Artsy Weekend

As is typical on a weekend in the Rowe household, the girls have been busy creating artwork and stories.  Not only are both kids currently writing ghost stories, but they are decorating both the literal and the figurative house.

On the figurative side, we have Julia's cardboard house that she made for her Native American Family figurines:

Despite the fact that a cardboard box is a bit small for a family of 7, Julia has made it a place of inspiration for her family members, decorating each one's room with such uplifting slogans as:

"Be True"
in Aspiya's room

And:

"I'm awesome on the outside and the inside!" in Oloho's room. 

I think Julia may have a future in either personal decorating or in Successories-like inspirational posters.  She certainly has made this a happy home for the Native American family, even if they all have to lay down on the floor when they're inside.


Madeleine had an inspired streak as well, after hearing about a book I'm reading, "The Sixth Extinction," which discusses the rapidly vanishing frog population in South America.  She came up with a sure-fire way to stop the frogs from dying of the fungus that is spreading throughout the amphibian population:

"dow't go icwstingct frog's!"

Come on frogs!  Don't go extinct!  We believe in you!  We *know* you can do it.  Just KICK that Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the butt just like this happy fat frog in the picture is doing.  


And, because it's Madeleine, her artwork wouldn't be complete without a little violence.  She also drew and hung up this lovely picture:

"the cheeda and the lioin are haveing a fiht."




Madeleine's hanging animal artwork is making our house almost as nice as the Native American Family's house.  I have to say, I think our house is awesome on the outside AND on the inside, don't you?