First Grade Art Class –Time Out for Mommy

Monkeyboy started preschool on Tuesday of this week for an hour forty-five minutes.  I think it cost more money to drive home and back so I decided to volunteer in Pumpkin’s class at school.  It just so happens that it falls on her gym day and her art day. 

Now I know you are all wondering how this could be time out.  I like to participate in Time Out for Theta Mom’s on Thursday.  You see,I have been driven insane lately by a 4 year old little boy who never shuts up.  Did I mention never?  It is non stop.  I’m just too old for that.  I have truly missed spending time with Pumpkin for field trips and volunteering in her class.  So my time off this week was to volunteer in Pumpkin’s art class.  What I didn’t know was that Mr. G,the art teacher,decided that I was to be one of the students today as well. 

For one hour,I was a first grader in art class.  The first thing we did was fold a white piece a paper into 4.  You take the paper and fold it in half.  Then fold it in half again.  Then we put a stencil underneath the paper and traced it with the side of a crayon.  We did this with all 4 of the squares.  In the end,we had a square with a leave in it,a bug in it,a butterfly in it,and a rose in it.  Then we took out the paint and lightly painted it.  I must say there were a lot of different looking art work coming out.

At the end of the class,Mr. G sang three songs that he wrote.  The first song was about his daughter,Katie who is 2 years old.  The second song was about his 8 month old little girl,Natalie.  I will always remember that.  It gave me chills to see how much he loved his child.  Last year when Pumpkin first started having him for a teacher.  Parents talked about how strange it was that he taught art.  I understand completely now.  The man is a musician.  He used to perform.  Art is a artist trait.  It makes sense.  Funny how people can take things out of proportion.  He is an excellent teacher.

Now the reason that I call this my hour for time out is that,I felt like a kid again.  This project made me giggle and laugh with all of the kids in Pumpkin’s class.  I felt like a little kid.  I was doing something that I totally stink at but having the time of my life with Pumpkin.  I made a memory with 26 first graders.  Me being one of them.  I know it was suppose to be without kids but this was better than without kids for a time out.