Brooke

I am the nursery song leader in our new ward which is the perfect calling in my opinion.  Sing a few songs with cute little kids during the Sunday School hour and then relax during Relief Society?  Yes, please!  I’ve been singing The Oxcart around the house to remember the words and made paper plate wheels for the children to hold while we creak them as we sing.

Brooke found the wheels and created her own oxcart:

A few days later, her oxcart evolved to this:

I love that she added a chair for her to sit on.  She’s headed to Zion in the lap of luxury.

As we were packing, we found a stack of pictures that Brooke had drawn that we meant to scan into our computer.  Little-kid artwork delights me to no end.  Hopefully you feel the same way because I had to post them.

I wish I had done a better job indicating when she actually drew these pictures, but I didn’t.  All I know is she was four when she did them all.

Her idea of what Spencer’s birthday cake should look like:

I love the leaves on the bush in this picture:

This is Brooke and her friend watering a flower.  The petals around their eyes are really eyelashes:

All of us riding a horse:

In case you can’t read the sticky note on the next picture, here’s what it says.  Brooke came to me and wanted me to draw a bird for her.  I was in the middle of cooking dinner and told her no.  She said, “I don’t know how to draw a bird.”  I told her to just try.  She got quiet and focused all her attention on drawing a bird.  After a couple of minutes I heard her say in amazement as she was admiring her work, “Wow!  I guess I do know how.”  I love that she was so pleased with herself:

This is what Brooke wanted our new house to look like:

We all know Brooke loves Pixar films.  Last post we showed you her rendition of the UP house.

Today we give you WALL-E: