...he took his first class through a local community college's summer enrichment classes for kids. I look back at this post and smile as I remember that five-year-old and his little two-year-old brother.
The following year (2008), Josiah took another class there (an art one); and that year, he was joined in the picture by two younger brothers. 2009 brought us a new baby, our dearly loved Shav; and I suppose that with a due date in July, I knew better than to try to predict when the baby would be born and when I would be available to transport anyone to classes, so we skipped that year. In 2010, both Josiah and David got to take a class - a robotics class for Josiah (which is highly-sought-after and fills up quickly every year, but which he actually did not enjoy very much) and a Teddy Bears, Trains, and More class for David (which was basically stories and fun activities for kindergarten/first grade level). I briefly mentioned their classes in this blog post. We planned for them to again take classes in 2011, but this post details how my well-laid summer plans for that year were derailed by God's greater purposes (although Josiah did get to participate in a basketball camp which was part of the community college's summer program). And that brings us to this year! :)
Josiah took a pottery class and actually got to use the wheel to make quite a few pieces, as well as learning about painting, glazing, and forming pieces by hand. He completely loved it. David took a class called Open the Door, Let's Explore; and today at the end-of-class presentation, I got a chance to see what all they've learned and done. I was impressed.
But what really stands out to me is this picture taken today...
...compared to this one from 2007.A lot has changed in the past five years. Josiah has doubled in age, both he and David have grown and developed and matured so much; but most significantly, three additional siblings have been born into our family. The record of these summer classes is a record of the growth of our family! :)
What a treasure to be the mother of these children!
1 comment:
lovely, look at all that love added in a few short (crazybusy) years!
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