a visit from Art the Bee and the Buzz Bus

Yesterday morning we had a special visit from the SCAD Buzz Bus--- 50 rising star students, Ms. Erina Tandry (SCAD assistant director of recruitment), Jessica Thiergart (SCAD communications)and our very own board member (and VP of SCAD e-learning) Darrell Naylor-Johnson!

oh and, of course ART the BEE....



here I was playing with a plastic dolphin and suddenly there was a giant beeee!!!




The rising star students brought all sorts of fun art projects...



newspaper dress-ups!!





no-sew pillows!




Darrell gets the troops in order...





and performs a knighting ceremony...



it was a really special morning!!



thanks neighbors!!!

a day at the beach, part I

yesterday we went to the beach...



here we are getting all pumpped up on the bus...





and then we got there...








oh boy, it was glorious!

New Favorite Foods...

In busy times of teaching, sorting new materials and applying for grants its hard for me to remember to eat lunch. To avoid being a crabby mess by mid afternoon, I try to keep snacks around on my desk.... apples, strawberries, cashews....

Last week was a particularly busy week and the jumbo bag of nuts on my desk was my saving grace. I noticed that a few of the kids kept sneaking in the art closet and they'd come out, pulling things out of their pockets and nibbling... after a while I realized that the were sneaking in and getting handfuls of nuts!

It was so cute that I decided not to say anything and let them enjoy the nuts and their completely surreptitious trips into the closet.

Today I found the following notes on my desk



Dear Molly, can you please remember to get me some peanuts? Can I get 4 of them please I will pay you back?

*** Mrs. Mooly will be picking up some nuts on the way to work tomorrow.... so be sure to stop by!

you were my thrill, on blueberry hill

Tonight we had a yummy yummy family cooking class with Kelly and David of the Growing Edge Garden (our very own garden @ the YMCA!)and Janie of Brighter Day by the park.

this is how people let us know they were coming:





The Moms worked with Kelly, David and Janie in the kitchen



and look look look what they made!


pasta with pesto


baked okra


veggie skillet



Ronald and I hung out with the kids... it was our job to make the cucumber salad...

Four thinly sliced cucumbers, a small sliced white onion, 1 cup vinegar, 1/2 cup water, 3/4 cup sugar


... and a sprinkle of dill...



and then we ate...



and man, it was good....



For desert, we had blueberry banana basil thrills...





Blend frozen berries, banana chunks and some ground basil, until smooth. Add steeped stevia to make it a little sweeter!
Pour into cups, add a spoon and let it freeze!



YUM YUM YUM





yeah, you were my thrill on blueberry hill...............

100 Million Lights and a Family Cooking Class

we're gonna laugh and we're gonna dance, I'm gonna hold you like my only chance. (from Ain't That Good News by the Nields)

*** Family Cooking Class TONIGHT! 6-7:30pm, meet in the Growing Edge Garden
we will be making : pasta with pesto, a veggie skillet, cucumber salad and blueberry banana basil thrills....
please come, it will be so wonderful.

and i see it ain't far to this land from where we are...

theres a land that I see where the children are free






and I see it ain't far to this land from where we are...










take my hand come with me, where the children are free









come with me take my hand and we'll RRRRRRRuuuNNNNNNNN.....





to a land where the river runs free....



to a land thru the green country



to a land where the horses run free



and you and me are free to be,



you and me.

(*** Pictures from a very special week of Loop It Up Savannah: mornings at the Savannah Country Day School and afternoons at the West Broad Street YMCA and the kayton Boys and Girls Club.)