Ali's Art

Ali came home from school with this artwork. On the bottom there is information about Ali. I asked what this was. She told me it was for the art gallery. I remembered in February she had brought home a form letter stating if we wanted to view "our child's" artwork that it was being displayed at this gallery. There were 5 tickets enclosed. At the time I wondered why we would drive all that way and pay money (because we have 7 in our family) to see this. I recently attended parent teacher conferences and found out that Alison's artwork was chosen out of the whole 1st grade to have displayed. I was not happy that the school did not inform me of this. Her teacher said she went and the owner told her that Alison's was her favorite out of all the schools that had art displayed. We totally missed out on making Ali feel special (and a good scrapbook page)all because of poor communication! To top it off. The picture at the bottom is of her making this painting. It was on crazy hair day! Why, Why, Why???? The artwork is of her and 4 of her favorite things about her body (her painted fingernails and toenails, her Teeth and her face). The hair was of paint that she blew out with a straw. I thought it looked pretty cool.