CMA's Surprise Supplies Saturdays

Well, yesterday was a busy day for us. We all got up early and went down to Canal Winchester to deliver the weekend shopper to 460 homes. We've been delivering this walking, yes we have to walk and hang the bags on front doors or the mailbox on the front of the house, route for at least six weeks now. The first week was rough and it took a lot longer than we had thought or hoped it would. Well, we have gotten really good at it and it only took us 1 1/2 hours yesterday.

Well, after we delivered that route we came home and ate lunch. After lunch, Cassie and I left to go deliver three of our other four routes while Jay took Mackenzie and Zack to the Columbus Museum of Art. We joined the museum when another homeschool family had shared their excitement about programs the kids could go and make art projects. The kids enjoyed going to First Saturdays and various other programs, but those ended when summer began so we haven't visited the museum for a while. Well, in August they have another artsy-crafty program for the kids.

Every Saturday in August they have a program called "Surprise Supplies Saturdays" from noon-3:00 p.m. Well, evidently they are cleaning out their program supply closet and each week they will have different supplies available to make an art project based on a specific theme. The assortment of supplies will vary each week and you will never know what you get to work with until you show up. Well, we've been wanting to go since the first weekend in August, but we have just been too busy with this or that and just had forgotten to fit it in.

Earlier in the week, our crafty kid, Mackenzie, noticed the CMA August calendar on the fridge and began to question when she was going to get to go. So, we made sure to fit it in to this Saturday's busy schedule. So, while Cassie and I went out and delivered for 3 1/2 hours, Jay took Mackenzie and Zack to the art museum. Of course, Zack didn't want to go to the art museum, but he didn't want to sit in the delivery van for 3 1/2 hours either. So, he sucked it up and went with Dad. Which I think he's glad he did, aside from not having to sit in the hot hot - very hot delivery van, he had a good time. The theme this Saturday was collages and evidently the supply selection was awesome.

So, they are both excited and can't wait till next Saturday to go and see what kind of supplies they will have available to make something spectacular from.