're already talking about other classes she could take at the Shemer Museum.

The bike riding is going quite well.  We raised the training wheels a bit so that Sianna could work on her balance with the bike.  She loves to ride her bike around the park stopping to play on the Jungle Jim's and slides.  We tried a new park: Perry Park in Phoenix (in addition to repeated trips to Pierce Park and Indian Steele Park). 

During these weeks, we've seen 2 puppet shows at the Arizona Puppet Theater:  Peter Rabbit and Saguaro hotel (a cute show about the desert cactus and wild-life complete with singing saguaro's and flying bats).

We went to a Book Fair on 4/14 suggested by Sianna's first grade teacher.  We bought 2 books that have kept us busy ever since (pictures shown below).  One book is on dogs:  it is a chapter book filled with wonderful pictures and chapters on Puppies, Digging, Wild Dogs, etc.  The other is a 'How to Draw' book including examples and instructions on how to draw various animals.  It mixes reading with drawing, which is a lot of fun.  Below is an example of our art work!