My painting, The Freedom of the Dance

For this year's Chaeli Campaign Art and Poetry competition, I decided to do an oil painting. Last Sunday I went to my Grandpa, sort of knowing what I wanted to do, by the end of the day I had changed my mind! I didn't start the actual painting on that day, but I did everything I had to do to prepare. During the week, while my Mom was reading to us, I started the actual painting.

I just thought I would show this really cool art bag I got a while ago, it has loads of compartments, and is really useful!

Here I am still in the beginning stages......

It still had some touching up to do at this point (note my top, I was clean when I started!) I really enjoy using my hands while painting, it's a bad habit. :)

The Freedom of the Dance

TA-DAAA! Here is the finished painting! I was really grateful for the advice from my family and friends who popped in during the day. At one point my Mom stood behind me and started crying, I hope that means it's good!!!

Drop a comment and tell me what you think!

Keren <3

Dance Social and other stuff

WOW!!!!! Life has been so busy here! First of all, Josh Tanya and I have been crazy busy with the car rally we are planning. But it has been loads of fun too!!!!

Secondly Aunty Deborah and Uncle Dieter stayed with us on Friday night and spent Saturday here, it was so great to see them again, I will miss them when they leave again.......

And last of all, last night we went to a ballroom dance social!!! It was above Harry Goemans centre at JION. It was really fun!!!! Ester, Carley and I stuck together the whole time and had so much fun chatting and laughing, and of course dancing when somebody asked us to!!! It was a really fun evening, and now I wish I had a dancing partner to carry on with again!!! Ester, Carley and I said we need to find some triplets to dance with so we will all be matching, so if anybody knows any triplets, let us know!

~Keren

Time to party!

My 13th birthday party was on the 1st of October, we all had a great time.......

Here are all the guests together on the couch.

Eating party food.

Playing the famous chocolate game, it was so much fun!

We had Singstar going throughout the party, almost everyone had a go!

We also played Dancemat, there was some serious competition between some of the girls!

This is my amazing cow cake that Tessa made for me, isn't it great?

The three cousins, all in blue.......

Paige and little Sarah, she is so cute!

After all the guests left, all of the cousins swam along with Nicole (who slept over) and Ashton (whose parents hadn't picked her up yet). It was freezing, but refreshing!!!

It was so great, i think everyone had a great time and my friends gave me amazing presents! It was wonderful!