Water Baby

At the "Duck Park" With Cheerios

Grant

A year ago, I had a student  - a 4th grader, who impressed me.  I would come home day after day talking about this kid named Grant.  He was nine.  Kind, gentle, intelligent, chivalrous, athletic ... A PERFECT STUDENT.  He was the type of kid that teachers would fight over.

It didn't take me but ONE DAY to realize that although a 4.0 student, champion hockey goalie, and well liked by his peers - Grant had a creative side that was OUT OF CONTROL.

Day one: make your head out of construction paper.  Most students were unrecognizable and lacked in their ability to control a pair of scissors.  This was Grant's:

He later impressed me with graphic hands, amazing holiday art, castles with dragons, 

the Wright brothers connected to a paper plate for a book report...

 

So talented - and so well rounded.

At the end of the school year, Grant began to dabble with paint.  He offered to paint something for me.  I accepted, knowing that he was going to put everything he had into it.  I told him - Paint ANYTHING! ... Whatever he came up with, I was sure to LOVE!

He took a picture I had of my dogs home with him that day: 

Today, I received THE BEST GIFT A TEACHER COULD EVER GET

A Grant Original:

It's on a 16x20 canvas.  Signed, dated, and framed.

HE IS JUST BRILLIANT.  

I love it. 

I can't wait to see where his life leads.

The Men I Love

When You're Bored in Bakersfield

You can go window shopping for play yards

Or eat out

or cover yourself with stickers. 

All are fantasticly fun options!

Houston's Last Day

(I know... blogged a bit out of order.)

 ... And then we flew away.