...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...
What a treasure to be the mother of these children!
lovely, look at all that love added in a few short (crazybusy) years!
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