Moriah's first swing ride!

August 2008
Yes, I am way behind in my blog posting. I realize that it is now October and this picture is from August. I will be posting some current ones soon, though. Maci has been a drawing machine. Our kitchen table is pretty much her permanent studio with paper, markers, and crayons everyone. I clean it up and it's out again. There will be more to come, for sure! I better get to drawing myself or she's gonna pass me up! Happy Fall to you all!

She's going 3-D!!

August 15, 2008
I didn't show her how to make the little stands on these drawings or help her cut them out. Honestly, I still haven't taught her anything. I just want her creative mind and heart to flow freely without putting restrictions on her. So far, the results have been amazing. I love to ask her about each of her drawings--each little mark is a symbol of something. I'm sure at some point she will be asking me how to do this or that. At that point, I will direct her a bit. Until then, I'm just loving see what her hands can make. She seriously spends at least half of the day drawing and creating things. I keep a lot of her drawings and post a few here and there. Anyway, here is her 3-D farm. Of course, she doesn't know that it is, though. Walt was so excited. There is a cow, a pig and the orange animal is a horse. There is a barn, the hay, and the little cat in the loft. She said that the blue next to the cat is it's water. I'm not sure where she's seen all of this. We drive by barns when we are on our way to my parents house, maybe that's where she got the idea? Love it though!

She loves her sissy

July 2008
This was on the back of the drawing of Moriah. This is a picture of Moriah crying and Maci is comforting her. Walt is standing by the door (the brown rectangle) and I am on the left. The little round shapes below Walt are our shoes (we take off our shoes at the door). I'm pretty sure the big black ones are Walt's work shoes! She told me these details. Is this not the sweetest thing? I love how her arms are reaching out to her sissy.

Moriah

July 2008
Maci had just tripped Moriah and I saw it. We "dealt" with it. She was very sorry. Next thing I knew, she was drawing this picture of Moriah. She even drew exactly what Moriah was wearing! I love her heart. She uses her art to express it.

Stand-up, try-ups!

July 23, 2008
When I asked Maci what to name this, that's what she said. So if you are wondering about the title, you will have to ask her! I do know that this is a picture of her and daddy doing head-stands against the wall. She drew every detail that is on the wall: the closet, the vent by the ceiling, the fire alarm, the fire sprinkler and the line where the ceiling meets the wall. I just love the details in this girls mind!!

Strike!

This is a drawing of Walt bowling on the wii. You can see Walt bowling at the front of the brown alley. At the end of the alley is the explosion that happens when you get a strike. Maci surprises me with her memory. She said that the blue square is a door. and the yellow square is "the thing to help you bowl" and the black line with the white square at the bottom of it "shows you how many days you wanna bowl". The figure at the left is daddy celebrating!