Thumper is definitely the most sensory seeking of the boys.  His love of squeezes, tickles, and hugs are well known (not to mention his need to touch skin).  And he has always loved the weight of pillows. Well, he started taking one of our large Japanese pillows to bed with him last week – to […]

Tad’s class is in the middle of a multi-week sculpting project.  Assignment: make clay monsters.  Use black marbles as eyes. Tad, being Tad, was struck with some popular culture inspiration and opted to make his own Mike Wazowski, of Monsters, Inc. and Monsters University fame. This was how Mike looked after the first week. By […]

Doing a good still life painting is a skill.  Tad’s new teacher, Teacher M, is absolutely amazing at still life (some of her pieces are up at the studio) and it was the first major “project” the class was going to do. Each kid assembled a little collection of toys, fruit, animal figures, or other […]

Tad’s heart really does belong in the art studio.  We have a unique set-up for him this year.  He helps out his previous teacher, Teacher E, with her class of much younger students on Monday afternoons.  He helps prep projects and does whatever other handy work she asks him to do. I often hang around […]