TIME OUT!!!

So this year, I'm:
Teaching
Raising 4 kids
Making a yearbook
Coordinating Chapel
Tutoring after school
Attending Bible studies
Working on portrait commissions
Planning an art show for Jess and I
Managing 2 blogs
Working out at the gym
and pretending to be well rested

Most of these things are non-negotiable
about the only thing that I can put on the chopping-block is "Meatballs and Ravioli"
So I'm guessing that by now (assuming you follow the blog regularly) you will have noticed the drop-off in entries.
So for now (possibly indefinitely) we'll be giving our blog a rest. If you'd like, you check out the other blog (www.ccaarthistory.blogspot.com)for regular updates and a little art history. Otherwise, we hope to be here by Christmas.
Thanks for reading, and God bless.

The Five Senses of Parenting - Part 5: Touch

Things I never thought I’d feel until I became a father of 4:

A finger in the eye
A fire truck striking my temple
A kick in the groin while asleep
A rock-hard head striking my cheek-bone
A severely chewed piece of un-swallowed broccoli
A very, very wet diaper leaking on my lap
Baby barf in my hand
Baby barf on my back
Baby barf on my chest
Baby barf on my shoulder
Cake icing on my head
Cheese sauce in my arm hair
Lego blocks under my bare feet
Pennies covered in saliva
Someone hanging by my chest hair
Someone pulling themselves up on my pit hair
Something fuzzy under the couch
Something pointy under the bed
Something slimy on the table
Something sticky on the railing
Three kids and a dog piled on my back
Toddler barf on my bare feet
Boogers

The Five Senses of Parenting - Part 4: Taste

Things I never thought I’d taste before I became a father of 4:

Baby drool
Baby Formula (What? I was curious.)
Children’s Tylenol
Cold chicken McNuggets with ketchup
Cold eggs with ketchup
Cold french fries with ketchup
Cold hotdog with ketchup
Cold meatloaf with ketchup
Cold peas with ketchup
Cold, half-eaten cheese burger
Hay
Marshmallows covered in marshmallow fluff covered in food dye
Soda with floaters
Soggy graham crackers
Soggy pizza crust
Soggy toast
Soggy Zwiebacks
Strained carrots and beef

The Five Senses of Parenting - Part 3: Smells

Things I never thought I'd smell until I became a father of 4:

A Toddler’s morning breath
Saliva on little fingers
Baby gas
Formula burps
Garlic hummus poopie diapers
Petrified McDonald's fries in my minivan
Poo-poo undies
Sweaty heads
Drool on my shoulder
Breakfast cooking before 6am
Dinner cooking after 7pm
Diapers in my garbage pail
Milk in a glass 48 hours old
Little Stinky feet

The Five Senses of Parenting - Part 2: Sound

Things I never thought I’d hear until I became a father of 4:

The sound of a person’s body falling from their bed
The sound of a person’s body as they fall from the couch
The sound of a person’s body as they fall from a kitchen chair
Grown men and women cheering for someone who pooped on the potty
My own voice saying, “There is no way I had this many toys when I was a kid.”
My wife’s voice saying, “Don’t put the applesauce in your hair.”
A screaming baby at 2:30am
A computer generated asparagus singing “This is My Father’s World”
The same asparagus singing “This is My Father’s World” 27 consecutive times
A baby passing gas louder than me
The sentence: I don’t like french fries
People screeching because they’re happy
A baby crying for a 3½ hour car trip
My wife crying after that same car trip
My daughter telling the cop that pulled me over, “Daddy knows all about the police.”
Someone telling me “He has your butt.”

The Five Senses of Parenting - Part 1: Sight

Things I never thought I’d see before I became a father of 4:

Pennies in my CD player
Marker on my table
Pen on my chairs
Pencil on my banister
Colored pencil on my walls
Orange crayon on my flat-screen TV
Dirty diapers at 1am
Boogers on my lap top
Ribbons on my dog
Milkshake on my dog
Dirty diapers at 2am
Four umbilical cords
Two circumcisions
Dirty diapers at 3am
Throw-up colored by fruit punch
Poop colored by Lucky Charms
Laundry piles that rival the Rockies
Two people about to kill each other over a Lego mermaid
A Disney princess movie marathon
Dirty diapers at 4am
Six laundry hampers filled with stuffed animals
Princess Leia’s severed head

Rosemary's 1st 7th Birthday Party

Here's some slides of our little party we had for Rosie last night.  I didn't get any pics of the cake but I did get evidence of Joey opening one of Rosie's gifts.  Rosemary was very gracious about it.

Happy Birthday Rosie!

Rosemary is 7 years old today!

First thing is a birthday party at school and then presents when she gets home!

(and Grammy called at 6:55am to sing to her!)

Peter Pics

These are already on my Facebook page, but I'll post them here, as well.  Some pictures of Peter (and some of his siblings, too.)

Two Of a Kind

Here's Rosemary and Carmellina going to school together for the first time.  (Carmellina only had orientation yesterday.)  Rosemary is in her gym uniform.  Carmellina is very excited about her jumper and her new sneakers.

First Day of First Grade

Here's Rosemary in a slightly over-sized jumper on her first day of elementary school!

Got Art?

Since I have all sorts of free time on my hands (ha) I decided to start a second blog. Actually, this one is for my art students. It's a resource they can use to keep up with the 24 slides a week that I bombard them with in class. Take a look at http://ccaarthistory.blogspot.com/ to see what it's like. You can search for an artist by course or by the artist's name. There's even a weekly study guide for the current quiz.

The Fam

Peter Tiberias Rohs Sinagra

Peter T.R. Sinagra's First Day

Summer Vacation 2009

We had a great time this summer when Joey, Jessie, Rosemary, Carmellina and Joseph visited us for 3 weeks! Besides for Joey working very hard on his drawings, we also had a fun time enjoying the great outdoors! There were at least 4 visits to the beach, swimming in family and friends' pools, and having family visit. Can't wait for next summer!

The Hardest Part

This Friday is Jessie's due date.
The house is ready.
The bags are packed.
We're all ready.
All we can do now is wait...

I CAN'T STAND THIS PART!!!

Carmellina

So we're back in Philly now. I managed to pull of 12 "nature studies" while we were in NY. Now as we wait for the arrival of the new baby, I'm attempting to do some newer drawings of the girls. Carmellina is going first. Here are some slides to give you an idea of how it's going so far:

Day 39

So, Joe's work has been flourishing this week despite birthday events and many, many interruptions. He has always wanted to draw a rose and finally had the opportunity to because of this time in New York. We are very aware of God's hand in directing this endeavor even though we can't see the finished product of it.

What a refreshing time we are having too! Our parents have been so very helpful in caring for our children with us and fully supportive of us as artists (not many struggling artists will tell you that). Their love for us and encouragement is just one more facet of God's love for us and encouragement in using our artistic gifts to provide for our family.

And that is our prayer in this creative experiment: that God would enable us to use our talents to simply supplement Joe's income. From experience though, we expect He will do more. Please continue to pray for us specifically that God would provide buyers for our work and further commissions throughout the year. There will be more images in a few days as Joe begins his final series of seashells.

Thank you for reading, enjoy the work, and may God bless and keep you.



Begun... Completed Calla Lilly.

Day 34

Two more! An oak leaf and a maple leaf. He rendered the stem so well on the oak that I feel like I could pluck it from the page. And the maple leaf suffered alteration by our almost two year old son, who in emulating his daddy, tried to use a paper blending stump over most of the drawing. Joe very patiently corrected Joey and his work and the outcome is all the better for both. Now we keep a gate across the living room where the studio is to avoid further "artistic endeavors" upon Joe's work. Our little guy can keep practicing at the kitchen table with crayons for now.

Yesterday Joe had about two or three hours of uninterrupted work time and was able to complete a rendering of a pear. It is unphotographed, but once he has a few more I'll post them.

Have a blessed Lord's Day!

Day 32

Happy 32nd Birthday Joe!!!!
It is a sunny, breezy day (would you expect anything else for his birthday?) and full of fun and giggles. The girls were very excited to celebrate and give him his gift from them. Joey, our son, was just happy to tackle him with hugs and big kisses. Here are a few pictures from this morning's festivities.

And since it is his birthday, he's taking the day off from drawing. I'll post the new studies tomorrow.