Olympic Ring Art

It is amazing how much fun some toilet paper tubes and paint can be!!!

As the craziness of convention time comes to a close, I find myself refreshed and itching to just BE with my kids. Funny how a weekend away from the kids, getting inspired to teach, train and raise these kids makes us antsy to get back to them.

My workshops went well and I had the opportunity to meet some of YOU lovely readers out there! That was so exciting! I never tire of hearing stories and sharing the excitement of new {homeschooling} adventures with others! Now, as we settle back into normal routine here, we find ourselves looking forward to the start of the Olympics with eager anticipation! To kick start the week, we pulled out some toilet paper rolls (with a family of 6, it wasn't hard to locate 5 empty rolls), our paints and made some Olympic signs in preparation for our 'indoor olympics' competition later this week. We haven't finalized our wishlist of events yet...  But we are confident that it is going to be awesome!

We enjoyed learning the background of the rings and then painting away! The younger boys soon delved into making abstract circle art, reminding me that I need to pull out the paints more often - especially for my little preschooler!

Have any of you discovered the beauty of Pinterest?  I LOVE it.  I'm so visual and love this visual snapshot of things I want to remember to try later!  It also is a great way to organize my many eclectic interests!  You can check out my boards here.    I've even put together a Pinterest board for the Olympics that I shared on facebook last week..  I'm debating how we want to make our own medals.  Clay or aluminum foil/wrapping paper???  hmmmm.  If you are on Pinterest, I'd love to follow you, so don't be shy about saying hello!

We've also been enjoying some Olympic reading.  Do you have any favorites?  We've especially enjoyed the beautiful picture biographies!  Here are some of our favorites:

(ETA ~ The two books about Olympians briefly address race-discrimination issues, just so you have a heads-up.)

(if you don't see our Olympics book widget, just click on over to the blog.)

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