Picture What Africa Will Look Like

Today when Graham, Abigail, Joy and Esther had art, they painted a picture of what they thought that Africa would look like. I think that they did a really good job. When they get back, I told them that they could paint or use some other medium to make of picture of something that they saw. They really had the most fun mixing the colors! The top picture is Graham's--a roadside scene with people carrying things on their heads and also a stand where fruits and vegetables are sold. Abigail started out painting a scene of a market place--the baskets of apples and plantains and then decided to add a crocodile (Goosey (Woody) is hoping that they see a crocodile in the Nile!). Joy had the dilemma of how to draw tables and then she put some of the fruits and veggies that are being sold on her tables. She also added a croc and, I believe, a monkey at the bottom of her scene. Esther knew from the start that she was going to paint an elephant--and she did! They just have "one more sleep" and they will be off on an adventure of a lifetime! I just took a family photo of them ALL with ALL the luggage that they are taking. Woody started off the day with a chiropractor appointment and then ran a couple of errands. Esther and Joy read to me and then we had art and then Abigail had her "Grammy school time." Today we worked on catching up her sewing notebook and she also practiced sewing on the serger and we looked up the exchange rate between the US dollar and the Uganda Schilling. I had an appointment after lunch and then ran an errand. The children have been in and out at various times today. I think that time is crawling for them as they are anxious to get on their way! Woody will be walking to the prayer room at church in a little while (I'm blogging a bit early this evening!).