Another busy week: art and sports
As you might gather by the gap in my postings, it has been another busy week with both art and soccer (keep reading for the art part)! Eli is in the final week or two of both league soccer and school cross country, with the championships for the latter last week, and….DRUM ROLL and MAJOR HOLLERING please…. ELI WON! Yes, Eli won the Busline Cross Country Championship (Class B) on Tuesday! Close on his heels (literally) was his best friend Ben, who came in second. Both Boys and Girls teams won with undefeated season for the second year in a row (ya think Coach Morse is doing a fantastic job or what?!!!). That was followed on Friday by Eli winning the Winthrop Invitational Cross Country meet, a course with lots of hills–best of all, they were competing against seven or more teams they had never raced, including the Class A Champion Cony Middle School Team AND he did it setting a new course record! And to everyone (at least from our area) utter delight, both boys and girls won the team championships too!
In August, I came across a bit Jane LaFazio posted on FaceBook about a sketchbook “On Location” class she is teaching online via Joggles. Very uncharacteristically for me, I signed up on the spur of the moment, and I promise I’ll get caught up on blogposts and share with you the great stuff I did. THEN she had a new class on Mixed Media Journals starting in October. I really want to get in to the habit of using journals for my art, so I signed up right away. Here is part of the first lesson:
Now we’re off to the soccer league playoffs for all of Sunday, then more cross country and soccer next weekend and the following one….
October 23rd, 2011 at 9:47 am
Way to go Eli! And good for you having some time for your art. After all, all work and no play …
October 23rd, 2011 at 2:34 pm
Congratulations Eli!!! My grandson is on the CC team in Louisiana. I enjoyed going to the practice and also some events during my visits. Too hot for me however. It sure is exciting but also time consuming. I’m so glad you find time for yourself. The balance is very important. =!=
October 23rd, 2011 at 8:59 pm
Congratulations, Eli! And congratulations to his Mum for the great drawing. I love it! Dorothy.
October 25th, 2011 at 12:11 am
Congratulations to Eli!! Thanks for sharing the drawing. It looks really great!!