A Great Day For Art

What a fun day. Two of our favorite things, dogs and art. Our local library sponsored a free art class "All Gestured Up with a Dog." The artist, Kendra Wadsworth, was awesome. But as you can see her assistant Cassie Mae stole the show.

I sat in on the class because the girls were feeling shy that morning. I'm glad I did because I enjoyed watching the children create. They didn't stress out about what others think, staying in the lines, or what colors to use. They we just happy to be there.

The class was made up of about 10 high school, middle school, and elementary school age kids. Kendra did and excellent job of teaching to every age group. The teens in the class were very polite and a great role model for the younger kids.

We'd love to see Kendra and Cassie Mae come back for more classes.

Going For Gold

My friend Katie and I won best couple at a Halloween party last weekend. We were dressed as gold metal synchronized swimmers. We had a lot of fun putting this costume together. My favorite part is the vintage swim caps Katie found on line.

Chalk Fest '08

Better late than never. I am so far behind on my posts that I can't remember if Goo (Goo is a nick name her best friend gave her) got 2nd or 3rd place. Bad mommy. She won 2 movie tickets with popcorn and drinks, plus one free art class of her choice at the Bay School for the Arts.

Neptune Fest 2008

For the other kid's birthday we went back to VB just to hangout. We were all very surprised to see that the sandcastles from Neptune Fest were still intact. The week of the fest we had a nor easter come through. It lasted 3 to 4 days and had sustained winds of 60 miles per hour. Not exactly sandcastle weather. You can see more at these links.file:///Users/Tony/Desktop/davidnotes.com:2008:09:30:neptune-festival-2:.webloc
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Birthday Wishes Can Come True

My #1 recently celebrated her 11th birthday. Some of you may not know this but she is a huge Billy Idol fan. So, what could be better than getting tickets to a Billy Idol concert for your birthday? How about going to see him on your birthday!

Billy came to Virginia Beach, and preformed right on the beach. The sponsors,Beach Street USA, set up a full size stage right on the beach. We were able to get about 30 feet from the stage. We all had a blast.

I don't know how we'll ever top this birthday.

ps we met a photographer at the concert and she forwarded us some pics from the big night.
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As the Nest Turns

After watching the eagles for a year my Mom and I finally made the trip over to the Norfolk Botanical Gardens. It was a little chilly and over cast, but not too bad. We could see the nest immediately, and the female resting on a branch. We watched from the ground for a few minutes, then went up into the observation tower. It was so cool to be there in person instead of looking at a small video screen on my computer.

Channel 13 did an update story, here's the link. It's a must see. Let us know what you think.

http://www.wvec.com/video/topvideo-index.html?nvid=221426

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