{"id":1265,"date":"2017-02-17T11:51:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T16:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2017-02-17T12:05:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T17:05:20","slug":"tropical-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/tropical-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the darkest month we go tropical. We listen to Calypso and Reggae music while we make some hot painting. We had a few new kids this week, so incorporated the good old Orange Lesson into the tropical theme. I was happy that most of the kids chose the still life over other options because we always learn more painting from life.<\/p>\n

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