This is pretty much a “random topics” kind of blog post.
Meet Porter’s alien friends. These are his latest creations. Porter and his friend Cameron spent hours drawing unique characters, organizing them, and playing with them. Kind of reminds me of his recent dinosaur art.
I shared some thoughts on how to nurture creativity in our children earlier this year. Going along with my 7th point in that post, this is a little reminder to photograph your kids’ art. They should be proud of what they create and of course you want to show them that you’re proud of them too. Getting out the camera helps instill that feeling.
For example: Porter and Cameron drew a bunch of little aliens and cut them out. I invited them to arrange their aliens on a piece of cardboard I had so we could snap a picture, which of course they were game for doing (see above). To take it a step further, they each laid next to their art to be in the picture too. This is Cameron and his aliens:
The result is that you’re not only preserving their art, but you’re capturing their age and stage of life at the time of creating that art. By the way, the boys love that it looks like they’re standing against a wall. This is what the scene really looked like:
Poster board on the floor (you could also use a blanket or sheet or even the floor itself). I intentionally did this right next to windows where I could get beautiful, natural, indirect lighting.
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A couple other mentionables today:
1. FINNISH NAME PLATES. My mom picked up a couple of “Saara” Finnish name plates for those who commented about that name (pictured here). But no one has claimed them. If you are Saara or know a Saara, please send an email HERE with a shipping address and my mom would love to send you a Saara name plate. First come, first served. Attention: Cindy with a daughter “Hanna” — we saw your note and my mom needs your shipping address as well.
2. FACEBOOK. I need to address this Facebook Friend thing. For those of you who have sent me a friend invitation, I wanted to let you know why it hasn’t been accepted. You may notice on my facebook page that I have zero friends. And yet there are lots of folks getting my feed because they “like” me (I like you too, by the way). ; )
That’s because I am set up as a page, not a personal profile. A facebook page is for businesses and organizations and the like. The difference is that anyone can get my facebook feed if they “like” my page. To be “friends” means both parties have to accept each other and then they get each other’s feed. I know I simply can’t keep up with that much feed.
My point: If you have invited me as a friend on facebook, that’s why I haven’t accepted the invitation. If you’d like to receive my feed, just go here and click on the “like” button next to Becky Higgins LLC (as shown here).
Tags: aliens, facebook, finnish nameplates, kids' art
hahah! Too cute! Cam was a student of mine last year….just love that lil guy! And I love their alien creations!!!
Kara
Excellent artwork! Porter is clearly going to be creative like his Momma
Hi Becky! Speaking of facebook and all the pictures and posts you can save on a person’s profile, I was curious if you organize your photos into online albums to be shared with close friends and relatives. Obviously we respect your privacy and certainly do not expect every picture to be broadcast to the web world! I am in the process of reorganizing my photos in iPhoto and I’m looking to back up my pictures on some type of photo storage site where I can share the link with family members. I need a free, longterm, easily accessible/customizable site with unlimited storage. Does such a utopia exist??
Just had to let you know that I made the french dip sandwiches last night and they were a huge hit….I will surely be putting the recipe in our rotation. Keep the fast easy recipes coming.
Thank you
Tara
Hi Becky,
Just wanted to say I love reading your blog (that artwork is so cute). I just recently went back and read through the archives and I’m so glad I did, so many great ideas. I just had one quick question: How is your recipe book set up? I was thinking of doing something similiar. Thanks,
Michele W
This is a random question and not sure if you can help but I thought I would ask anyway. There was a mini-album featured in the Nov. 07 issue of CK called Roots and Branches by Jackie Stringham. Of course by the time I went back to dowload the pages I could no longer find it. Do you happen to know where I could find those pages? I tried the Jackie Stringham blog but didn’t find any info. Thanks so much.
Just sent you my address! I was so happy to hear there were some “Saara” plates left!
I love the idea of taking a picture of my son with his creations…thinking I’ll have to do that with his Legos…
Becky,
Would you please take some time to give some advice on how to recover from falling behind in P365? I started great at the first of the year, but then my life took some rocky turns, things get extremely hectic at my house and I have a very hard time finding 5 minutes for me to do anything that I need to do let alone something I want to do. Sorry, I’m whining! I just need to know whether to pick up start again fresh today or how to try and recoup the lost months. Please HELP!!! Thank you for always providing great fun and inspiration on your blog. Love it! Tammy
Hi Becky,
Thanks for all the stimulating posts. I was struck by the response from a lady about the meal planning. She assigns a meat for each day of the week. Interesting! I wondered if you might consider passing this idea to your readers – ‘meat-free Monday’.
I am trying this as another way of helping our planet. I am sure we have all turned all the lights off that we can, we have turned down our thermostats (or the air con up one!) and are walking where we can instead of driving. Meat is quite demanding of the planet to produce, and I thought this was an easy thing to do to make life more sustainable. Perhaps you agree?
Looking forward to the new Project Life,
best wishes, Victoria
Wow, I am impressed with their art skills. My daughter paints and does well beyond her years. I also love to capture her works of art, even the ones she doesn’t like.
Your little boy and his friend have AMAZING little aliens
Love love love them!
I love how little boys draw such intricate things!
Looks like your kids need that new stamp maker that Teresa Collins is helping push to market.
These characters are so cute – actually they could probably be illustrations in a children’s book – hint hint. Very talented young boys. Love it!
Love those alien drawings! I’d be proud of those creations too – they look awesome.