today i got up early once again on a saturday. boo. i had to get juice for our volunteers and arrive early to finish a couple more pictures for our mural walls. then people began arriving. they were shown around and allowed to choose the pictures they were interested in painting.
some people chose to start on the drawings that did not have colored masters with them as a guide, and they did not quite turn out as planned. many of the volunteers brought children with them, and 5 year-olds just aren't professional painters...unless they're art savants...which none of these were. don't get me wrong, we certainly appreciate all the help we get...even if we have to go back and paint over and change things and spend more time on them. some of them came out great and some of them came out worse than terrible...and there is still work to be done.
the cement tubes on the playground got redid...and the bench out front was painted, as were the grates on the cafeteria windows (they had gotten so rusty)! i will have to take pictures of it all for gigi to see-i would've been great to have her help today (and moral support-laughing). it really does transform the building! i meant to take some pics today, but i just got so busy.
now we have to cover all of them on monday afternoon and our classrooms for the test on tuesday and wednesday! great timing. not looking forward to the testing at all. (even if it is only 4 hours....still too long). i am excited about the field trip on thursday, though. even if it is a short one, sitting in a theater watching a play is just the thing we need to unwind.
have a colorful rest of the weekend,
julie
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