Long time

It is not that we haven't been doing art, it is that I have been focusing on other things. Plus, my children seem to have forgotten about the blog. But, since our last post each child has come a long way. In this post 3 separate mediums are explored.

Marcus with water color-

He did this at Cub Scouts and displayed it at home. I thought it was a worthy first affort. I love the wind blowing in the lion's mane.

Anneke's favorite - markers

She had to make a label for the door. She is finally moving past stick figures. (For her, she can't sit still long enough to do what she wants, so this is a rarity.)

Luke found a pen one morning and asked for paper.

This was unexpected. Developmentally speaking this is almost a year ahead of schedule. These are known as tadpoles in Early CHildhood development, because that is what they resemble. Children typically do not produce them until between 3 1/2 and 4 years. It shows an awareness that is pretty advanced. So, I saved it and it is his first contribution. I know many may be unimpressed so this may not occur often, but I loved it.

(Marcus was telling me that random pictures appearing around the house like this were Luke's, but I kept thinking they must be Anneke's because there was no way he was producing that work. Then, Luke brought me his family picture and I literally cried. It doesn't seem that long ago that he couldn't even draw circles.)