in recent months, Ellie's artwork has taken a giant step forward. Months ago she would come home from school with drawings of our family, often tucked under a rainbow or enjoying a stroll under the warm sun.
Then out of the blue she drew a turkey - her first real animal (aside from butterflies) drawn on her own. Her drawings also started showing up with "scribbles" (aka words telling a story).
Ok, so it wasn't exactly "out of the blue" since it was Thanksgiving time. Handprint turkeys are a must-have for any parent, but I particularly like how if you look closely, you can see that this turkey has arms.
For a brief period I would find random trucks and airplanes sketched into various drawings.
Even her flowers seemed to be drawn from a different perspective. Note the "words" that tell a story.
This time I asked what the words said. Her response: It says "I love you Mommy. This is a picture of a flower with petals and you are in it."
I suppose there isn't anything spectacular about this one, but it's pretty so I wanted to share. Mommy likes it and that's all that matters, right?
A self portrait! Ellie drew all the things that make her happy - butterflies, flowers, rainbows and of course a unicorn! Apparently being able to draw a squiggly border makes her happy too.
LOOK! LOOK! It's a herd of unicorns! Of my very own! I LOVE it! How magical is that?
And finally, the biggest step of all... my Ellie has started to write letters. Actual words written with love! OH MY!!!
in recent months, Ellie's artwork has taken a giant step forward. Months ago she would come home from school with drawings of our family, often tucked under a rainbow or enjoying a stroll under the warm sun.
Then out of the blue she drew a turkey - her first real animal (aside from butterflies) drawn on her own. Her drawings also started showing up with "scribbles" (aka words telling a story).
Ok, so it wasn't exactly "out of the blue" since it was Thanksgiving time. Handprint turkeys are a must-have for any parent, but I particularly like how if you look closely, you can see that this turkey has arms. 
For a brief period I would find random trucks and airplanes sketched into various drawings.
Even her flowers seemed to be drawn from a different perspective. Note the "words" that tell a story.
This time I asked what the words said. Her response: It says "I love you Mommy. This is a picture of a flower with petals and you are in it."
I suppose there isn't anything spectacular about this one, but it's pretty so I wanted to share. Mommy likes it and that's all that matters, right?
A self portrait! Ellie drew all the things that make her happy - butterflies, flowers, rainbows and of course a unicorn! Apparently being able to draw a squiggly border makes her happy too.
LOOK! LOOK! It's a herd of unicorns! Of my very own! I LOVE it! How magical is that?
And finally, the biggest step of all... my Ellie has started to write letters. Actual words written with love! OH MY!!!
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