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6th grade classroom this year.

After downtown Downers Grove put up boards due to windows being broken, an art teacher started a mural and invited kids and their families to come paint the boards of businesses with permission.

The brown and peach dots in the heart represent faces. There is also a small brown dot = peach dot. The orange key is a key and Ezri firmly believes O’s should be hearts.

When we came back the next day more was added by other artists!

This was my painting.

Later it had so many more hearts. I loved that the new artists took care to leave our work showing.

Here are some other boards near ours – I loved the mix of kids’ art with adult artists.

The boards are down now and I’m glad they aren’t needed but I miss the messages and art brightening our downtown.

Writing and receiving mail from new cat friend Bacchus and Norbert the parrot. Finding fun in the mailbox!

Bacchus has received his mail!

Bacchus sent the “rainbow-breathing” kitten postcard which found a place of honor on the sustenance preserver and looks perfect breathing color onto the Llamacorn card.

Ezri’s Girl Scout troop has been meeting online using Zoom to hang out and play pictionary with each from their homes.

They escaped and then came back to our house for cupcakes and to play games like One Night Ultimate Werewolf and Butts in Space. Ezri declared it the best party ever – so I think even if we’re late celebrating her 11-ness with friends we are right on track.

Ezri’s team had two perfect rounds where they answered every question they were asked – WOW! In our middle round we answered 8 of the 12 questions – and even though I’d read the books I did not know the answers to the ones we missed (hard questions!) They earned a blue ribbon putting them in the best teams in the competition.

Second measure 5th grade Downers Grove Children’s Choir singing in their winter performance.