framing, and an excess of paint

Construction in forms large and small framed this day. The older kids spent the morning constructing the frames of the two-story Kid City while the the younger kids headed to San Francisco General Hospital's construction site just a few blocks away from our little school. Mix in a little paint and you have a day.The foundation at the hospital went down three stories! Aidan assured me that this "isn't too deep," but they saw the crane moving things around so fast!Setting out 2x4s back at the school.Zada helped align the wood for strong joints and a steady Kid City frame.Connor concentrated on the task at hand.Theo helped Audrey with her play and assured me he would soon know the secrets of time travel (right, Theo?)A quick break at the park before the younger kids came hurrying back to school.After lunch, Kaia prepared her feet for a record in strides.Coke took a break to read in the library - now located in the office area, thanks to Melanie and Kristie's hard moving work.Gever worked with Henry on some gaming code and Isaac wrote more in his tale of zombie mayhem, while Stewart and Theo continued to explore the world.What can you discover from the footsteps of the kids at Brightworks?Jennie - our friend and carpentry and kids' tool education extraordinaire - showed Audrey how to use the chop saw.Kai helped Mei stabilize her sawing so she could start building a table for her flower shop.Logan started to construct submarine that will never sink.Ben had plans of his own...Clementine and Jennie work on sturdy joints on a shelf for Clementine's Kid City shop.Connor and Ben measure on the diagonal to square the frames for stability.Setting the frames upright.An experiment in tracing footsteps gone to the extreme - paint everywhere!Quinn composed a poem for Sofia after she fell in the paint slide:We're painting a painting for painting the painting. A painting was painting a painting. She was a painting that was painting a painting. She was painting who was painting a painting of painting that a painting can painting so well.-quinn."Brightworks," Josh said, "is where clean clothes go to die."Norabelle, Zada, Kaia: you've proven this correct. It will not be the last time.