Here's what a watercolor painting looks like when it's a little more than halfway done.
This one is part of a series of paintings I'm doing of children at play. This painting is of my two youngest at the lake in Antioch, Illinois this past summer.
Anyone know of a place where I could display paintings like this?
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
I'm Running Scared, So Should You
Haunted houses are not my thing. I'm way too low-maintenance to have a cool Halloween party, either. My idea of a good time for Halloween is dressing up the whole family in a theme and running a Halloween race, followed by our own mini-flash mob at the finish line as we perform a choreographed Thriller dance.
My kids have given me blank stares at the suggestion, but I'm sure someone will think it's a great idea. If that someone is you, comment below. If you just want to sign up and run the race, but you have a strict no-dancing-to-Halloween-songs policy after running races, go here.
If you've never run a race before, try doing the 5K instead and get your little ghouls and goblins to join you. That's what I call some good old-fashioned family fun.
Both the 5K and 10K start at 10am and promise to be great races, with plenty for the whole family to do afterwards: things like face painting, games, prizes and some sweet medals for finishers ages 7 and up. Kids under 7 are welcome to participate, too, but won't receive a finisher's medal or race shirt.
Register now for either race -- there won't be any day-of-race registration. Organizers will take registrations until October 25, so gather your coven of creepers and sign up! To register, you'll pay $30 for the 5K, and $35 for the 10K. Running in costume: priceless.
P.S. Oh, yeah...and sometimes they give away free entries and/or discounts for registration on their Facebook page, right here.
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