I had taken Friday off to lead Connor’s art lesson in the morning and Logan’s art lesson in the afternoon.  I have a partner mom in each class, and so I had decided on the portions I would lead prior to Friday.  Logan unfortunately came down with a cold on Thursday, having a sore throat, headache, nausea and a fever.  Because of the fever, Logan was out of school on both Thursday and Friday as well.  I was disappointed that Logan would not be in the art lesson, but the plan had been made so the lesson would proceed.  On Friday morning, it was a bit hectic as I had decided to take Connor directly to school and skip CDC while Logan was being at home.  Then I received a message from my partner mom telling me that she had car trouble and might not make it to Logan’s lesson. 

   Connor and I rushed to school finally and made it on time.  After saying goodbye to Connor, the mom and I went to the cafeteria to set up.  We did not really discuss how the project would go yet, so we quickly made plan and set up.  Then the teacher led the class to the cafeteria and our lesson began.  This was probably the least preparation I had put in for any lessons in the past, but it went fine.  We talked to the kids about colors as another element of art; we reviewed primary vs secondary colors, and learned new terms complementary and analogous colors, and warm vs cool colors.  Next I demonstrated to them the hands on project using “wet on wet” technique on a coffee filters.  We had few kids coming up to the paint table at a time.  They used droppers to add primary colors onto the wet filters to see how the colors diffused together.  Interestingly some kids never used a dropper and some had harder time controlling the size of the droplets.  The kids always loved playing with colors and enjoyed seeing the artwork they made. 

     After the lesson and after cleaning up, I went to see Logan’s teacher to consider postponing the afternoon lesson as my partner would not be there.  The teacher totally agreed with that and the lesson was now moved to January.  I ended up having a few free hours, and Logan and I hung together.  We knitted for sometimes and played some games.  After lunch, I was tired and wanted a nap; Logan was feeling well enough that he did not care to nap so he read a comic instead.  It was a relaxing afternoon for me, then I went to pick up Connor directly after school which was something I had not done since I returned to working full time.