For the past 6 weeks Jayne's class (all the 4th and 5th graders) at school have been working with a resident artist learning about the Tlingit (KLING kit), the Haida (HIGH duh) and the Tsimshian (SIM she ann) native tribes of Southeast Alaska. They have learned how to introduce themselves in the native tongue. They have learned about the art and form styles used in totems and the meanings behind the symbols. They even had the opportunity to make a deer skin drum (Goo-jow), including soaking the deer skin and stretching it over the wood drum frame and letting it set until it hardened. Once it was completely dry they got to draw their chosen native symbol on the drum and the paint it. They look SO COOL! They even made their own drum stick using a stick, fabric, buck leather, and deer tendon, which was used as the string to tie it all together. This past week the students performed for the rest of the school, singing a song/chant in the native tongue. It is a welcome message...
It was time for a check up with the eye Dr. and it turns out that Jacy needs glasses. She said that she is so excited to be getting glasses so that she can be just like me when I wear mine at night! Sweet girl! 
Her left eye is weaker than her right eye. The Dr. thinks that if she can wear her glasses at least 50% of the day her condition might be corrected 
to the point of no longer needing the glasses. She picked out a really cute pair of purple Disney frames that have a charm of Princess Jasmine hanging down on one side. They are super cute and Jacy looks absolutely adorable in them!
Jacy that look beautiful.....Kirstyn has a purple pair too. That is exactly the same thing Kirstyn has wrong with her eye. One is weaker and she was crossing. We go back to the eye doctor the 1st of February and will find out more. If they can just do surgery, then I would rather do that.
ReplyDeleteJacy you look adorable in your new glasses!
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